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The Tokyo Detention House (東京拘置所, Tōkyō Kōchisho) is a correctional facility in Katsushika, Tokyo. [1] [2] The prison, which is operated by the Ministry of Justice, is one of seven detention centres that carry out executions in Japan. It is used to detain people awaiting trial, convicted felons and those sentenced to death.
He was rejected by the Japan Writers' Association but did receive recognition in Saarland, Germany in 1996. [ 3 ] On August 1, 1997, he was executed at the Tokyo Detention Center at the age of 48 by decision of Justice Minister Isao Matsuura, [ citation needed ] just 34 days after the arrest of Seito Sakakibara, the 14-year-old perpetrator of ...
Tokyo Detention House in Katsushika, Tokyo. The penal system of Japan (including prisons) is part of the criminal justice system of Japan. It is intended to resocialize, reform, rehabilitate and punish offenders. The penal system is operated by the Correction Bureau of the Ministry of Justice.
Hideko Hakamada, sister of former boxer Iwao Hakamada who has been on death row in Japan for 47 years, shows a picture of her young brother Iwao during an interview outside the Tokyo Detention ...
Iwao Hakamada, 88, was declared innocent of the quadruple murder that he spent 46 years on death row for.
A lawsuit challenging Japan’s practice of giving death row inmates just a couple hours notice before execution was dismissed on Monday. Japanese Court Dismisses Death Row Inmates’ Lawsuit ...
On August 2, 2019, Shoji was executed at the Tokyo Detention House following an execution order issued by the Minister of Justice, Takashi Yamashita.This was the first execution after the new reformation, together with the execution of Yasunori Suzuki, who was executed on the same day at Fukuoka Detention House.
In 1995, Hirose took part in the Tokyo subway sarin attack. He was assigned to release the sarin in the train A777 on Marunouchi Line. [6] Hirose was arrested in the same year. In 2000, he was sentenced to death. In 2006, his appeal was dismissed. On July 26, 2018, Hirose was executed by hanging in the Tokyo Detention House. [11] [12] [13]