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Capital punishment is a legal penalty for murder in Japan, and is applied in cases of multiple murder or aggravated single murder. Executions in Japan are carried out by hanging, and the country has seven execution chambers, all located in major cities.
David T. Johnson, "Japan’s Secretive Death Penalty Policy: Contours, Origins, Justifications, and Meanings" Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal, vol. 7(2006) pp. 62-124 Archived 27 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Death Penalty Database - Japan Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Academic research database on the laws ...
Japan: 26 July 2022 [123] Tomohiro Katō: murder: hanging: D Jordan: 4 March 2017 [124] 15 unnamed men murder and terrorism: hanging: B Kazakhstan: 2003: D Kuwait: 19 January 2025 [125] 4 unnamed men and one unnamed woman murder: hanging: A Kyrgyzstan: none since independence on 25 December 1991: C Laos: 1989 [126] C Lebanon: 17 January 2004 ...
A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced a 45-year-old man to death for setting fire to the renowned Kyoto Animation studio in 2019, which left 36 people dead in the country’s worst mass killing ...
Murder (殺人, satsujin) in Japanese law constitutes when someone intentionally kills another person without justification. The crime of murder is specified in Chapter XXVI of the Japanese criminal code. It is punishable by five years to life in prison, and with the death penalty if aggravating circumstances are proven. The only exception is ...
A Japanese man nicknamed the “Twitter Killer” has been sentenced to death for murdering and dismembering nine victims, most whom shared their suicidal thoughts on social media. Takahiro ...
Chinese illegal aliens and the first foreign nationals to be sentenced to death in Japan since 1964. A third accomplice, alleged to be the ringleader, fled overseas and is an internationally wanted fugitive. He Li Yutaro Chiba Broke into his ex-girlfriend's home and stabbed to death her older sister and a former classmate. 14 years, 71 days
A Japanese man dubbed the "Twitter Killer" was sentenced to death on Tuesday for killing nine people in 2017. Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, was convicted of murdering, raping, dismembering and storing ...