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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.
By 2001, the overall prison population rose to 61,242 [7] or 48 prisoners per 100,000. By the end of 2009, the prison population had yet again risen to 75,250, or 59 prisoners per 100,000. [ 8 ] One reason for the rise is a large increase in the number of elderly being convicted of crimes, with loneliness being cited as a major factor.
Although the Sun Mall Crest multipurpose condominium building was built and completed in 1988 in Shinjuku District of Tokyo, [4] the No. 136 Hanazono Room including its soon-to-be-popular indoor leisure pool was actually built sometime around the year 2000 when Japan was recovering from the effects of the real estate disaster of the 1990s decade.
Japanese people convicted of war crimes (4 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Japanese prisoners and detainees" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
A Japanese soldier that surrendered at Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands. Despite Japanese treatment of the Allied prisoners, the Allies respected the international conventions and treated Japanese prisoners in the camps well. However, in some instances, Japanese soldiers were executed after surrendering (see Allied war crimes). [3]
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Fuchū Prison (府中刑務所, Fuchū keimusho) is a prison in Japan. [1] It is located in the city of Fuchū, Tokyo to the west of the center of Tokyo Metropolis . [ 2 ] Before the end of World War II , Fuchū prison held Communist leaders , members of banned religious sects, and leaders of the Korean independence movement .