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PENALTY

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2014
Provide details on hangings or halt them: ex-lay judges
Former lay judges demand that the Justice Ministry halt hangings until it is ready to disclose more details on how it conducts them.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2014
Public backing of death penalty questioned
When defending Japan's use of the death penalty, the government always cites overwhelming public support for the policy, and the last survey in 2009 showed 86 percent backed the status quo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 14, 2013
North propagandists don't mince words
The scribes at North Korea's official news agency have long elevated hyperbole into an art form, but even by their high standards, last week's pronouncement was something special.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2013
Death penalty to stand in 2005 Hyogo killings
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday by a 47-year-old man who was sentenced to death for killing two women and dismembering their corpses in Hyogo Prefecture in 2005.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2013
New evidence emerges in 1966 murder case: lawyers
Evidence emerges in a 1966 quadruple-murder case that suggests the man who was convicted and sent to death row may have been wrongfully accused.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2013
Japan moves toward adopting tougher penalties for leakers
The Abe administration wants a tougher secrecy law that imposes a prison term of up to 10 years on leakers of "special secrets" concerning foreign and national policy, in line with its plan to create a Japanese version of the U.S. National Security Council. After Tuesday's agreement between Prime Minister...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2013
Lawyer reports efforts to reopen case to clear hanged inmate's name
A lawyer involved in a capital case warned Tuesday an innocent man may have been executed over a 1992 murder, based on insufficient evidence, including a less-accurate DNA test.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Oct 16, 2013
Death of inmate's adoptive son ends 'Teigin' retrial bid
The curtain has effectively come down on the most mysterious mass-murder case in postwar Japan, with numerous questions left unanswered.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2013
Lay judge ruling to hang said wrong, overturned
Calling the sentence an 'error,' the Tokyo High Court overturns a death penalty handed down by a lay judge panel to a man found guilty of the 2009 murder of a female college student, imposing life imprisonment instead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2013
EU hopes exhibit on hanged killer spurs debate
The EU delegation to Japan will exhibit documents relating to executed murderer and author Norio Nagayama to stimulate discussion on the death penalty.
WORLD / Society
Jul 18, 2013
Review turns up FBI errors in 27 death penalty convictions
An unprecedented federal review of old criminal cases uncovers as many as 27 death penalty convictions in which FBI forensic experts may have mistakenly linked defendants to crimes with exaggerated scientific testimony.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2013
Man to hang over Osaka murders
The Osaka District Court on Wednesday sentenced a 46-year-old man to death after a lay judge trial convicted him in the 2004 slaying of an elderly couple in the victims' home.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 12, 2013
Triple slayer gets death sentence for boyfriend schemes
A man was sentenced to death Tuesday for killing three people in Yamagata Prefecture and Tokyo in 2010 and 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2013
Scholar finds archive details of '48 war criminal hangings
An academic has found a copy of an official U.S. military document detailing the procedures to be followed at the 1948 execution of seven Japanese convicted as Class-A war criminals by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 12, 2013
Death penalty: Systemic failings add to risk of wrongful executions
Japan's continued resort to the death penalty raises a number of troubling questions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 26, 2013
Two inmates hanged for yakuza slayings
Two inmates are executed for conspiring to gun down two rival yakuza at a restaurant in Chiba in 2005.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 26, 2013
Two Japanese inmates executed
Two inmates were hanged Friday in the second round of executions since Shinzo Abe and the Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in December.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2013
Amnesty condemns Japan for resuming death penalty in 2012
Human rights group Amnesty International slammed Japan on Wednesday for resuming the use of capital punishment last year after a 20-month gap between executions.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 30, 2013
Okayama woman's murderer drops appeal; death penalty finalized
A 30-year-old man's death sentence for the 2011 murder of a woman in Okayama has been finalized after he dropped his appeal, a branch of the Hiroshima High Court said Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 2, 2013
China's televised death march of foreign killers sparks debate
In an unusual action that quickly sparked debate online, Chinese authorities showed a live broadcast Friday of four foreign drug smugglers in their last hours before execution for killing 13 fishermen.
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Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Trump makes his grand RNC entrance with a bandaged ear and a VP pick
Former U.S. President Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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