Japan
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- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
- CONSTITUTION
- May 3, 1947
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the German model with Anglo-American influences; review of legislative acts by the Supreme Court
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, House of Councillors (Sangi-in) and House of Representatives (Shugi-in)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (president appointed by the King on the recommendation of the Government, others appointed by the Government)
RELIGIONS
majority of Buddhists and Shintoists; minorities of Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox
From the country
- DECEMBER 28, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: NO EXECUTIONS IN 2011 FOR 1ST TIME IN 19 YRS
It was confirmed that no execution would be carried out in 2011, the first time in 19
- DECEMBER 26, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLER OF EX-BUREAUCRAT, WIFE
presiding Judge Shoichi Yagi the Tokyo High Court in Japan upheld the death sentence of Takeshi Koizumi, 49, for killing former Vice Health and Welfare Minister Takehiko Yamaguchi, 66, and his wife Michiko, 61, at their home in Saitama city on November 17
- DECEMBER 19, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: CONSTRUCTION BOSS APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
former construction company president Yoshihiro Asa is appealing his death sentence to the Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court in Japan.
DECEMBER 17, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: BAR FEDERATION TO ESTABLISH PANEL FOR ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
the Japan Federation of Bar Associations decided to establish a committee to pursue
- DECEMBER 12, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: TOKYO SUBWAY GAS ATTACK: LAST DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
Japan's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed to Seiichi Endo, 51, for gas attacks on the Tokyo subway on March 20, 1995, a court spokesman said.
- DECEMBER 6, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2010 MURDER-ROBBERY IN NAGANO
Presiding Judge Junko Takagi of the Nagano District Court...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH SENTENCE STANDS IN MABUCHI MOTOR SLAYINGS
Justice Itsuro Terada, presiding over the Japanese Supreme Court's Third Petty Bench, turned down the appeal by Katsumi Morita, 61.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: FINAL APPEAL ON TOKYO SUBWAY GAS ATTACK REJECTED
Presiding judge Seiji Kanetsuki of Japan's Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of Seiichi Endo against his death sentence for the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway which left 13 people dead.
NOVEMBER 1, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MAN TO HANG FOR MURDERS
in Japan, Sunao Takami was sentenced to hang for killing five people
- OCTOBER 25, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: JAPANESE SENTENCED TO HANG IN MALAYSIA FOR DRUGS
the Malaysian High Court in Shah Alam sentenced 37-year-old Japanese woman Mariko Takeuchi, a former nurse, to death for smuggling methamphetamine into the country.
- OCTOBER 25, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 2 WOMEN
in Japan, Presiding Judge Hiroyoshi Suzuki of the Kumamoto District Court sentenced Kumamoto resident Kenichi Tajiri, 40, to death for killing two women and stealing money in separate incidents in Kumamoto Prefecture.
- OCTOBER 11, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN COURT DELIBERATES HANGING'S CONSTITUTIONALITY
in Japan, the Osaka District Court began two-day deliberations on the constitutionality of capital punishment as part of the murder trial of Sunao Takami, 43.