Japan
2026
- 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
- MAY 26, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. GANGSTER SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MAYOR'S ASSASSINATION
A gangster has been sentenced to death by a Japanese court for killin
- MAY 20, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR ROLE IN BURYING 2 ALIVE
the Osaka High Court in Japan upheld the death sentence given to a 23 year old unemployed man
- MAY 9, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN URGED TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW
Japan faced calls for abolishing capital punishment at the working session of the UN Human Rights Council to review the country's human rights record.
- MAY 8, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. LAWYERS COMPLAIN TO UN OVER RISING EXECUTIONS
Japanese lawyers criticised the rising number of executions carried out in the country,
- MAY 6, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
BROADCAST OF EXECUTION FORCES JAPAN TO DEBATE DEATH PENALTY
the broadcast of the execution of a man more than 50 years ago is the first time most Japanese have
- APRIL 28, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT GROWS IN JAPAN
the principles and taboos that Japan maintained with regard to capital punishment are being broken in succession.
- APRIL 23, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. COURT'S DEATH RULING A KEY VERDICT
a ruling handed down by the Hiroshima High Court to a 27 year old man who
- APRIL 22, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERS HE COMMITTED AS TEENAGER
a Japanese court overturned two earlier rulings and sentenced a man to death for
- APRIL 21, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH UPHELD FOR EX-CONSTRUCTION FIRM HEAD FOR KILLING EMPLOYEES
in Japan, the Tokyo High Court upheld the death sentence for a former president of a bankrupt construction company for killing three employees in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1997 and 2000.
- APRIL 16, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN RADIO STATION TO AIR EXECUTION TAPE AS HANGINGS RISE
a Japanese radio station will broadcast a 1955 tape of an execution in a special program next month, a rare move to raise public awareness as the government increases the frequency at which it hangs death row inmates.
- APRIL 14, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DETERS HEINOUS CRIMES: MACHIMURA
capital punishment is one way to deter people from committing heinous ...
- APRIL 10, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. FOUR DEATH ROW INMATES EXECUTED
Japanese authorities hanged four convicted murderers in Tokyo and Osaka. Those hanged were Kaoru Akinaga, 61, Masahito Sakamoto, 41, Masaharu Nakamura, 61, and Katsuyoshi Nakamoto, 64.