Japan 2007
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News on Japan in 2007
- JUNE 1, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN DEATH PENALTY FINALIZED FOR MAN WHO MURDERED PAIR OF SISTERS
the death sentence of a 23-year-old man who killed two sisters in Osaka, Japan, in 2005 was finalized after he withdrew his appeal, his lawyers said.
- MAY 22, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH FOR MAN WHO BURIED VICTIMS ALIVE
a japanese man was sentenced to death for bashing two men then burying them alive.
- MAY 21, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN 1 GETS DEATH PENALTY OVER FRAUD-RING MURDERS
the Chiba District Court sentenced a man to death and two others to life imprisonment over the deaths of four people in 2004 following infighting in a billing fraud ring...
- MAY 7, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN MAN APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING 2 WOMEN IN IWATE
defence lawyers for Kazuyuki Wakabayashi, 30, have appealed his death sentence to the Sendai High Court in Japan.
- APRIL 27, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. 3 DEATH ROW INMATES EXECUTED
Three death row inmates were executed at detention centers in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka.
- APRIL 26, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN EX-GANGSTER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING 2 IN SAITAMA IN 2003
the Saitama District Court in Japan sentenced Hidenori Ogata, a 29 year old former gangster, to death for murdering two people and seriously injuring two others in Saitama Prefecture.
- APRIL 25, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING RESTAURANT OWNER, SHOOTING RAILWAY WORKER
an appeal court in Japan sentenced a unemployed man to death for murder and robbery.
- APRIL 24, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN ROBBERY-MURDER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Presiding Judge Shinji Sugiyama of the Morioka District Court in Japan sentenced Kazuyuki Wakabayashi, 30, to death for killing two women in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture, last July 19.
- APRIL 19, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
TOKYO: DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL FAILS
the Japanese Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Hiroshi Zoda...
- APRIL 13, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN DEATH SENTENCE FINAL IN TAKEFUJI CASE
the Japanese Supreme Court finalised the death sentence it upheld last month against Mitsuhiro Kobayashi,
- APRIL 10, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN MAN GIVEN DEATH FOR MURDER-ROBBERY DURING PAROLE
the Japanese Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed to Shozo Nishiyama, 54, for killing a woman in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1992 while he was on parole from a life sentence for murder and robbery.
- MARCH 28, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR INTERNET MURDERS
a Japanese man was sentenced to death for murdering three people he lured through a suicide Web site by offering to die with them, a court official said.
- MARCH 23, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN COURT REJECTS DEATH ROW INMATE'S RETRIAL REQUEST
the Toyama District Court, Japan, dismissed a request for a retrial filed by a woman convicted of abducting and murdering two women in 1980 in Toyama and Nagano prefectures.
- MARCH 22, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD, NO OF DEATH ROW INMATES REACHES 101
the Supreme Court upheld a high court decision to hang a 57 year old man for murdering and robbing a Nagoya bar owner in 2002.
- MARCH 22, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
SERIAL KILLER HANDED DEATH PENALTY
Tetsuo Odajima, 63, was sentenced to death for four killings at the Chiba District Court.
- MARCH 20, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
the Sapporo District Court in Japan rejected...
the Sapporo District Court in Japan rejected...
- MARCH 8, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR CHINESE STUDENT
Fukuoka High Court, in Japan, upheld the death penalty for a former vocational...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
37 YEAR OLD FORMER CO-OP STAFFER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a 37-year-old former co-op staffer was sentenced to death in Japan for killing a colleague in 2004 and then killing his own wife in 2005.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
FORMER SENIOR GANGSTER, ELDEST SON SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING 4 PEOPLE
a former senior gangster and his eldest son were sentenced to death for murdering four people in Japan.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. NUMBER OF DEATH ROW INMATES HITS 100
the number of inmates slated for execution in Japan hit 100, with a fifth of the sentences coming in the last
- JANUARY 17, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES 1 JAPANESE, 2 CHINESE TO DEATH IN DRUGS CASE
a Chinese court sentenced a Japanese man and his two Chinese accomplices to death for attempting to smuggle drugs from China to Japan...
- JANUARY 7, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES IN JAPAN IN 2006 HIT RECORD-HIGH 44
it was reported that forty-four death sentences were handed down by courts across Japan in 2006, a record high since 1980, when the Supreme Court began keeping records on such sentences.
- JANUARY 4, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. SPECIAL APPEAL FILED OVER MAN ON DEATH ROW FOR 1961 MURDER
defence counsel for Masaru Okunishi, sentenced to death for killing five people in 1961 in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, filed a special appeal with Japan’s Supreme Court in an effort to win back the chance of a retrial.
- JANUARY 1, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japanese criminal law envisages the death penalty for 13 different...
Japanese criminal law envisages the death penalty for 13 different crimes but in practice death sentences are only handed down for murder.