Japan 2009
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News on Japan in 2009
- MARCH 27, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE MAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING ACQUAINTANCE IN THAILAND
a Japanese man was sentenced to death for killing a Japanese acquaintance in Thailand in December 2007.
- MARCH 25, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH PENALTY GIVEN TO MAN OVER MURDER-ROBBERY
the Tokyo High Court in Japan gave the death penalty to a 63-year-old man for robbing and murdering a couple in Saitama Prefecture, overruling a lower court decision that sentenced him to life in prison.
- MARCH 24, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN UNDER FIRE FOR 'SECRETIVE, INHUMANE' DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International renewed its calls for Japan to abolish its use of the death
- MARCH 19, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: COURT DISMISSES RETRIAL REQUEST FOR AUM FOUNDER ASAHARA
the Tokyo District Court in Japan dismissed a request for a retrial of AUM Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara, who was sentenced to death for crimes including the deadly sarin gassing of Tokyo's subway system in 1995.
MARCH 19, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH PENALTY GIVEN TO FRAUD-RING MEMBER
the Tokyo High Court in Japan gave the death penalty to a billing-fraud group member
MARCH 18, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
the Nagoya District Court in Japan sentenced two men to death and another to life
MARCH 17, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TWO WOMEN
a 43-year-old Japanese man convicted of murder was given the death penalty
- MARCH 16, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN HANDED DEATH PENALTY FOR 'BRUTAL' MURDER OF WOMAN, 2 CHILDREN
Masanori Kawasaki, 63, was sentenced to death by the Takamatsu District Court in Japan for killing his sister in law Keiko Miura, 58, and her grandchildren Akane and Ayana Yamashita, aged 5 and 3, respectively.
- MARCH 5, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: PANELISTS STRESS NEED TO KNOW WHO DEATH ROW INMATES ARE
in Japan, panelists at a Tokyo symposium stressed the need for the public to know who death row inmates are, particularly at a time when a citizen judge system is to be introduced.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 2 IN OSAKA
a 59 year old man was sentenced to death at the Osaka District Court in Japan for robbing and killing a female Chinese student and a male company employee with a knife on separate occasions in Osaka.
FEBRUARY 3, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
Presiding Judge Hiroshi Shida of the Sendai High Court in Japan upheld the death sentence
- JANUARY 29, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE SECRETARY GENERAL TERRY DAVIS CONDEMNS EXECUTIONS IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES
General Terry Davis, the Council of Europe secretary condemned executions in Japan and the United States.
JANUARY 29, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: FOUR DEATH ROW INMATES EXECUTED
Japan hanged four convicted murderers, officials said, carrying out the country's first executions of the year despite international criticism.
- JANUARY 1, 2009JapanDEATH 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.