Japan 2011
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Japan in 2011
- MARCH 8, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN FORMALISES DEATH SENTENCE FOR SARIN ATTACK CONSPIRATOR
Japan's Supreme Court on completed legal preparations for the execution of the Aum Shinrikyo chemist Masami Tsuchiya, 46, who helped the Japanese cult develop the sarin nerve agent it used to kill nearly 20 people in the 1994 and 1995 subway attacks.
MARCH 8, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR SERIAL KILLINGS
Presiding Justice Kiyoko Okabe of the Japanese Supreme Court upheld the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR AUM'S TSUCHIYA TO BE FINALISED
Presiding Justice Kohei Nasu of the Japanese Supreme Court turned down an appeal from Masami Tsuchiya...
JANUARY 21, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: JUSTICE MINISTER TO CONSIDER ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Satsuki Eda said a study group set up by the justice ministry would
- JANUARY 14, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: NEW MINISTER OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY
Japan has appointed a new justice minister who opposes the death penalty, raising hopes
- JANUARY 1, 2011JapanDEATH 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.