Japan Capital Punishment

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  Japan Death Row Inmates Sue Over Same-Day Execution Notification

  Two death row inmates in Japan are suing the country over how prisoners are notified only hours before the death penalty is carried out, demanding change and seeking compensation for the impact of the "inhumane" practice, their lawyer said.

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  Japan Executes 2 Murderers, Including Teenage Killer

  Japan Tuesday executed two convicted murderers, including one who committed his crime while in his teens, the justice ministry said, ignoring calls from international rights groups to end capital punishment

• Japan Hangs Killer in First Execution This Year

  Japan hanged a man on Thursday, the nation's first execution this year, and the ninth since the conservative government of Shinzo Abe came to power in December 2012.

• Japan opens up executions to domestic media

  Japan opened up the secretive world of its capital punishment system to the public on Friday, offering journalists a rare tour of Tokyo's main gallows -- an apparent effort to stoke debate about a practice widely supported here.All executions in Japan are carried out by hanging, and no media coverage of executions is permitted. Inmates on death row...

• Japan's first execution in a year, executes 2 convicted killers

  Japan says it has executed two convicted killers.Justice Minister Keiko Chiba said the executions took place on Wednesday. It was Japan's first round of executions in a year.Japan, along with the United States, is one of the few industrialized countries that still has capital punishment.There is little public outcry against the death penalty, but t...