Japan hangs 1 death-row inmate

Japan hangs 1 death-row inmate

Photo shows Tsukasa Kanda, who was hanged on June 25, 2015, in the 12th execution since the December 2012 launch of the government headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Kanda was convicted of killing a woman in 2007 in Nagoya, central Japan, after he and his two accomplices met via an Internet site for finding "crime partners." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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