New Justice Minister Sugiura retracts comments over executions

New Justice Minister Sugiura retracts comments over executions

TOKYO, Japan - New Justice Minister Seiken Sugiura speaks at a press conference early on Nov. 1. He retracted his earlier comments that he would not sign any orders for executions. Immediately after he was appointed justice minister in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet reshuffle, Sugiura, a licensed lawyer who once served as vice chairman of the Tokyo Dai-Ichi Bar Association, said he believes the social trend is for the eventual abolition of capital punishment.

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