Japan hangs 2 death-row inmates

Japan hangs 2 death-row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Wakabayashi, secretary general of Amnesty International Japan, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2014, to criticize the executions of two death-row inmates earlier the same day. He said the Justice Ministry was motivated to proceed with the executions ahead of a planned Cabinet reshuffle.

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