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Japan executes 3 inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki holds a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2013, as Japan executed three death row inmates the same day. The executions were the first to be conducted under the Liberal Democratic Party-led government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that was launched in December.

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Japan hangs 3 death row inmates

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo taken in February 2011 shows the detention house in Hiroshima, western Japan. Three death row inmates at detention houses in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka were hanged on March 29, 2012, in the first executions in 20 months in Japan, one of the few advanced countries to retain the death penalty.

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Japan hangs 3 death row inmates

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken March 29, 2012, shows the detention house in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Three death row inmates at detention houses in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka were hanged the same day in the first executions in 20 months in Japan, one of the few advanced countries to retain the death penalty.

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Japan hangs 3 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa talks about his decision to order the execution of three death row inmates at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on March 29, 2012. The three inmates were hanged the same day by his order in the first executions in 20 months in Japan, one of the few advanced countries to retain the death penalty.

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Japan hangs 3 death row inmates, 1st executions in six months

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Eisuke Mori announces the execution of three death row inmates at a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on July 28. The executions are the first in six months and the first since the lay judge system was launched in May.

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Japan executes 4 death-row inmates: justice minister

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Eisuke Mori announces the executions of four death-row inmates at a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 29. It is the first set of executions in Japan in about three months and the second since Prime Minister Taro Aso took office in September last year.

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Japan executes 3 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Okiharu Yasuoka meets the press at his ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 11 over the execution of three death row inmates.

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Japan executes 4 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama announces at a press conference April 10 that the Justice Ministry executed four death-row inmates the same day. The execution brought the total number of inmates executed under his orders to 10 in three rounds of executions since last December.

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3 inmates hanged in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama announces at a press conference on Feb. 1 that three death row inmates were executed at detention houses in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka earlier in the day.

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3 inmates hanged in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks at a press conference about the execution of three death row inmates on Feb. 1. He said the three inmates were hanged at detention houses in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka.

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3 inmates hanged, names disclosed 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama announces the names of three death row inmates executed Nov. 7 and the locations where the executions took place during a session of the Judicial Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives. This is the first time the government has released the names of inmates who had been executed.

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Ex-Japan death row inmate speaks at Strasbourg rally

STRASBOURG, France - Sakae Enda, a former Japanese death row inmate who spent more than 30 years waiting to be executed, makes a speech at a three-day international rally in Strasbourg on June 21 to oppose the death penalty. Enda called for doing away with capital punishment worldwide. Enda, 76, was wrongly convicted of murder and spent 34 years in jail, including 32 years on death row.

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Executions draw protest

TOKYO, Japan - Legislators Nobuto Hosaka (L) and Mizuho Fukushima (R) speak at a news conference Sept. 10 after visiting the Justice Ministry to protest against the executions earlier in the day of three death-row inmates.

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Japan hangs 3 death-row inmates in 1st executions in 2 yrs

Three death-row inmates were hanged Tuesday, the Ministry of Justice said, in Japan's first executions since December 2019 and first under the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The three were identified as Yasutaka Fujishiro, 65, who killed seven of his relatives in Hyogo Prefecture in 2004, and Tomoaki Takanezawa, 54, and Mitsunori Onogawa, 44, convicted of killing two employees at two separate pachinko parlors in Gunma Prefecture in 2003. Following Tuesday's executions, the number of inmates sitting on death row in Japan stands at 107. Japan's capital punishment system has drawn international criticism, with critics calling for greater transparency on the timing of executions given that death-row inmates are typically notified just hours before or, at times, not at all.

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3 inmates hanged, names disclosed 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama announces the names of three death row inmates executed Nov. 7 and the locations where the executions took place during a session of the Judicial Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives. This is the first time the government has released the names of inmates who had been executed. (Kyodo)

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Japan executes 3 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Okiharu Yasuoka meets the press at his ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 11 over the execution of three death row inmates. (Kyodo)

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Japan executes 4 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama announces at a press conference April 10 that the Justice Ministry executed four death-row inmates the same day. The execution brought the total number of inmates executed under his orders to 10 in three rounds of executions since last December. (Kyodo)

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3 inmates hanged in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama announces at a press conference on Feb. 1 that three death row inmates were executed at detention houses in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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3 inmates hanged in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama announces at a press conference on Feb. 1 that three death row inmates were executed at detention houses in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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3 inmates hanged in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks at a press conference about the execution of three death row inmates on Feb. 1. He said the three inmates were hanged at detention houses in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka. (Kyodo)

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Japan executes 4 death-row inmates: justice minister

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Eisuke Mori announces the executions of four death-row inmates at a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 29. It is the first set of executions in Japan in about three months and the second since Prime Minister Taro Aso took office in September last year. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Mitsubishi president convicted over vehicle defect causing de

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Yokohama District Court on Jan. 16 gave suspended sentences to former Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Katsuhiko Kawasoe and three other former executives convicted of negligence causing the death of a driver of a defective Mitsubishi truck in 2002. The photo shows Kawasoe (front row, L) and other former Mitsubishi Motors defendants arriving at the court in the morning on Jan. 16. (Kyodo)

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Executions draw protest

TOKYO, Japan - Legislators Nobuto Hosaka (L) and Mizuho Fukushima (R) speak at a news conference Sept. 10 after visiting the Justice Ministry to protest against the executions earlier in the day of three death-row inmates.

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Japan hangs 3 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa talks about his decision to order the execution of three death row inmates at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on March 29, 2012. The three inmates were hanged the same day by his order in the first executions in 20 months in Japan, one of the few advanced countries to retain the death penalty. (Kyodo)

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Japan hangs 3 death row inmates

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo taken in February 2011 shows the detention house in Hiroshima, western Japan. Three death row inmates at detention houses in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka were hanged on March 29, 2012, in the first executions in 20 months in Japan, one of the few advanced countries to retain the death penalty. (Kyodo)

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Japan hangs 3 death row inmates

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken March 29, 2012, shows the detention house in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Three death row inmates at detention houses in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka were hanged the same day in the first executions in 20 months in Japan, one of the few advanced countries to retain the death penalty. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Japan death row inmate speaks at Strasbourg rally

STRASBOURG, France - Sakae Enda, a former Japanese death row inmate who spent more than 30 years waiting to be executed, makes a speech at a three-day international rally in Strasbourg on June 21 to oppose the death penalty. Enda called for doing away with capital punishment worldwide. Enda, 76, was wrongly convicted of murder and spent 34 years in jail, including 32 years on death row.