28.3 C
New York
June 6, 2025
Asia Pacific Capital punishment Japan news

Japan hangs three men on death row in first executions since 2019 – reports

Japan hangs three men on death row in first executions since 2019 – reports

Japan has resisted calls for abolition of the capital punishment, and the latest executions are the first under the new prime minister, Fumio Kishida

Japan has hanged three men in the country’s first executions for two years, media reports said on Tuesday, amid criticism of its use of the death penalty.

The Kyodo news agency said the justice ministry had identified the men as Yasutaka Fujishiro, 65, who murdered seven of his relatives in 2004, and Tomoaki Takanezawa, 54, and Mitsunori Onogawa, 44, who were convicted of killing two employees of a pachinko parlour in 2003.

Continue reading…

Related posts

African Union issues ambiguous view on possible Niger military intervention

TheWorldsNews

At least 15 killed in second day of anti-UN violence in DRC

TheWorldsNews

Ukraine crisis live: Kremlin says talk of specific plan for Biden-Putin summit is ‘premature’

TheWorldsNews

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This