Despite the United Nations calling on Japan to abolish the death penalty, an overwhelming majority of the Japanese population continues to support capital punishment, according to a recent survey.

After Japan’s first execution of a prisoner in almost three years, the European Union and other countries responded with a ...

TOKYO, Japan, Sep 8 2026 (IPS) - A symposium examining Japan’s death penalty through the lens of human dignity was held on September 5 at Joseph Hall of St. Ignatius Church in Yotsuya, Tokyo. Titled ...

A 20-year-old US Marine arrested on suspicion of robbing and killing a woman at an Okinawa hotel was referred to Japanese prosecutors on 5 October. Japanese law permits the death penalty for homicide ...