Recalling her son's funeral, the mother of executed killer Yukinori Matsuda said he appeared to be at peace in his coffin surrounded by flowers.
"You couldn't see your mother's face before you died," she had said to the body.
The funeral for Matsuda, 39, took place last Sept. 28 at the Fukuoka Detention House in Sawara Ward, Fukuoka, a day after he went to the gallows.