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DEATH 3

JAPAN
Aug 11, 2014
Lawmaker group seeking end to death penalty to resume activities
A Diet members' group formed to end the death penalty plans to resume operations as early as next month after suspending its activities following the 2012 election, sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2014
Lightning kills Aichi youth on pitcher's mound during game
A high school student died after being struck by lightning Wednesday during a baseball game at a school in Fusocho, Aichi Prefecture, police said.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2014
Road deaths under 2,000 in first half of '14: police report
The number of people killed in traffic accidents in the first six months of 2014 came to 1,925, down 79 from the same period a year earlier, with the number sinking below 2,000 for the first time since the first half of 2012, the National Police Agency revealed in a report on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 6, 2014
Prosecutors concealed evidence that could have cleared Hakamada, lawyers allege
Iwao Hakamada spent more than 40 years on death row, a fate that might have been avoided if prosecutors had not concealed key evidence, his lawyers allege.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 5, 2014
Sierra Leone, Liberia deploy troops as Ebola toll hits 887
Hundreds of troops deployed in Sierra Leone and Liberia on Monday to fight the worst outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, as the death toll climbed to 887 and three new suspected cases of the highly contagious disease were reported in Nigeria.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2014
Japanese man executed in China over drug smuggling
China has executed a Japanese man in his 50s who had been sentenced to death in connection with stimulant drug smuggling.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2014
Tanigaki vows internship revamp, foreign-friendly policies
Addressing the foreign press, Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to revamping the foreign trainee program, which critics say is rife with human rights violations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2014
Yahoo launches online death-planning service
The Internet has made it easier to plan everything from travel and weddings to careers. Now it is helping people prepare for what they may be the most reluctant to face: death.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2014
Driver killed in Tachikawa suspected of taking 'dappo' drugs
A driver in his 30s was found dead in a crushed minicar that had slammed into a utility pole along a street in the western Tokyo suburb of Tachikawa on Thursday, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 26, 2014
Man who killed three, including kids, hanged
A 68-year-old death row inmate is hanged for killing three people seven years ago, including children, despite growing unease about capital punishment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 24, 2014
Sudan court frees woman sentenced to death for changing faith
A 27-year-old woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan last month for converting to Christianity from Islam was freed Monday after what the government said was "unprecedented" international pressure.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 13, 2014
Top court upholds death penalty for health bureaucrat killer
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence of a 52-year-old man who murdered a former top health ministry bureaucrat and his wife and attempted to kill the wife of another chief bureaucrat in a 2008 stabbing spree that stunned the nation.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 6, 2014
Bar association to lobby embassies on death penalty abolition
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations said Friday it will step up consultations with the European Union on abolishing capital punishment and will work to encourage public debate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 28, 2014
Court denies Nabari poisonings retrial of death-row inmate jailed since 1961
An ailing 88-year-old man on death row has had his eighth petition for a retrial thrown out by the Nagoya High Court, his lawyers say.
EDITORIALS
May 5, 2014
Improving the lay judge system
As Japan's lay judge system turns 5 years old, the Justice Ministry's Legislative Council is considering excluding citizens from the duty of serving as lay judges when trials are expected to last more than a year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2014
U.S. death penalty in spotlight after botched injection
Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett died during a botched execution Tuesday, minutes after a doctor had called a halt to the procedure, raising more questions about new death penalty cocktails used by the state and others.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2014
Fukushima boy drowns trying to rescue girl, 3
A 6-year-old boy died attempting to rescue a 3-year-old girl who had fallen into the Abukuma River in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Wednesday, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2014
No retrial for man hanged over '92 slayings in Fukuoka
The Fukuoka District Court decides not to reopen a 1992 murder case that resulted in an execution six years ago after dismissing new DNA evidence from his lawyers.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 29, 2014
Unpersuasive logic for death penalty in Japan
The death penalty in Japan is imposed in cases of murder, and robbery and/or rape leading to death. In such cases, capital punishment is not mandatory and is usually only imposed in cases of multiple killings, though since 2006 this criteria has not been strictly observed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 27, 2014
Hakamada released after 48 years
New DNA tests in the 1966 Hakamada case result in the stunning release of the world's longest-serving death row inmate.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.

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