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DEATH PENALTY

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2018
Three major cases involving the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult
The following are brief descriptions of three major acts of violence by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2018
Profiles of top Aum Shinrikyo members, including six still on death row
A central figure in the Aum Shinrikyo cult as a chemistry expert, Masami Tsuchiya, 53, was sentenced to death in 2004 for his role in the production of sarin that was used in deadly gas attacks in Nagano Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2018
Japanese have mixed opinions on execution of Aum leader Shoko Asahara and six accomplices
A wide-range of reactions were heard Friday to news of the executions of Shoko Asahara and six former senior members of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo — which carried out the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attack in the Tokyo subway system — with some saying it was good the sentences were finally carried out and others recalling the devastation inflicted by the group.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2018
Authorities on alert as Aum successor and splinter groups remain active
Public security authorities are on alert amid concerns that Friday's executions of Aum Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara and former senior members could prompt groups of his supporters to become more active.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2018
Aum founder Shoko Asahara was mentally competent during detention, sources maintain
Aum Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, who was executed Friday for numerous crimes, suffered no psychiatric problems, sources with knowledge of his behavior in a detention facility said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2018
Capital punishment in Japan: Unscheduled executions and hangings witnessed only by prison officials and a priest
Japan and the United States are the only two members of the Group of Seven advanced economies that have the death penalty.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2018
Prosecutors seek death penalty for alleged killer of Vietnamese girl in Chiba
Yasumasa Shibuya, 47, committed a “cold-blooded, heinous and cruel” crime in abducting, sexually assaulting and strangling Le Thi Nhat Linh, prosecutors said at a hearing at Chiba District Court.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
May 13, 2018
When 'Japanese only' rules were OK, and other odd Supreme Court cases
Did that headline grab you? I hope so, because how else are we supposed to get you to read an article about Japanese Supreme Court cases?
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2018
Amnesty accuses Japan of breaching international laws on death penalty
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Japan's government of flouting international norms by executing in 2017 death row inmates who were seeking retrials.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 28, 2018
U.N. warns Japan against hanging Aum cult figures currently seeking retrial
The U.N. Human Rights Office has called into question Japan's possible execution of Aum Shinrikyo cult figures on death row who are seeking a retrial.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 22, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions tells prosecutors to seek death penalty in drug cases
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructed federal prosecutors on Wednesday to seek the death penalty in drug-related cases whenever it is "appropriate," saying the Justice Department must boost efforts to counter an epidemic of opioid abuse.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Deep Dive
Mar 19, 2018
1995 Aum sarin attack on Tokyo subway still haunts, leaving questions unanswered
Hitoshi Jin describes his younger brother spending the booming 1980s "cult surfing," exploring what new religions had to offer to fill the gaping spiritual void left by a childhood scarred by an abusive father.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 17, 2018
With amnesty or death, Japan seeks to draw a line under Heisei Era crimes
Those with the conviction that members of Japan's Imperial family have negligible impact on the lives of their subjects should bear in mind that for a tiny few, it can literally be a matter of life or death.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
Death penalty sought for 25-year-old man over 2016 dagger attack on Osaka family that killed one
Prosecutors have sought the death penalty for a 25-year-old man who allegedly stabbed a man to death with a dagger and injured his three children at their home in Osaka Prefecture in 2016.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
Oklahoma announces it plans to begin using nitrogen gas for executions
Oklahoma plans to start using nitrogen gas for executions, officials said Wednesday, in what will be the first such method of capital punishment in the United States.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 24, 2018
Shizuoka man gets death sentence for Lake Hamana murders
The Shizuoka District Court has sentenced a 34-year-old man to death for killing two men whose dismembered bodies were found around Lake Hamana in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in 2016.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 6, 2018
Fukuoka High Court nixes retrial for hanged inmate over 1992 murder case
A high court Tuesday rejected an appeal to reopen a 1992 murder case in which a prisoner was executed for abducting and killing two girls in Fukuoka Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 28, 2017
Number of inmates awaiting death penalty in Japan at end of 2017 expected to be 123
The number of death row inmates in Japan as of Dec. 31 is expected to stand at 123, having remained above 100 since 2007, Justice Ministry officials said Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 19, 2017
Japan hangs two death row inmates, including man who killed Chiba family as a minor
Teruhiko Seki became the second inmate to be hanged for a crime committed as a minor and the first such execution in 20 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 10, 2017
Death penalty sought for alleged 'black widow' serial killer
Prosecutors say defendant, alleged to have laced victims' drinks with cyanide, is mentally competent and can be held responsible for her actions.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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