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PENALTY

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 12, 2015
Australia seeks last-ditch deal to save pair from execution in Indonesia
Australia is pursuing a last-ditch deal with Indonesia to save two of its citizens from imminent execution on drugs charges, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Thursday, in a case that threatens to strain already fragile relations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 9, 2015
China executes businessman linked to former security tsar
Chinese authorities on Monday executed a former mining tycoon connected to the eldest son of retired domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, himself the focus of a high-profile corruption investigation, state media reported.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 5, 2015
Supreme Court nullifies two death sentences handed down by lay judges
The Supreme Court has upheld two separate rulings that overturned death sentences handed down in lay judge trials to two men facing robbery-murder charges.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 5, 2015
Death penalty activists aim to convince public with weeklong series of talks, movies in Tokyo
A Tokyo movie theater will screen movies this month about the death penalty and host guest speakers to stimulate debate about a practice that most developed nations have abolished.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2015
Court rejects appeal for retrial over 1961 wine poisoning case
The Nagoya High Court on Friday rejected a retrial bid by an 88-year-old man on death row for the 1961 poisoning murders of five women.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 25, 2014
Japanese man sentenced to death over drugs charge in China
A court in the Chinese province of Jiangsu has sentenced a 45-year-old Japanese man to death for transporting illegal drugs for sale, a source close to Japan-China relations said Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2014
Elderly Japanese man allegedly carrying methamphetamine arrested in Indonesia
A Japanese man has been arrested in Indonesia for allegedly carrying methamphetamine, police said, in a country where smuggling drugs can be punished by death.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 18, 2014
Release of explicit images without consent to be criminalized
The Lower House on Tuesday passed a bill that would penalize people who have posted explicit images of former partners on the Internet, an abuse of trust and a phenomenon that has come to be known as "revenge porn."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2014
New justice minister against outlawing hate speech
The newly appointed justice minister on Thursday gave clues as to her priorities in office, restating the ministry's intention to clean up a discredited foreign trainees program but saying she is disinclined to outlaw hate speech.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2014
Freed death row prisoner brings new life to group fighting capital punishment
A former death row inmate cleared of murder is giving new life to a fund that tries to help those facing execution secure a retrial.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2014
New ministers pledge no interruption to nuclear policy, female empowerment
On his first day in his new job, industry minister Yoichi Miyazawa said Tuesday he will soon be ready to visit communities near nuclear power plants, apparently pledging to maintain the momentum for reactor restarts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 12, 2014
Hakamada's lawyer issues call to abolish death penalty
The chief lawyer for former death row inmate Iwao Hakamada, freed after nearly 48 years in prison, says Japan needs to abolish capital punishment.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2014
Financial program for death-row inmates' artistic endeavors to continue
Organizers of a ¥10 million private fund introduced in 2005 to support death-row inmates have decided to maintain the fund beyond its original 10-year limit and will seek further contributions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 13, 2014
Three get death sentence for China train station attack
A Chinese court sentenced three people to death and one to life in prison on Friday for an attack at a train station that triggered a sweeping crackdown on what Beijing calls militant violence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 12, 2014
Matsushima stays course on death penalty but targets rape
Newly appointed Justice Minister Midori Matsushima on Thursday backed the death penalty as a deterrent against crime and said she planned to stiffen the penalty for rape and bolster immigration staff.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2014
Supreme Court upholds death penalty handed down by lay judges for first time
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence handed down by lay judges for the first time since the citizen judge system came into being five years ago.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2014
Takefuji arsonist, ex-yakuza hanged for eight murders
A would-be robber who torched five Takefuji employees in 2001 and a yakuza who gunned down three people from 2001 to 2005 are executed for murder.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2014
Chinese prosecutors call for death penalty in Aichi politician's drug trial
Prosecutors in the trial of a 70-year-old Japanese politician accused of attempting to smuggle illegal drugs out of China called for the death penalty to be considered as an option for sentencing if he is convicted.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2014
China executes eight for 'terrorist' attacks in Xinjiang
China has executed eight people for "terrorist" attacks in its restive far western region of Xinjiang, including three who "masterminded" a dramatic car crash in the capital's Tiananmen Square in 2013, state media said.
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.
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.
Japan passes bill to introduce 'blue ticket' fines for cyclists
A new system under which bicycle riders pay fines for minor traffic violations to escape criminal punishment is expected to be introduced in Japan no later than 2026.
Japan changes law to allow joint custody after divorce
Legislation that allows the option of joint custody of children after divorce is passed at the Upper House plenary session on Friday.
U.S. envoy to Japan makes landmark visit to front-line island near Taiwan
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel meets with members of the Self-Defense Forces stationed on Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, on Friday.
Japan to review romanization system for first time in 70 years
An advisory panel to the education ministry will consider how the Japanese language should be transcribed into the Latin alphabet, including unifying different romanization styles currently in use.
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
A new initiative rethinks old Tohoku crafts
The colored patterns of Tsuguru "nuri," made in Aomori Prefecture, are achieved by applying multiple coatings of lacquer, which are later polished down to reveal layers of colors beneath.
Xi and Putin mark ‘new era’ amid efforts to counter U.S. ‘containment’
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an event in Beijing on Thursday. During Putin's visit, the leaders showed off their growing alignment amid efforts to push back against the U.S.-led world order.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.

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