National / Politics Oct 13, 2017
by Reiji Yoshida
More than half of Democratic Party’s 47-member caucus say they won’t link up with upstart party after poll, top official says.
National Apr 6, 2012
Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa says he has no qualms about executions
The three executions Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa approved March 29 ended a 20-month spell during which no death-row inmates were hanged. Ogawa, who assumed his post in January, has declared he will not hesitate to issue more death warrants, raising the prospect that more hangings ...
National Mar 30, 2012
Three hanged in first executions in Japan since 2010
by Minoru Matsutani
Three inmates were hanged Thursday, in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka, in the country's first executions since July 2010. Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa, the first of the past six justice ministers to tacitly support capital punishment, signed off on the three executions Thursday morning. "I just performed ...