Japan

Capital city — Tokyo

Country population
125,124,989
i
2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
33
i
2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.92
(24/193)
i
2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.23
i
2021
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
40,881
via Asian and Pac…
i
2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
56.6 %
i
31/12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
184
i
2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
8.8 %
i
2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.04 %
i
31/12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
13.4 %
i
2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no

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