December 19, 2017 Japon : après plus de vingt ans de prison, deux condamnés à mort ont été exécutés: News Asia Death penalty Violence Japan This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
June 21, 2017 Japan: new magazine offers convicts hope of escaping from a life of crime News Asia Japan To prevent those with criminal convictions from committing further offenses after leaving correctional facilities, a job magazine for people with a history of crime or delinquency will be distributed at prisons and juvenile training schools nationwide starting mid-July.
June 3, 2017 Japan: the arrested development of female prisons News Women Asia Japan Though the prison population in Japan is remarkably small compared to other countries, there have been increases in recent years among certain demographics. The media is particularly sensitive to elderly inmates. Less remarked upon are female prisoners.
February 10, 2017 Japan: justice chief targets Juvenile Law so 18-year-olds can be charged as adults News Asia Justice Japan Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda has consulted an advisory panel about the possibility of lowering the age of criminal adulthood to 18 from 20, a move critics claim could deprive 18- and 19-year-old offenders of the rehabilitation opportunities guaranteed by the Juvenile Law.
February 10, 2017 Japan: justice chief targets Juvenile Law so 18-year-olds can be charged as adults News Asia Japan Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda has consulted an advisory panel about the possibility of lowering the age of criminal adulthood to 18 from 20, a move critics claim could deprive 18- and 19-year-old offenders of the rehabilitation opportunities guaranteed by the Juvenile Law.
January 15, 2017 Japon : pour les vieux détenus, la prison est un refuge News Asia Japan This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
November 28, 2016 Japan : Asahikawa prison revamped for elderly inmates News Asia Japan Should prison facilities be friendly to aging inmates or remain punitively hard for criminals? It is a question that was faced by Asahikawa Prison in Hokkaido, which was remodeled and reopened earlier this year. The three-story, reinforced concrete building has about 500 private cells, each equippe…
October 12, 2016 Japon : un grand pas vers l’abolition de la peine capitale News Asia Death penalty Japan Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
March 26, 2016 Japan : two prisoners executed amid protests News Asia Death penalty Japan Hangings took place weeks before Japan is due to host the G7 leaders summit. Human rights campaigners have condemned Japan’s use of the death penalty after two inmates were hanged, bringing the number of executions to 16 since the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, took office in late 2012.
