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At the January 27 press conference held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward, the lawyers insisted that executions in Japan are being carried out in a state of secrecy, both to the Japanese public and the outer world, and called for more debate on the matter and for…
Source — The Mainichi
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Death penalty
Japan
Japan is one of the few economically developed countries to still have the death penalty, and hanging has been its sole execution method for around 150 years.
The trio at the Osaka detention centre, whose identities have not been revealed, are “seeking an injunction” against death by hanging, lawye…
Source — RTE
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Access to legal rights
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Death penalty
Japan
Death penalty is an ongoing issue despite international criticism. What is the current situation in Japan regarding the death penalty?
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Japan
No executions were recorded in Japan in 2020, for the first time since 2011. Reportedly, more than 25% of people sentenced to death are over the age of 70 and two of them have been incarcerated for over 40 years.
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Le Japon exécute des condamnés à mort, pour la première fois depuis 2019
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Justice
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Japan
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Japon : Les prisons japonaises s’adaptent au vieillissement de leurs détenus
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Elderly prisoners
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Activities
Japan
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Japon : des condamnés à mort poursuivent le gouvernement en justice
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Justice
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Japan: ”her present fate is to rot in solitude”
Testimonial
Women
Asia
Death penalty
Japan
C. Hayashi has been visiting his mother on death row for 16 years. He talks about her conditions of detention.
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Japan: surveillance and old age
Interview
Asia
Long-term prisoners
Mental health
Japan
Akaike Kazumasa is a criminologist and specialises in the Japanese prison system.
Rate of imprisonment, working as a prisoner, prisoners’ age: Prison Insider asks him three questions to understand the particularities of the country’s penitentiary system.
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Material conditions
Japan
Tissue paper and other daily products sold at Osaka Prison are so expensive that inmates mostly cannot purchase them, a situation amounting to a human rights violation, according to local lawyers.
Source — Japan Times
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Japan
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Source — Paris Match
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Death penalty
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Seven members of a brainwashed doomsday cult were hanged last week in a sterile Japanese execution chamber for carrying out a deadly gas attack in 1995.
The Asian country is one of only two first world democracies, along with the US, who kill their own citizens.
Source — The Sun
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Source — Les voix du monde
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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.
Source — The Japan Times
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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.
Source — The Japan Times
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