Japan hanged two men convicted of murder on Thursday, the justice minister said, bringing the number of executions this year to 15 — tied for the highest amount on record. With more than 100 inmates ...

There are only two first world democracies using the Death Penalty, Japan and the United States, but how each goes about their executions is vastly different, and prisoners waiting on death row have a ...

A lawsuit filed by three Japanese death row inmates seeking a suspension of their execution by hanging was dismissed. According to Kyodo News and others on the 16th, the Osaka District Court in Japan ...