Iwao Hakamada, whose death sentence was finalized in 1980, could have been executed at any time since then. But under a capital punishment system where rules are broken and procedures are opaque, ...

A memorial service for the victims of the Western District Army incidents is held at Aburayama Kannon temple in Fukuoka's Jonan Ward, June 20, 2025. Officials from the U.S. Consulate in Fukuoka and ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, a death-row inmate convicted of killing nine people he met on social media, was executed Friday — the first use of capital punishment in Japan in nearly three years. Shiraishi, ...