TOKYO – Japan hanged two convicted killers Wednesday, including a man who burned six women to death, in the country’s first executions in a year, and the justice minister said she wants renewed debate ...

In July, Justice Minister Keiko Chiba signed execution orders for two death row inmates and then attended their hangings. Many people were puzzled because Chiba, an attorney, had been opposed to the ...

TOKYO — Japan opened up the secretive world of its capital punishment system to the public today, offering journalists a rare tour of Tokyo’s main gallows — an apparent effort to stoke debate about a ...

TOKYO – TOKYO (AP) — Japan opened up the secretive world of its capital punishment system to the public Friday, offering journalists a rare tour of Tokyo's main gallows in an effort to stoke debate ...

Justice Minister Keiko Chiba approved the execution of two death row inmates last month due to pressure from ministry officials and as a result of losing her upper house seat, according to Nobuto ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Japan's justice minister, a foe of capital punishment, has announced a review of the death penalty after witnessing the first executions ...

Japan has effectively scrapped the death penalty after the new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, named an outspoken critic of hanging as his minister of justice. Keiko Chiba, a lawyer and member of the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan on Wednesday carried out its first executions since last year’s historic change of government in a blow ...

TOKYO The Japanese government opened up its execution chambers to the public for the first time on Friday, taking journalists on a tour of Tokyo’s main gallows. The insides were stark: a trapdoor, a ...