In November 2000 three murderers were executed in Japan by hanging. Almost 600 criminals have been executed in Japan since 1945. About 100 criminals are today on death row in Japan.

Tadashi Uemtasu, professor emeritus on the Hitosubashi University in Tokyo, says about the death penalty: "I think this system of punishment of those who have done terrible things fits well with the psychology of the Japanese people. In Japan it's important to be seen punishing people who have done wrong."

The Prime Minister's Office in Japan was presented a poll in 1999. In the poll nearly 80 % said they supported the country's use of the Death Penalty. Only 8 % said they wanted to see the Death Penalty abolished. The poll embraced 5000 men and women who were 20 years old or older.

Unfortunately, the executions in Japan are still carried out in silence, and the public and the relatives are informed late. And unfortunately it can also be delayed several decades before the felons are being executed.

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