Capital punishment in Japan
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Japan. The Penal Code of Japan and several laws list 14 capital crimes, though in practice it is applied only for aggravated murder. Executions are carried out by long drop hanging, and take place at one of the seven execution chambers located in major cities across the country. The only crime punishable by a mandatory death sentence is instigation of foreign aggression. Death sentences are usually passed in cases of multiple murders, although there have been some extremely grave cases where individuals who committed a single murder have been sentenced to death and executed, such as those involving torture, extreme brutality or kidnapping with a demand for ransom. Between January 2000 and July 2022, 98 inmates have been executed in Japan. As of 21 August 2026, 100 death row inmates were awaiting execution. The most recent execution was that of Sunao Takami on 21 August 2026 for the arson-murder of five people in a 2009 pachinko parlor fire. Japan...
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