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Japan: Death row inmates' lawyers call for discussion on executions
A group of lawyers representing three people on death row in Japan criticized the secrecy shrouding the country's executions.
At the January 27 press conference held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward, the lawyers insisted that executions in Japan are being carried out in a state of secrecy, both to the Japanese public and the outer world, and called for more debate on the matter and for more information to be made public.
The lawyers earlier filed legal action in the Osaka District Court calling for abolishment of hangings as Japan’s execution method, arguing that it violates the Constitution.