Capital punishment in Japan (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Capital punishment in Japan" in English language version.

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47news.jp

極刑求め15万人が署名闇サイト殺人、地検に提出. 47 News (in Japanese). Press Net Japan. Kyodo. 23 October 2007. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

aljazeera.com

"'Hostage justice': How Japan secures confessions and convictions". Al Jazeera Media Network. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

amnesty.org

web.amnesty.org

"Urgent Action in Focus, August 2005". Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 24 May 2006. Retrieved 28 May 2006.

archive.today

Eiji Kaji. "Lay judges wept over sentence". Daily Yomiuri Online. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

asahi.com

Morishita, Yusuke (10 March 2025). "Survey: 83% of Japanese still support death penalty". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

Hogg, Chris (7 December 2007). "Secrecy of Japanese executions". BBC News. Retrieved 28 April 2010.

books.google.com

Petra Schmidt (2001). Capital punishment in Japan. Brill. pp. 9–24. ISBN 9004124217.

cnn.com

"He's the world's longest-serving death row inmate. A court just exonerated him". CNN. 25 September 2024.

community-democracies.org

"Freedoms at risk: The challenge of the century - A global survey on democracy in 55 countries" (PDF). community-democracies.org. 2021. p. 77. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

doi.org

Mori, Daisuke (8 September 2020). "Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment in Japan: An Analysis Using Nonstationary Time-Series Data". Supreme Court Economic Review. 28. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press: 61–116. doi:10.1086/709805. S2CID 224834025.

economist.com

"Why Japan retains the death penalty". The Economist. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

freemalaysiatoday.com

"Japanese man sentenced to death for 2021 crimes as minor". Free Malaysia Today. 18 January 2024.

hrdc.net

"Japan Hanging on to Death Penalty". South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre. Retrieved 28 May 2006.

japaneselawtranslation.go.jp

"Penal Code - Japanese/English - Japanese Law Translation". www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp. Japanese Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
"Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Proceeds of Crime - Japanese/English - Japanese Law Translation". www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp. Japanese Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
"Code of Criminal Procedure". japaneselawtranslation.go.jp. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

japantimes.co.jp

"To advise lay judges, Supreme Court institute cites death penalty precedents". japantimes.co.jp. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
Matsutani, Minoru. "Double-killer as minor will face gallows". The Japan Times. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
"Over 80% of Japanese say death penalty system is 'unavoidable'". japantimes.co.jp. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
Cabinet Office poll: 80% of respondents think death penalty 'permissible' Archived 28 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
"Man serving life for murder gets death sentence for another slaying". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

search.japantimes.co.jp

"Chiba urges death penalty debate | The Japan Times". Search.japantimes.co.jp. 18 September 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
"Pair hanged; Chiba attends as witness". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
"Net strangers to hang for slaying". The Japan Times. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

japantoday.com

JT Staff (23 June 2008). "Politics and Capital Punishment a Volatile Mixture". JapanToday.com. Tokyo, Japan: Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

jiadep.org

"LIST OF DEFENDANTS WHO ARE UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH IN JAPAN". 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Death penalty for a single murder is quite rare.
"LIST OF DEFENDANTS WHO ARE UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH IN JAPAN". Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

kensatsu.go.jp

略式裁判について (in Japanese). Public Prosecutors Office. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

kotobank.jp

鋸挽 (in Japanese). Kotobank. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

kyodonews.net

english.kyodonews.net

"Japan executes man convicted of 9 murders, 1st hanging since 2022". Kyodo News. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
"21-year-old man given death penalty for 2021 murder, arson in Japan". Kyodo News. 18 January 2024.

latimes.com

Bruce Wallace – Wallace, Bruce (2 March 2006). "Awaiting Death's Footsteps". Los Angeles Times. p. 1. Retrieved 7 June 2006.

livedoor.com

news.livedoor.com

ネット上で死刑求める署名 10日間で10万人！集まる. J-Cast News (in Japanese). 4 October 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

mainichi.jp

"Ex-prison worker in Japan who witnessed execution speaks of shocking experience". Mainichi Daily News. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2025. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220219/p2a/00m/0na/029000c
"Ex-prison worker in Japan who witnessed execution speaks of shocking experience". Mainichi Daily News. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
Morishima, M. (22 March 2009). 社説ウオッチング：闇サイト殺人判決死刑制度前提に容認. The Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 April 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

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闇サイト殺人常識に沿った死刑判断だ. The Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 19 March 2009. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.

ndl.go.jp

kokkai.ndl.go.jp

第024回国会法務委員会公聴会第2号 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. 10 May 1956. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2008.

news.com.au

"Mother, baby killer sentenced to hang". Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

nhk.or.jp

www3.nhk.or.jp

NHK Staff (21 October 2022). "死刑囚の肉声から考える死刑告知は当日か事前か". NHK.or.jp (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: NHK. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

nihon-u.ac.jp

atlantic2.gssc.nihon-u.ac.jp

Oyama, Shinichi (2009). "中世武士の生死観（5）" [Shojikan of Bushi in the Middle Ages (5)] (PDF) (in Japanese and English). Nihon University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

nippon.com

"Capital Punishment in Japan". nippon.com. 27 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
"Poll Reveals More than 80% Support Death Penalty in Japan". nippon.com. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
"Order in the Court: Explaining Japan's 99.9% Conviction Rate". Nippon.com. 18 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022.

nishinippon.co.jp

裁判員制度10年、殺人罪起訴率4割減未遂含め「自白なし」慎重対処 (in Japanese). Nishinippon Shimbun. 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

nytimes.com

Fackler, Martin (27 June 2025). "Japan hangs man convicted in serial killings of nine people". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
Foster, Martin (18 June 2008). "Japan Hangs Three Convicted Killers". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 June 2008.

ritsumei.ac.jp

Adachi, Kōji. 年長少年に対する死刑の是非 (in Japanese). Ritsumeikan University. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.

semanticscholar.org

api.semanticscholar.org

Mori, Daisuke (8 September 2020). "Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment in Japan: An Analysis Using Nonstationary Time-Series Data". Supreme Court Economic Review. 28. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press: 61–116. doi:10.1086/709805. S2CID 224834025.

shugiin.go.jp

死刑制度に関する資料 (PDF) (in Japanese). House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

thediplomat.com

"Carlos Ghosn and Japan's '99% Conviction Rate'". The Diplomat. 31 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022.

thoughtco.com

Helmenstein, Anne Marie (17 July 2019). "What Is the Null Hypothesis? Definition and Examples". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

timesonline.co.uk

Parry, Richard Lloyd (19 September 2009). "Japan's death penalty effectively scrapped with arrival of Keiko Chiba". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009.

washingtonpost.com

Charles Lane – Lane, Charles (16 January 2005). "Why Japan Still Has the Death Penalty". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 June 2006.

web.archive.org

"LIST OF DEFENDANTS WHO ARE UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH IN JAPAN". 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Death penalty for a single murder is quite rare.
"To advise lay judges, Supreme Court institute cites death penalty precedents". japantimes.co.jp. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
"Capital Punishment in Japan". nippon.com. 27 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
Fackler, Martin (27 June 2025). "Japan hangs man convicted in serial killings of nine people". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
死刑制度に関する資料 (PDF) (in Japanese). House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
Oyama, Shinichi (2009). "中世武士の生死観（5）" [Shojikan of Bushi in the Middle Ages (5)] (PDF) (in Japanese and English). Nihon University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
鋸挽 (in Japanese). Kotobank. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
"Code of Criminal Procedure". japaneselawtranslation.go.jp. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
"LIST OF DEFENDANTS WHO ARE UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH IN JAPAN". Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
NHK Staff (21 October 2022). "死刑囚の肉声から考える死刑告知は当日か事前か". NHK.or.jp (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: NHK. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
Adachi, Kōji. 年長少年に対する死刑の是非 (in Japanese). Ritsumeikan University. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
"Mother, baby killer sentenced to hang". Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
Cabinet Office poll: 80% of respondents think death penalty 'permissible' Archived 28 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Parry, Richard Lloyd (19 September 2009). "Japan's death penalty effectively scrapped with arrival of Keiko Chiba". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
"Pair hanged; Chiba attends as witness". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
第024回国会法務委員会公聴会第2号 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. 10 May 1956. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
極刑求め15万人が署名闇サイト殺人、地検に提出. 47 News (in Japanese). Press Net Japan. Kyodo. 23 October 2007. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
Morishima, M. (22 March 2009). 社説ウオッチング：闇サイト殺人判決死刑制度前提に容認. The Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 April 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
闇サイト殺人常識に沿った死刑判断だ. The Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 19 March 2009. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
"Urgent Action in Focus, August 2005". Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 24 May 2006. Retrieved 28 May 2006.
"'Hostage justice': How Japan secures confessions and convictions". Al Jazeera Media Network. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
裁判員制度10年、殺人罪起訴率4割減未遂含め「自白なし」慎重対処 (in Japanese). Nishinippon Shimbun. 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
"Carlos Ghosn and Japan's '99% Conviction Rate'". The Diplomat. 31 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022.
"Order in the Court: Explaining Japan's 99.9% Conviction Rate". Nippon.com. 18 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022.
ゴーン氏は去りぬ；刑事手続に関する比較法的考察 (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun/Chuo online. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022.
略式裁判について (in Japanese). Public Prosecutors Office. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

yahoo.com

news.yahoo.com

Hiyama, Hiroshi (29 March 2012). "Japan executes first prisoners since 2010". AFP. Retrieved 6 April 2012.^{[dead link]}

yomiuri.co.jp

Prof. Norio Takahashi. "Death Penalty for Hikari City Mother-Child Murder Case". Daily Yomiuri Online. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
Eiji Kaji. "Lay judges wept over sentence". Daily Yomiuri Online. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

chubu.yomiuri.co.jp

Ishihara, A.; Matsuda, S.; Kajiura, K. (12 March 2009). 被告の言葉「耐えられない軽さ」―無念の叫び闇サイト殺人 18日判決(5). The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 April 2009.^{[dead link]}

yab.yomiuri.co.jp

ゴーン氏は去りぬ；刑事手続に関する比較法的考察 (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun/Chuo online. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022.