Japan's new justice minister says scrapping death penalty 'inappropriate'

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 03, 2024 2:40 pm

TOKYO, Japan — Japan's new justice minister Hideki Makihara has said abolishing the death penalty would be 'inappropriate' despite the recent acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row prisoner.

Japan and the United States are the only two G7 countries that still use capital punishment, which has strong public support in Japan where scrapping it is rarely discussed.

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