Execution room in Japan (archive image)
Photo: AP / Justice Ministry
Japan is one of the few industrialized nations that still carries out the death penalty: the country has now had three convicted murderers executed.
Initially, several local media reported about it.
It was the first execution of death sentences in the country since 2019.
According to the ministry, among those executed was a 65-year-old who killed his aunt, two cousins and four other people in 2004.
The other two were therefore a 54-year-old and his 44-year-old accomplice who had killed two employees of an arcade in 2003.
More than a hundred people are on death row in Japan.
Despite international criticism, approval from the Japanese population remains high.
According to Reuters news agency, detainees are only informed a few hours before the execution of the death sentence.
Execution takes place in the country by hanging.
"Given that cruel crimes continue to occur, it is necessary to execute those whose guilt is extremely grave, so it is inappropriate to abolish the death penalty," said Japanese Deputy Cabinet Chief Seiji Kihara.
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