
Japan is one of the few countries that still uses the death penalty. The last execution took place in June 2025, when a man was hanged for killing nine people in 2017. Japan and the United States are the only G7 countries that use the death penalty – a measure supported by the vast majority of Japanese citizens. FRANCE 24’s Ayana Nishikawa, Alexis Bregere, Mélodie Sforza and Justin McCurry report.
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