Japan hangs 3 death row inmates in first executions since 2019
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By Junko Ogura, Mayumi Maruyama and Sophie Jeong, CNN Japan executed three death row inmates by hanging on Tuesday, marking the first executions the country has carried out since 2019 and the first under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
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Japan on Tuesday executed three prisoners on death row, the first since December 2019, local media reported citing unnamed sources including from the justice ministry.
Japan executed three death row inmates for the first time since December 2019, said Kyodo news agency. It is one of the few industrialized nations to still carry out capital punishment.
By Junko Ogura, Mayumi Maruyama and Sophie Jeong, CNN Japan executed three death row inmates by hanging on Tuesday, marking the first executions the country has carried out since 2019 and the first under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Japan hanged three prisoners on Tuesday, its first executions in two years, with the government saying it was necessary to maintain capital punishment in the face of continued "atrocious crimes".
TOKYO - Japan executed three people who were on death row on Tuesday, marking the first time the death penalty was carried out under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government, Kyodo
Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa speaks regarding the executions during a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. Japan hanged three death-row inmates on Tuesday just days
