Japanese government says not planning to abolish death penalty


Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2024. - Photo: Kyodo

TOKYO: (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti) The Japanese government does not plan to open a discussion on revising the issue of the death penalty and possibly abolishing it, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday (Nov 14), reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti.

"The majority of the public believes that the death penalty is inevitable for extremely heinous crimes. Murder of many people, murder for robbery - these heinous crimes are still not a thing of the past, the death penalty is inevitable for those who have committed such vicious offences.

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