Will Japan Abolish Death Penalty in 2008?

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Yes, there is death penalty in Japan.

Executions take place in extreme secrecy under the auspices of the Justice Ministry. Prisoners are kept in near-isolation and are not usually informed that their time is up until less than an hour before the sentence is carried out - often after waiting for decades. Not even Diet members may inspect a working gallows, and many people do not know that hanging is Japan's method of execution. Bureaucratic secrecy has served to suppress debate about the death penalty - and give ordinary people a sense that justice is something best left to the authorities.

The Amnesty International said, "We are extremely concerned about the increased number of executions. We call on the Japanese government to adopt an immediate moratorium on executions in accordance with last year''s UN resolution."

Among G8 members Japan is now the only country with a fully operational death penalty system. Will japan abolish the rule in 2008?

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