Three prisoners executed in Japan

Three prisoners were on Tuesday executed in Japan.

This is even as the government of Japan insisted that the action became imperative to maintain capital punishment in the face of continued “atrocious crimes”.

Yasutaka Fujishiro, 65, is one of three executed prisoners who used a hammer and knife to kill his 80-year-old aunt, two cousins and four others in 2004, according to a spokeswoman of the country’s justice ministry.

The other two were 54-year-old Tomoaki Takanezawa, who killed two clerks at an arcade game parlour in 2003, and his accomplice Mitsunori Onogawa, 44.

According to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Seiji Kihara, “Whether to keep the death sentence or not is an important issue that concerns the foundation of Japan’s criminal justice system.

“Given that atrocious crimes keep occurring one after another, it is necessary to execute those whose guilt is extremely grave, so it is inappropriate to abolish capital punishment.”

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