Japan Delivers Death Sentence To 3, Marking First Executions Under New PM

The executions are the first under Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who took office in October and won a general election the same month.

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.

The executions are the first under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who took office in October and won a general election the same month.

When contacted by AFP, the ministry did not immediately confirm the reports by multiple major media outlets, which did not give the identity of the three prisoners.

Japan, where more than 100 inmates await execution, is one of the few developed nations that still have the death penalty.