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Japan (54)
Jun 27 2025
12:52pm
In response to today’s execution in Japan of a man convicted of the mu...
Sep 26 2024
2:06pm
Iwao Hakamada retracted ‘confession’ alleging it was made under duress...
Mar 14 2024
12:46pm
Sapporo and Tokyo courts rule Government’s ban on same-sex marriage is...
Oct 25 2023
1:12pm
In response to the Supreme Court of Japan’s ruling that a law requirin...
Mar 14 2023
8:11pm
Repressive new bill would allow indefinite detention for irregular mig...
Dec 21 2021
9:24am
First executions in country for two years
Death row inmates typical...
Aug 24 2021
12:45pm
Ahead of an emergency G7 meeting on Afghanistan due to be held later t...
Mar 17 2021
4:58pm
First-ever ruling on marriage equality in Japan finds current ban unco...
Dec 26 2019
10:40am
In response to the news that Wei Wei, a 40-year-old Chinese national, ...
Aug 2 2019
10:45am
Amnesty International has again called on Japan to abolish the death p...