Japan: Three executions / fear of further executions

Index Number: ASA 22/010/1995
Date Published: 21 December 1995
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Japan

Kimura Shuji (m) aged 44, Hirata Naoto (m), aged 63, Shinohara Tokujiro (m), aged 68, were executed in Japan on 21 December 1995, after spending a decade under sentence of death. AI fears that further executions may take place at any time.