death penalty in Japan

In Japan, method is hanging only.

Color at name : white > man, red > woman
Color at other : white > be sentenced to death, aqua > not guilty, yellow > be sentenced to lifetime prison
be in custody
Name Jail Crime Victim District
Court		 High
Court		 The Supreme
Court		 Remark
Nobuo
Oda		 Fukuoka Robber
Murder		 1 1968.12.24
Fukuoka		 1970.3.20
Fukuoka		 1970.11.12
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Masaru
Okunishi		 Nagoya Murder 5 1964.12.24
Tsu		 1969.9.10
Nagoya		 1972.6.15
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Matsuzo
Ohama		 Tokyo Murder 3 1975.10.20
Odawara		 1976.10.5
cancel appeal
Iwao
Hakamada		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 4 1968.9.11
Sizuoka		 1976.5.18
Tokyo		 1980.11.19
Second Court		 appeal for retrial
Masashi
Daidoji		 Tokyo Bombing
Murder		 8 1979.11.12
Tokyo		 1982.10.29
Tokyo		 1987.3.24
Third Court		 appeal for retrial
Toshiaki
Masunaga		 appeal for retrial
Takeshige
Hamada		 Fukuoka Murder 3 1982.3.29
Fukuoka		 1984.6.19
Fukuoka		 1988.3.8
Third Court		 appeal for retrial
Makoto
Watabiki		 Tokyo Kidnapping
Murder		 1 1980.2.8
Mito		 1983.3.15
Tokyo		 1988.4.28
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Kiyoshi
Watanabe		 Osaka Robber
Murder		 4 1975.8.29
Osaka		 1978.5.30
Osaka		 1988.6.2
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Tomizo
Ishida		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 1980.1.30
Urawa		 1982.12.23
Tokyo		 1989.6.13
Third Court		 appeal for retrial
Masayasu
Fuji		 Tokyo Murder 4 1977.3.31
Tokyo		 1982.7.1
Tokyo		 1989.10.13
Third Court		 appeal for retrial
Tadashi
Ujikawa		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 1979.3.15
Maebashi		 1983.11.17
Tokyo		 1989.12.8
Second Court		 appeal for retrial
Hajime
Kanekawa		 Fukuoka Rape
Murder		 1 1982.6.14
Yatsushiro		 1983.3.17
Fukuoka		 1990.4.3
Third Court		 appeal for retrial
Tetsuya
Sasaki		 Tokyo Murder 2 1984.3.15
Chiba		 1986.8.29
Tokyo		 1992.1.31
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Hiroshi
Sakaguchi		 Tokyo Murder 17 1982.6.18
Tokyo		 1986.9.26
Tokyo		 1993.2.19
Third Court		 appeal for retrial
Hiroko
Nagata		 14 appeal for retrial
Katsuhisa
Omori		 Sapporo Bombing
Murder		 2 1983.3.29
Sapporo		 1988.1.21
Sapporo		 1994.7.15
Second Court		 appeal for retrial
Mitsuo
Fujishima		 Tokyo Murder 2 1987.7.6
Koufu		 1988.12.15
Tokyo		 1995.6.8
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Takeo
Inokuma		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 1987.10.30
Tokyo		 1989.3.31
Tokyo		 1995.7.3
Second Court		 ref Sawachi
appeal for retrial
Seijiro
Yamano		 Osaka Robber
Murder		 2 1985.7.22
Osaka		 1989.10.11
Osaka		 1996.10.25
Second Court		 appeal for retrial
Hideaki
Oshiro		 Fukuoka Murder 4 1985.5.31
Iizuka		 1991.12.9
Fukuoka		 1997.9.11
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Masaharu
Jingu		 Osaka Robber
Murder		 2 1988.10.25
Osaka		 1993.4.30
Osaka		 1997.12.19
Third Court		 appeal for retrial
Tomoko
Miyazaki		 Nagoya Kidnapping
Murder		 2 1988.2.9
Toyama		 1992.3.31
Kanazawa		 1998.9.4
Second Court		 appeal for retrial
Shoichi
Shibazaki		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 1991.5.27
Tokyo		 1994.2.24
Tokyo		 1998.9.17
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Seichiro
Muramatsu		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 1985.9.26
Urawa		 1992.6.29
Tokyo		 1998.10.8
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Misao
Matsumoto		 Tokyo Murder 3 1993.8.24
Takasaki		 1994.9.29
Tokyo		 1998.12.1
Third Court		 appeal for retrial
Wasaburo
Takada		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 3 1986.3.28
Urawa		 1994.9.14
Tokyo		 1999.2.25
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Kiyoshi
Matsui		 Tokyo Murder 3 1994.11.9
Takasaki		 1995.10.6
Tokyo		 1999.9.13
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Kenji
Matsumoto		 Osaka Robber
Murder		 2 1993.9.17
Ohtsu		 1996.2.21
Osaka		 2000.4.4
Third Court		 appeal for retrial
T.S Tokyo Robber
Murder		 4 1994.8.8
Chiba		 1996.7.2
Tokyo		 2001.12.3
Second Court		 juvenile at time of
the crime
appeal for retrial
Dai-Wei
Chen		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 3 1995.12.15
Hachioji		 1998.1.29
Tokyo		 2002.6.11
Third Court		 Chinese
appeal for retrial
Li
He		 Chinese
appeal for retrial
Kenji
Yokota		 Tokyo Murder 1 2001.6.28
Saitama		 2002.9.30
Tokyo		 2002.10.24
cancel appeal		 a previous offense
of murder
appeal for retrial

Wong		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 3 1996.7.19
Tokyo		 1998.3.26
Tokyo		 2004.4.19
First Court		 ref Matsuzawa
Malaysian
Shigeo
Okazaki		 Sendai Kidnapping
Robber
Murder		 2 1995.1.27
Fukushima		 1998.3.17
Sendai		 2004.6.25
Second Court
Yasuhiro
Sako		 appeal for retrial
Shoko
Kumagaya		 appeal for retrial
Keizo
Okamoto		 Osaka Robber
Murder		 2 1995.3.23
Osaka		 1999.3.5
Osaka		 2004.9.13
Second Court		 appeal for retrial
Hiroya
Suemori
Haruno
Sakamoto		 Osaka Murder 2 1998.7.29
Kouchi		 2000.9.28
Takamatsu		 2004.11.19
Second Court
Masataka
Kurayoshi		 Fukuoka Robber
Murder		 2 1999.3.25
Fukuoka		 2000.6.29
Fukuoka		 2004.12.2
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Nobuyuki
Morimoto		 Nagoya Robber
Murder		 2 2000.3.1
Tsu		 2001.5.14
Nagoya		 2004.12.14
Third Court
Hiromi
Manaka		 Tokyo Murder 2 1994.7.6
Simotsuma		 2001.5.1
Tokyo		 2005.1.27
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Kazuaki
Miyamae		 Tokyo Murder 4 1998.10.23
Tokyo		 2001.12.13
Tokyo		 2005.4.7
First Court		 AUM
appeal for retrial
Masakatsu
Nishikawa		 Osaka Robber
Murder		 4 1995.9.12
Osaka		 2001.6.20
Osaka		 2005.6.7
Third Court		 a previous offense
of murder
appeal for retrial
Yasutoshi
Kamata		 Osaka Kidnapping
Murder		 5 1999.3.24
Osaka		 2001.3.27
Osaka		 2005.7.8
Second Court		 appeal for retrial
Tomoaki
Takanezawa		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 2004.3.26
Saitama		 2005.7.13
cancel appeal		 ref Onogawa
Shin-ichi
Matsuzawa		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 3 1998.5.26
Tokyo		 2001.5.30
Tokyo		 2005.9.16
Second Court		 ref Wong
Morio
Horie		 Sendai Robber
Murder		 2 1988.9.12
Sendai		 1991.3.29
Sendai		 2005.9.26
Second Court
Yashinori
Ueda		 Osaka Murder 5 1998.3.20
Osaka		 2001.3.15
Osaka		 2005.12.15
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Takehiko
Tanaka		 Osaka Robber
Murder		 2 2000.3.16
Sakai		 2001.12.25
Osaka		 2006.2.14
Third Court
Masuo
Yamaguchi		 Nagoya Robber
Murder		 2 1999.6.23
Tsu		 2001.6.14
Nagoya		 2006.2.24
Second Court		 appeal for retrial
Yoshimi
Toyoda		 Nagoya Robber
Murder		 2 2000.7.19
Nagoya		 2002.2.28
Nagoya		 2006.3.2
First Court
Chizuo
Matsumoto		 Tokyo Murder 27 2004.2.27
Tokyo		 2006.3.27
Tokyo
AUM
appeal for retrial
Kazutoshi
Takahashi		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 1995.9.7
Yokohama		 2002.10.30
Tokyo		 2006.3.28
Third Court		 appeal for retrial
Susumu
Nakayama		 Osaka Murder 2 2001.11.20
Osaka		 2003.10.27
Osaka		 2006.6.13
Third Court		 a previous offense
of murder
appeal for retrial
Hisashi
Eto		 Osaka Robber
Murder		 2 2001.3.22
Sakai		 2003.1.20
Osaka		 2006.9.7
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Keiko
Ishikawa		 Fukuoka Robber
Murder		 2 2001.6.20
Miyazaki		 2003.3.27
Miyazaki		 2006.9.21
First Court
Kaoru
Kobayashi		 Osaka Kidnapping
Rape
Murder		 1 2006.9.26
Nara		 2006.10.11
cancel appeal		 appeal for retrial
Katsuhisa
Naga		 Tokyo Murder 2 2001.12.18
Utsunomiya		 2003.9.10
Tokyo		 2006.10.12
First Court
Yoshihiro
Takahashi		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 2000.8.29
Yokohama		 2003.4.15
Tokyo		 2006.10.26
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Kazuhiro
Matsumoto		 Nagoya Murder 2 2002.1.30
Ichinomiya		 2003.7.8
Nagoya		 2007.1.30
Third Court		 brother
appeal for retrial
Akihiro
Matsumoto		 Robber
Murder		 3
Eichi
Shimoura
Yasutoshi
Matsuda		 Fukuoka Robber
Murder		 2 2003.1.24
Miyazaki		 2004.5.21
Miyazaki		 2007.2.6
Third Court
Keiki
Kano		 Nagoya Robber
Murder		 1 2003.5.15
Nagoya		 2004.2.6
Nagoya		 2007.3.22
First Court		 a previous offense
of murder
Mitsuhiro
Kobayashi		 Sendai Robber
Murder		 5 2003.2.12
Aomori		 2004.2.19
Sendai		 2007.3.27
Third Court
Seizo
Nishiyama		 Hiroshima Robber
Murder		 1 1994.9.30
Hiroshima		 2004.4.23
Hiroshima		 2007.4.10
Third Court		 a previous offense
of murder
Hiroshi
Zota		 Tokyo Murder 2 2002.1.18
Tokyo		 2003.9.29
Tokyo		 2007.4.19
First Court
Sumio
Nakahara		 Fukuoka Murder 2 2003.5.1
Fukuoka		 2005.4.12
Fukuoka		 2007.6.12
Third Court		 appeal for retrial
Song
Sit		 Tokyo Murder 2 2002.2.22
Saitama		 2004.1.23
Tokyo		 2007.6.19
Third Court		 Chinese
Kunihiko
Hamakawa		 Nagoya Robber
Murder		 2 2002.12.18
Tsu		 2004.3.22
Nagoya		 2007.7.5
First Court
Masato
Yokoyama		 Tokyo Murder 12 1999.9.30
Tokyo		 2003.5.19
Tokyo		 2007.7.20
Second Court		 AUM
Ryoji
Goto		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 2003.2.24
Utsunomiya		 2004.7.6
Tokyo		 2007.9.28
Second Court
Satoru
Hashimoto		 Tokyo Murder 10 2000.7.25
Tokyo		 2003.9.18
Tokyo		 2007.10.26
Second Court		 AUM
Tetsuo
Odajima		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 4 2007.3.22
Chiba		 2007.11.1
cancel appeal
Koichi
Shoji		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 2003.4.30
Yokohama		 2004.9.7
Tokyo		 2007.11.6
Third Court
Tomoyuki
Furusawa		 Tokyo Murder 3 2004.3.30
Yokohama		 2005.5.24
Tokyo		 2007.11.15
First Court
Kazuo
Hokao		 Fukuoka Murder 2 2003.1.31
Nagasaki		 2004.5.21
Fukuoka		 2008.1.31
First Court
Yasuo
Hayashi		 Tokyo Murder 12 2000.6.29
Tokyo		 2003.12.5
Tokyo		 2008.2.15
Second Court		 AUM
appeal for retrial
Jyumya
Hattori		 Tokyo Murder 1 2004.1.15
Numadu		 2005.3.29
Tokyo		 2008.2.29
Second Court
Sizuo
Hasegawa		 Tokyo Murder 1 2007.1.23
Utsunomiya		 2007.8.16
Tokyo		 2008.3.17
cancel appeal		 a previous offense
of murder
Kyozo
Matsumura		 Osaka Robber
Murder		 2 2008.3.17
Kyoto		 2008.4.8
cancel appeal
Toshiaki
Kaga		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 2004.2.4
Yokohama		 2005.7.19
Tokyo		 2008.6.5
First Court
Yasuaki
Uwabe		 Hiroshima Murder 5 2002.9.20
Shimonoseki		 2005.6.28
Hiroshima		 2008.7.11
Second Court
Shigeru
Yagi		 Tokyo Murder 2 2002.10.1
Saitama		 2005.1.13
Tokyo		 2008.7.17
First Court		 appeal for retrial
Yukiko
Eto		 Sendai Murder 6 2002.5.10
Fukushima		 2005.11.22
Sendai		 2008.9.16
Third Court
Kemji
Ikushima		 Nagoya Murder 2 2005.1.27
Toyama		 2006.10.12
Kanazawa		 2009.3.23
Second Court
Yukinori
Matsuda		 Fukuoka Robber
Murder		 2 2006.9.21
Kumamoto		 2007.10.3
Fukuoka		 2009.4.3
cancel appeal
Tsukasa
Kamda		 Nagoya Robber
Murder		 1 2009.3.18
Nagoya		 2009.4.13
cancel appeal
Masumi
Hayashi		 Osaka Murder 4 2002.12.11
Wakayama		 2005.6.28
Osaka		 2009.4.21
Third Court
Gen
Sekine		 Tokyo Murder 4 2001.3.21
Urawa		 2005.7.11
Tokyo		 2009.6.5
Second Court
Hiroko
Kazama		 Murder 3
Mitsuki
Onogawa		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 2004.3.26
Saitama		 2006.9.29
Tokyo		 2009.6.9
Third Court		 ref Takanezawa
Yoshihide
Miyagi		 Tokyo Murder 2 2005.12.12
Chiba		 2006.10.5
Tokyo		 2009.6.15
Second Court
Masaru
Takahashi		 Sendai Robber
Murder		 2 2004.3.25
Sendai		 2005.7.26
Sendai		 2009.6.23
Third Court
Masato
Kohinata		 Tokyo Murder 4 2005.3.28
Maebashi		 2006.3.16
Tokyo		 2009.7.10
Second Court
Kiyohide
Hayakawa		 Tokyo Murder 4 2000.7.28
Tokyo		 2004.5.14
Tokyo		 2009.7.17
Second Court		 AUM
Toru
Toyota		 Tokyo Murder 12 2000.7.17
Tokyo		 2004.7.28
Tokyo		 2009.11.6
Second Court		 AUM
Kenichi
Hirose
Yuji
Kubota		 Sapporo Murder 2 2004.3.2
Kitami		 2005.12.1
Sapporo		 2009.12.4
Second Court
Yoshihiro
Inoue		 Tokyo Murder 15 2000.6.6
Tokyo		 2004.5.28
Tokyo		 2009.12.10
First Court		 AUM
Mineo
Suga		 Fukuoka Robber
Murder		 2 2004.3.11
Fukuoka		 2006.5.24
Fukuoka		 2009.12.11
Second Court
Masahiro
Kanagawa		 Tokyo Murder 2 2009.12.18
Mito		 2010.1.5
cancel appeal
Tomomitsu
Nimi		 Tokyo Murder 26 2002.6.26
Tokyo		 2006.3.15
Tokyo		 2010.1.19
Third Court		 AUM
Kenji
Ohashi		 Osaka Robber
Murder		 2 2006.11.2
Osaka		 2007.4.27
Osaka		 2010.1.29
Second Court
Jumko
Yoshida		 Fukuoka Murder 2 2004.9.24
Fukuoka		 2006.5.16
Fukuoka		 2010.3.18
First Court
Yasushi
Takao		 Tokyo Murder 3 2005.2.21
Chiba		 2006.9.28
Tokyo		 2010.9.16
First Court
Soji
Fujisaki		 Tokyo Robber
Murder		 2 2005.12.22
Mito		 2006.12.21
Tokyo		 2010.10.14
First Court