Japan carries out first executions since July 2010–media
TOKYO–Japan has carried out its first executions since July 2010, reports said Thursday, marking the end of a long pause in the only industrialized nation except the US to retain capital punishment.
Kyodo news agency quoted a justice ministry source as saying three people were executed by hanging, while Jiji Press news agency reported that at least one inmate had been put to death.
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