Japan: Two more executed in Japan, one still at risk: Further information

Index Number: ASA 22/006/2010
Date Published: 30 July 2010
Categories: Japan

Two men, Ogata Hidenori and Shinozawa Kazuo, were hanged in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, on 28 July 2010. Of the five men on death row in Japan referred to in an earlier urgent action, four have now been executed. The fifth man, Zoda Hiroshi, could be executed at any time.