APAN HANGS2 CONVICTS Japanese Justice MinisterMitsuhide Iwaki announces thatJapan executed two death rowprisoners, including the nation’sfirst of a condemned inmatesentenced by jurors, at a pressconference at his ministry in Tokyoon December 18. The twoexecutions for multiple murdersbring to 14 the total number ofdeath sentences carried out sincePrime Minister Shinzo Abe tookpower in late 2012. AFP PHOTO
TOKYO: Japan on Friday executed two death row prisoners, including the nation’s first of a condemned inmate sentenced by jurors, officials and media said, as campaigners called for the country to abolish capital punishment.