Japan's worst criminals face their death inside a highly secretive execution room located inside a nondescript office block.
Where Japan’s death row inmates are hanged Japanese true crime fans have been given a rare opportunity to view one of the country’s few remaining execution chambers, where the country’s worst criminals are put to death. From the outside, the Tokyo Detention House in Katsushika City looks like a normal office block- but deep within its walls lies a secretive chamber where executions take place.
Why Japan’s executions are so secretive? Japan’s death penalty law requires that the executions must follow ‘utmost secrecy’, according to the Death Penalty Information Centre. Convicts typically find out about their execution on the morning it takes place, a local newspaper wrote, citing lawyer Yoshikuni Noguchi who once witnessed an execution. After the announcement, the convict is moved to a special room and monitored by security officers.
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