Japan Executes Osaka Arson Murderer in First Execution in 14 Months

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Takami replied, "It is only natural that I receive the death penalty.
40% : First under Takaiichi administration; Takami Sunao killed five in 2009 Osaka pachinko parlor arson Japan's Ministry of Justice executed the death penalty on August 21 for a man convicted of arson and murder at a pachinko parlor in Osaka.
40% : The ministry announced that Takami Sunao, 58, a death row inmate who killed five people by pouring gasoline and setting fire to a pachinko parlor in Osaka in 2009, was executed.
28% : The Japanese government justifies executions by citing public opinion, with over 80% supporting the death penalty, making Japan and the U.S. the only G7 nations to retain capital punishment.

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