### [2026-08-21](/feed/2026/08/21/index.md)

##### Capital punishment in Japan
# Japan executes a 58-year-old man for a 2009 arson attack that killed five people at a pachinko parlor in Osaka. It is the first execution under the premiership of Sanae Takaichi. 




### Sources:

1. [The Japan Times](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/21/japan/crime-legal/death-penalty-execution/)

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