I didn't know Japan had Capitol Punishment!

[peterloo]

That guy who committed this horrible crime deserves a big punishment, indeed, but I havn't heard Japanese count sentencing people to death before, so I just got a bit surprised to hear that

Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation (wikipedia)

Prosecutors only push for the death penalty in the case of multiple murders, or single murder with aggravating circumstances. Judges usually impose death penalty in case of multiple homicides. Between 1946 and 2003, Japanese courts sentenced 766 people to death, 608 of whom were executed. For 40 months from 1989 to 1993 the successive ministers of justice refused to authorise executions, which amounted to informal moratorium.

It does exist, but it's just quite rare, since it requires multiple murderer to get such a death penalty, and based on the harmony in Japanese society, this rarely happens