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1 to 15 years in prison Injury causing death; manslaughter: Causing another person to suffer an injury resulting in death Article 205 3 years or more in prison [c] Forcible indecency causing death Through assault or intimidation, forcibly committing an indecent act upon a person causing their death Article 181 3 years to life in prison Murder
Endo, who was 19 at the time of the double murder, was the first minor to be given the death sentence since Japan lowered the legal adulthood age to 18 in April 2022. [30] On 2 February 2024, Endo's death sentence was finalized after Endo himself withdrew the appeal to the High Court, which was filed by his lawyer.
In 2020, Japan ranked 9th in the sub-ranking "criminal justice" in the World Justice Project's Rule of Law Index, second highest among G7 countries. [9] The World Prison Brief had the country incarceration rate in 2021 at 37 per 100,000 people, second lowest in the OECD and a reduction of 42% compared to 2006. [10]
The Chiba Prison received inmates without advanced criminal inclination and who do not have sentences longer than 10 years – e.g., murder without the possibility of repeating a crime again. Ichihara Prison (Chiba) is specialized for traffic offenders – e.g., repetitive offenders and those who killed others while driving.
In 1989 Japan experienced 1.3 robberies and 1.1 murders per 100,000 population. [5] In the same year, Japanese authorities solved 75.9% of robberies and 95.9% of homicides. [5] In 1990 the police identified over 2.2 million Penal Code violations.
From 2006 to 2022, the suicide rate has fallen by more than 35 per cent "reflecting, in part, the impact of the national suicide prevention strategy", the World Health Organisation said in September.
If the suicide is under 18 years of age or is suffering from a state of diminished reason or will, it is considered an aggravating circumstance. The offender is, according to the circumstances, punishable by the penalty for murder or attempted murder if the suicide is suffering from loss of reason or will.
Japan’s largest women’s prison has become home to a growing number of seniors. CNN reported the number of prisoners aged 65 or older nearly quadrupled from 2003 to 2022.