Japan's justice minister on Thursday came under fire for remarks widely seen as making light of his role in authorizing executions of death-row inmates, giving Prime Minister Fumio Kishida yet another headache in the wake of poor approval ratings for his Cabinet.Yasuhiro Hanashi, who took the post in August, told a political gathering on Wednesday that the justice minister is a "low-key" post, saying it can "become a top story in daytime news programs only when stamping a seal on documents of execution" in the morning.On Thursday night, Kishida suggested he has no intention to sack Hanashi,…READ FULL ARTICLE
