Over 80% support death penalty in Japan: gov't survey

Over 80 percent of people in Japan support the death penalty, saying the existence of the system is "unavoidable," according to the latest government survey on the issue taken late last year.But while support for capital punishment edged up 2.3 percentage points to 83.1 percent compared with the previous survey in 2019, the proportion calling for its abolition rose a sharper 7.5 points to 16.5 percent, according to the results released on Feb. 21.It was the fifth consecutive time for support for the system to exceed 80 percent in the government poll, conducted every five years.The most comm…READ FULL ARTICLE