A former Mongolian president known for abolishing his country's death penalty urged Japanese lawmakers in a recent interview to take the same step despite the public's continued support for executions."If you are a good politician, (and) if there are some bad practices, you have to go ahead and change public opinion," said Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, who led the move to terminate capital punishment in Mongolia in 2017 after taking the post in 2009.In Japan, 83.1 percent of people support the death penalty, saying the existence of the system is "unavoidable," according to a government survey cond…READ FULL ARTICLE
