Japanese government calls for review of death penalty "not appropriate to abolish"

Regarding calls for a fundamental review of the death penalty, the Japanese government has said abolition is not appropriate.

Japanese government spokesman Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a press conference today that it is inevitable to impose the death penalty on those who commit very serious and heinous crimes.

Earlier, the "Conference on the Thinking of the Death Penalty in Japan" held a press conference in Tokyo yesterday and proposed to the government to create a conference to discuss related issues to improve the fundamental system, including the abolition of the death penalty.

He then pointed out that many countries, mainly in Europe, have abolished the death penalty, and that the United Nations is repeatedly demanding the suspension of execution in countries that retain the death penalty, including Japan.

Hayashi, on the other hand, objected to the group's request for a meeting, saying it had no intention of setting up a meeting.

Japan has been asked by international human rights organizations to abolish the death penalty, but it maintains the death penalty for reasons such as public opinion in the country, which has many opinions in favor of it.