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Article: 80% in Japan favor death penalty - survey.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- February 21, 2005
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Byline: The ASSOCIATED PRESS
Since Japan lifted a four-year moratorium on capital punishment in 1993, it has drawn criticism from human rights groups and European nations that want an end to the practice.
The results from the Cabinet Offices poll in December showed that public backing for capital punishment, at 81.4 percent, is its highest since the first survey in 1956, the national Asahi newspaper and other major dailies said.
Only 6 percent said they favor abolishing the death penalty, according to the reports.
The previous post-war high was 79.3 percent in favor in 1999, when the government last took the poll. At that time, 8.8 ...