# List of executions in Japan

Capital punishment is a legal penalty for murder in Japan, and is applied in cases of multiple murder or aggravated single murder. Executions in Japan are carried out by hanging, and the country has seven execution chambers, all located in major cities.
After a four-year moratorium, executions resumed in 1993 and up to 15 have taken place almost each year since then. Thirteen of those executed in 2018, under former Minister of Justice and former think tank researcher Yōko Kamikawa, had taken part in the Tokyo subway sarin attack of 1995.

## List of people executed since 1993

| No. | Name | Age | Sex | Date | Place | Crime | Victim(s) | Minister |
| 1 | Seikichi Kondo | 55 | M | 26 March 1993 | Sendai | Multiple murders | 2 | Masaharu Gotoda |
| 2 | Shujiro Tachikawa | 62 | M | 26 March 1993 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Masaharu Gotoda |
| 3 | Tetsuo Kawanaka | 48 | M | 26 March 1993 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 3 | Masaharu Gotoda |
| 4 | Tadao Kojima | 61 | M | 26 November 1993 | Sapporo | Multiple murders | 3 | Akira Mikazuki |
| 5 | Yukio Seki | 47 | M | 26 November 1993 | Tokyo | Single murder | 1 | Akira Mikazuki |
| 6 | Hideo Deguchi | 70 | M | 26 November 1993 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Akira Mikazuki |
| 7 | Toru Sakaguchi | 56 | M | 26 November 1993 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Akira Mikazuki |
| 8 | Yukio Ajima | 44 | M | 1 December 1994 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 3 | Isao Maeda |
| 9 | Kazumi Sasaki | 66 | M | 1 December 1994 | Sendai | Multiple murders* | 2 | Isao Maeda |
| 10 | Eiji Fujioka | 40 | M | 26 May 1995 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Isao Maeda |
| 11 | Fusao Suda | 54 | M | 26 May 1995 | Tokyo | Single murder | 1 | Isao Maeda |
| 12 | Shigeho Tanaka | 69 | M | 26 May 1995 | Tokyo | Single murder | 1 | Isao Maeda |
| 13 | Shuji Kimura | 45 | M | 21 December 1995 | Nagoya | Single murder | 1 | Hiroshi Miyazawa |
| 14 | Naoto Hirata | 63 | M | 21 December 1995 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 2 | Hiroshi Miyazawa |
| 15 | Tokujirou Shinohara | 68 | M | 21 December 1995 | Tokyo | Multiple murders* | 2 | Hiroshi Miyazawa |
| 16 | Yoshiaki Sugimto | 49 | M | 11 July 1996 | Fukuoka | Single murder | 1 | Ritsuko Nagao |
| 17 | Kazumi Yokoyama | 43 | M | 11 July 1996 | Fukuoka | Single murder | 1 | Ritsuko Nagao |
| 18 | Mikio Ishida | 48 | M | 11 July 1996 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Ritsuko Nagao |
| 19 | Yoshihito Imai | 55 | M | 20 December 1996 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 3 | Isao Matsuura |
| 20 | Mitsunari Hirata | 60 | M | 20 December 1996 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Isao Matsuura |
| 21 | Satoru Noguchi | 50 | M | 20 December 1996 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Isao Matsuura |
| 22 | Yasumasa Hidaka | 54 | M | 1 August 1997 | Sapporo | Multiple murders | 7 | Isao Matsuura |
| 23 | Nobuko Hidaka | 51 | F | 1 August 1997 | Sapporo | Multiple murders | 7 | Isao Matsuura |
| 24 | Hideki Kanda | 43 | M | 1 August 1997 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 3 | Isao Matsuura |
| 25 | Norio Nagayama | 48 | M | 1 August 1997 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 4 | Isao Matsuura |
| 26 | Masahiro Muratake | 54 | M | 25 June 1998 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 3 | Kokichi Shimoinaba |
| 27 | Yukihisa Takeyasu | 66 | M | 25 June 1998 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders* | 1 | Kokichi Shimoinaba |
| 28 | Shinji Shimazu | 66 | M | 25 June 1998 | Tokyo | Multiple murders* | 1 | Kokichi Shimoinaba |
| 29 | Masamichi Ida | 56 | M | 19 November 1998 | Nagoya | Multiple murders | 3 | Shozaburo Nakamura |
| 30 | Tatsuaki Nishio | 61 | M | 19 November 1998 | Nagoya | Single murder | 1 | Shozaburo Nakamura |
| 31 | Akira Tsuda | 59 | M | 19 November 1998 | Hiroshima | Single murder | 1 | Shozaburo Nakamura |
| 32 | Masashi Satou | 62 | M | 10 September 1999 | Tokyo | Multiple murders* | 1 | Takao Jinnouchi |
| 33 | Katsutoshi Takada | 61 | M | 10 September 1999 | Sendai | Multiple murders* | 1 | Takao Jinnouchi |
| 34 | Tetsuyuki Morikawa | 69 | M | 10 September 1999 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders* | 2 | Takao Jinnouchi |
| 35 | Teruo Ono | 62 | M | 17 December 1999 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders* | 1 | Hideo Usui |
| 36 | Kazuo Sagawa | 48 | M | 17 December 1999 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Hideo Usui |
| 37 | Kiyotaka Katsuta | 52 | M | 30 November 2000 | Nagoya | Multiple murders | 8 | Okiharu Yasuoka |
| 38 | Takashi Miyawaki | 57 | M | 30 November 2000 | Nagoya | Multiple murders | 3 | Okiharu Yasuoka |
| 39 | Kunikatsu Oishi | 55 | M | 30 November 2000 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 3 | Okiharu Yasuoka |
| 40 | Toshihiko Hasegawa | 51 | M | 27 December 2001 | Nagoya | Multiple murders | 3 | Mayumi Moriyama |
| 41 | Kojiro Asakura | 66 | M | 27 December 2001 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 5 | Mayumi Moriyama |
| 42 | Ryuya Haruta | 36 | M | 18 September 2002 | Fukuoka | Single murder | 1 | Mayumi Moriyama |
| 43 | Yoshiteru Hamada | 51 | M | 18 September 2002 | Nagoya | Multiple murders* | 3 | Mayumi Moriyama |
| 44 | Sinji Mukai | 42 | M | 12 September 2003 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 3 | Mayumi Moriyama |
| 45 | Sueo Shimazaki | 59 | M | 14 September 2004 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 3 | Daizo Nozawa |
| 46 | Mamoru Takuma | 40 | M | 14 September 2004 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 8 | Daizo Nozawa |
| 47 | Susumu Kitagawa | 58 | M | 16 September 2005 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Chieko Nono |
| 48 | Hiroaki Hidaka | 44 | M | 25 December 2006 | Hiroshima | Multiple murders | 4 | Jinen Nagase |
| 49 | Yoshimitsu Akiyama | 77 | M | 25 December 2006 | Tokyo | Single murder | 1 | Jinen Nagase |
| 50 | Yoshio Fujinami | 75 | M | 25 December 2006 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Jinen Nagase |
| 51 | Michio Fukuoka | 64 | M | 25 December 2006 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 3 | Jinen Nagase |
| 52 | Yoshikatsu Oda | 59 | M | 27 April 2007 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 2 | Jinen Nagase |
| 53 | Masahiro Tanaka | 42 | M | 27 April 2007 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 4 | Jinen Nagase |
| 54 | Kosaku Nada | 56 | M | 27 April 2007 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Jinen Nagase |
| 55 | Hifumi Takezawa | 69 | M | 23 August 2007 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 3 | Jinen Nagase |
| 56 | Kozo Segawa | 60 | M | 23 August 2007 | Nagoya | Multiple murders | 2 | Jinen Nagase |
| 57 | Yoshio Iwamoto | 62 | M | 23 August 2007 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Jinen Nagase |
| 58 | Seiha Fujima | 47 | M | 7 December 2007 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 5 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 59 | Hiroki Fukawa | 42 | M | 7 December 2007 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 60 | Noboru Ikemoto | 75 | M | 7 December 2007 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 3 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 61 | Masahiko Matsubara | 63 | M | 1 February 2008 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 62 | Takashi Mochida | 65 | M | 1 February 2008 | Tokyo | Multiple murders* | 1 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 63 | Keishi Nago | 37 | M | 1 February 2008 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 2 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 64 | Kaoru Okashita | 61 | M | 10 April 2008 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 65 | Masahito Sakamoto | 41 | M | 10 April 2008 | Tokyo | Single murder | 1 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 66 | Katsuyoshi Nakamoto | 64 | M | 10 April 2008 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 67 | Masaharu Nakamura | 61 | M | 10 April 2008 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 68 | Tsutomu Miyazaki | 45 | M | 17 June 2008 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 4 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 69 | Yoshio Yamasaki | 73 | M | 17 June 2008 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 70 | Shinji Mutsuda | 37 | M | 17 June 2008 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Kunio Hatoyama |
| 71 | Yoshiyuki Mantani | 68 | M | 11 September 2008 | Osaka | Multiple murders* | 1 | Okiharu Yasuoka |
| 72 | Mineteru Yamamoto | 68 | M | 11 September 2008 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Okiharu Yasuoka |
| 73 | Isamu Hirano | 61 | M | 11 September 2008 | Tokyo | Multiple murders* | 2 | Okiharu Yasuoka |
| 74 | Michitoshi Kuma | 70 | M | 28 October 2008 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 2 | Eisuke Mori |
| 75 | Masahiro Takashio | 55 | M | 28 October 2008 | Sendai | Multiple murders | 2 | Eisuke Mori |
| 76 | Yukinari Kawamura | 44 | M | 28 January 2009 | Nagoya | Multiple murders | 2 | Eisuke Mori |
| 77 | Tetsuya Sato | 39 | M | 28 January 2009 | Nagoya | Multiple murders | 2 | Eisuke Mori |
| 78 | Shojiro Nishimoto | 32 | M | 28 January 2009 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 4 | Eisuke Mori |
| 79 | Tadashi Makino | 58 | M | 28 January 2009 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders* | 1 | Eisuke Mori |
| 80 | Hiroshi Maeue | 40 | M | 28 July 2009 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 3 | Eisuke Mori |
| 81 | Yukio Yamaji | 25 | M | 28 July 2009 | Osaka | Multiple murders* | 2 | Eisuke Mori |
| 82 | Chen Detong | 41 | M | 28 July 2009 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 3 | Eisuke Mori |
| 83 | Kazuo Shinozawa | 59 | M | 28 July 2010 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 6 | Keiko Chiba |
| 84 | Hidenori Ogata | 33 | M | 28 July 2010 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Keiko Chiba |
| 85 | Yasuaki Uwabe | 48 | M | 29 March 2012 | Hiroshima | Multiple murders | 5 | Toshio Ogawa |
| 86 | Tomoyuki Furusawa | 46 | M | 29 March 2012 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 3 | Toshio Ogawa |
| 87 | Yasutoshi Matsuda | 44 | M | 29 March 2012 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 2 | Toshio Ogawa |
| 88 | Junya Hattori | 40 | M | 3 August 2012 | Tokyo | Single murder | 1 | Makoto Taki |
| 89 | Kyozo Matsumura | 31 | M | 3 August 2012 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Makoto Taki |
| 90 | Sachiko Eto | 65 | F | 27 September 2012 | Sendai | Multiple murders | 6 | Makoto Taki |
| 91 | Yukinori Matsuda | 39 | M | 27 September 2012 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 2 | Makoto Taki |
| 92 | Masahiro Kanagawa | 29 | M | 21 February 2013 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 93 | Keiki Kano | 62 | M | 21 February 2013 | Nagoya | Multiple murders* | 1 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 94 | Kaoru Kobayashi | 44 | M | 21 February 2013 | Osaka | Single murder | 1 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 95 | Katsuji Hamasaki | 64 | M | 26 April 2013 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 96 | Yoshihide Miyagi | 56 | M | 26 April 2013 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 97 | Tokuhisa Kumagai | 73 | M | 12 September 2013 | Tokyo | Single murder | 1 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 98 | Mitsuo Fujishima | 55 | M | 12 December 2013 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 99 | Ryoji Kagayama | 63 | M | 12 December 2013 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 100 | Masanori Kawasaki | 68 | M | 26 June 2014 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 3 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 101 | Mitsuhiro Kobayashi | 56 | M | 29 August 2014 | Sendai | Multiple murders | 5 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 102 | Tsutomu Takamizawa | 59 | M | 29 August 2014 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 3 | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| 103 | Tsukasa Kanda | 44 | M | 25 June 2015 | Nagoya | Single murder | 1 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 104 | Sumitoshi Tsuda | 63 | M | 18 December 2015 | Sendai | Multiple murders | 3 | Mitsuhide Iwaki |
| 105 | Kazuyuki Wakabayashi | 39 | M | 18 December 2015 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Mitsuhide Iwaki |
| 106 | Yasutoshi Kamata | 75 | M | 25 March 2016 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 5 | Mitsuhide Iwaki |
| 107 | Junko Yoshida | 56 | F | 25 March 2016 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 2 | Mitsuhide Iwaki |
| 108 | Kenichi Tajiri | 45 | M | 10 November 2016 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 2 | Katsutoshi Kaneda |
| 109 | Masakatsu Nishikawa | 61 | M | 13 July 2017 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 4 | Katsutoshi Kaneda |
| 110 | Koichi Sumida | 34 | M | 13 July 2017 | Hiroshima | Single murder | 1 | Katsutoshi Kaneda |
| 111 | Teruhiko Seki | 44 | M | 19 December 2017 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 4 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 112 | Kiyoshi Matsui | 69 | M | 19 December 2017 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 3 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 113 | Shoko Asahara | 63 | M | 6 July 2018 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 114 | Seiichi Endo | 58 | M | 6 July 2018 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 115 | Masami Tsuchiya | 53 | M | 6 July 2018 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 116 | Tomomitsu Niimi | 54 | M | 6 July 2018 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 117 | Yoshihiro Inoue | 48 | M | 6 July 2018 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 118 | Tomomasa Nakagawa | 55 | M | 6 July 2018 | Hiroshima | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 119 | Kiyohide Hayakawa | 68 | M | 6 July 2018 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 120 | Satoru Hashimoto | 51 | M | 26 July 2018 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 121 | Yasuo Hayashi | 60 | M | 26 July 2018 | Sendai | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 122 | Kenichi Hirose | 54 | M | 26 July 2018 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 123 | Toru Toyoda | 50 | M | 26 July 2018 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 124 | Masato Yokoyama | 54 | M | 26 July 2018 | Nagoya | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 125 | Kazuaki Okazaki | 57 | M | 26 July 2018 | Nagoya | Multiple murders | 29 | Yōko Kamikawa |
| 126 | Keizo Okamoto | 60 | M | 27 December 2018 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Takashi Yamashita |
| 127 | Hiroya Suemori | 67 | M | 27 December 2018 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 2 | Takashi Yamashita |
| 128 | Koichi Shoji | 64 | M | 2 August 2019 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Takashi Yamashita |
| 129 | Yasunori Suzuki | 50 | M | 2 August 2019 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 3 | Takashi Yamashita |
| 130 | Wei Wei | 40 | M | 26 December 2019 | Fukuoka | Multiple murders | 4 | Masako Mori |
| 131 | Yasutaka Fujishiro | 65 | M | 21 December 2021 | Osaka | Multiple murders | 7 | Yoshihisa Furukawa |
| 132 | Tomoaki Takanezawa | 54 | M | 21 December 2021 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Yoshihisa Furukawa |
| 133 | Mitsunori Onogawa | 44 | M | 21 December 2021 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 2 | Yoshihisa Furukawa |
| 134 | Tomohiro Katō | 39 | M | 26 July 2022 | Tokyo | Multiple murders | 7 | Yoshihisa Furukawa |
The number of people executed in Japan since 1993 :
| 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Note: Inmates noted with a * were sentenced to death for murder(s) committed while on parole for another murder