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Japan hangs four

Japan has hanged four convicted murderers, despite international calls for it to stop executions.

Japan is the only industrialised country other than the United States to enforce the death penalty.

The four executed prisoners had all been convicted of murder and each was given only last-minute notice that they were heading to the gallows.

Japan is stepping up its hangings of death row prisoners and last year it executed 15, the highest number in three decades.

While the death penalty has strong public support in Japan, international human rights groups have called on it to stop the executions.

Amnesty International says it will issue a protest to the Japanese Government over the latest hangings.

Source: ABC News.net.au, January 29, 2009

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