Friday 21st of July 1972 (-) — Cop killer Misao Katagiri is executed by hanging
Friday 1st of August 1997 (-) — Spree killer and writer Norio Nagayama is executed by hanging
Nagayama killed 4 people in 1968. While imprisoned he wrote 16 books, receiving an award in 1983.
Monday 25th of December 2006 (-) — Double murderer Yoshio Fujinami is executed by hanging
Unable to walk, Fujinami was taken to the gallows in a wheelchair.
Monday 25th of December 2006 (-) — Murderer Yoshimitsu Akiyama is executed by hanging
Struggling to walk and partially blind, Akiyama had to be helped by prison guards to the execution chamber
Friday 27th of April 2007 (-) — Multiple murderer Masahiro Tanaka is executed by hanging
Thursday 23rd of August 2007 (-) — Triple murderer Hifumi Takezawa is executed by hanging
Thursday 23rd of August 2007 (-) — Murderer Yoshio Iwamoto is executed by hanging
Friday 7th of December 2007 (-) — Multiple murderer Seiha Fujima is executed by hanging
Friday 7th of December 2007 (-) — Double murderer Hiroki Fukawa is executed by hanging
Friday 1st of February 2008 (-) — Murderer Takashi Mochida is executed by hanging
Tuesday 17th of June 2008 (-) — Serial killer, cannibal and necrophile Tsutomu Miyazaki is executed by hanging
Thursday 11th of September 2008 (-) — Double murderer Isamu Hirano is executed by hanging
Tuesday 17th of June 2008 (-) — Multiple murderer Shinji Mutsuda is executed by hanging
Thursday 10th of April 2008 (-) — Murderer Masahito Sakamoto is executed by hanging
Thursday 10th of April 2008 (-) — Double murderer Kaoru Okashita is executed by hanging
Wednesday 28th of July 2010 (-) — Mass murderer Kazuo Shinozawa is executed by hanging
Shinozawa burned six women to death in a jewellery shop robbery in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Province in 2000.
Wednesday 28th of July 2010 (-) — Double murderer Hidenori Ogata is executed by hanging
Friday 6th of July 2018 (-) — Doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara is executed by hanging
Asahara was hanged with six other cult members, while still six more are on death row.
Tuesday 21st of December 2021 (-) — Mass murderer Yasutaka Fujishiro is executed by hanging
Fujishiro killed his 80-year-old aunt, two cousins and four others during a hammer and knife rampage in 2004.
Tuesday 21st of December 2021 (-) — Double murderer Tomoaki Takanezawa is executed by hanging
Tuesday 21st of December 2021 (-) — Double murderer Mitsunori Onogawa is executed by hanging
Tuesday 26th of July 2022 (-) — Mass murderer Tomohiro Katō is executed by hanging
