The number of death row inmates has risen to 100 after the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a man's death sentence for a 2000 robbery-murder, effectively finalizing the sentence.
Kazuo Shinozawa, 55, was convicted of killing six female employees at a jewelry shop in Uts
unomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, on June 11, 2000, by binding them with rope and setting the store on fire using gasoline. He also stole rings and other jewelry worth 140 million yen.
Following the top court's ruling, Amnesty International Japan issued a statement expressing concern over the increase in death sentences in Japan, particularly since 2000.
"Public concerns over deterioration in security have grown, but statistical data deny such a tendency," the statement said. "Toughening penalties stirs such concerns, rather than wiping them away."
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