This open access book provides a comparative perspective on capital punishment in Japan and the United States. Alongside the US, Japan is one of only a few deve
This book provides an overview of capital punishment in Japan in a legal, historical, social, cultural and political context. It provides new insights into the
This book examines public attitudes to the death penalty in Japan, focusing on knowledge and trust-based attitudinal factors relating to support for, and opposi
How does the way we think and feel about the world around us affect the existence and administration of the death penalty? What role does capital punishment pla
In a world of globalised media, Japanese popular culture has become a signifi cant fountainhead for images, narrative, artefacts, and identity. From Pikachu, to