List of executions in Japan
is a legal penalty for homicide in Japan, and is applied in cases of multiple homicides or a single aggravated homicide. 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
| 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 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
''Note: Inmates noted with a * were sentenced to death for homicide committed while on parole for another homicide''