Quote Originally Posted by Maciamo
I had no idea so many people were in favour of death penalty in "cute and sensitive" Japan. Any relation with hidden frustration and secret desire for violence ?
None at all. After posting my answer, I decided to do a little search on the subject to see if the death penalty was still in effect and came across this site which gives some pretty interesting answers.

http://www.japanfile.com/culture_and..._penalty.shtml