{"id":317,"date":"2017-11-24T16:34:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T16:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/ungop\/?page_id=317"},"modified":"2019-05-23T16:36:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T15:36:28","slug":"death-penalty-japan-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/ungop\/projects\/death-penalty-japan-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Penalty in Japan Project (2014-2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Swiss Foreign Office, German Foreign Office, European Commission, Daiwa Foundation, Sasakawa Foundation.<\/p>\n<h2>Film<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Wavering Public? The Death Penalty, Justice, and Public Opinion\u00a0\u2013 <\/em>Project and documentary led by Dr Mai Sato<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/congres.abolition.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cultural-programme-of-the-6th-World-Congress-Against-the-Death-Penalty.pdf\">World Congress Against The Death Penalty &#8211; Oslo, June 2016: Abolition Now<\/a> <em>\u2013<\/em> screening of\u00a0<em>The Wavering Public? The Death Penalty, Justice, and Public Opinion<\/em> followed by\u00a0a debate led by Dr Mai Sato<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/events\/view\/japanese-seminar-series-2016-17-public-opinion-myth-why-japan-retains-the-death-penalty\/\">Japanese Seminar Series 2016-17: Public Opinion Myth: Why Japan Retains the Death Penalty<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 seminar by Dr Mai Sato at Cardiff University, 9 February 2017<\/li>\n<li id=\"no_rule\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dajf.org.uk\/event\/the-public-opinion-myth-why-japan-retains-the-death-penalty\">The Public Opinion Myth: Why Japan retains the Death Penalty<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 event at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation in London, UK, 28 January 2016<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uopnews.port.ac.uk\/2016\/03\/21\/free-talk-on-japanese-death-penalty\/\">Film screening and public lecture at the University of Portsmouth<\/a>, 23 March 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Media coverage<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/japan\/12057523\/Japan-hangs-first-man-convicted-by-jury-as-Tokyo-claims-death-penalty-is-popular.html\">Japan hangs first man convicted by jury as Tokyo claims death penalty is &#8216;popular&#8217;<\/a>, <em>The Telegraph<\/em>, 18 December 2015<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2015\/09\/16\/national\/public-support-death-penalty-not-overwhelming-researchers-say\/\">Public support for death penalty not overwhelming, researchers say<\/a>, <em>Japan Times<\/em>, 16 September 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcoalition.org\/japan-death-penalty-project-center-prisoners-rights-human-rights-standards-violation-public-opinion-surveys-polls-abolition-moratorium.html\">Japan in breach of international standards, opinion wavering \u2013 study<\/a>, <em>World Coalition<\/em>, 14 March 2013<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2014\/02\/hakamada-iwao-and-the-declining-support-for-japans-death-penalty\/\">Hakamada Iwao and the Declining Support for Japan\u2019s Death Penalty<\/a>, <em>The Diplomat<\/em>, 21 February 2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/opinion\/2014\/03\/29\/commentary\/unpersuasive-logic-for-death-penalty-in-japan\/#.WhVSX7acbUI\">Unpersuasive logic for death penalty in Japan<\/a>, <em>Japan Times<\/em>, 29 March 2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/blur-drummer-on-japans-continued-use-of-the-death-penalty\">Blur drummer on Japan\u2019s continued use of the death penalty<\/a>, GOV.UK, 20 January 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Policy Impact<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/law\/research\/law-res-impact.aspx\">Impact of the School of Law&#8217;s research &#8211; University of Reading<\/a> (see entry for Mai Sato)<\/p>\n<h2>Award<\/h2>\n<p>Dr Mai Sato won the EMBARK award at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/internal\/staffportal\/news\/articles\/spsn-731227.aspx\">University of Reading&#8217;s Research Engagement and Impact Awards 2017<\/a> for her work into public attitudes towards the death penalty in Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Swiss Foreign Office, German Foreign Office, European Commission, Daiwa Foundation, Sasakawa Foundation. 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