75% of Japanese customers support the death penalty according to recent poll

"..poll shows that 75.9 percent of the public supports the death penalty, far exceeding the 19.5 percent who oppose capital punishment...At present, almost 140 countries have abolished or suspended executions... 79.5 percent of men and 72.7 percent of women support the death penalty."


Source:Over 75% back death penalty: poll
Kyodo News
Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100811b5.html