To those that are wondering why Japan doesn't tell its prisoners when their execution date: They used to, but then one morning a prisoner committed suicide before the execution could be carried out.

“There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.” ― David M. Eagleman

I served 3 years in prison. Mentally I never really struggled because I knew exactly what day I was walking out of that place. I kept busy and worked a lot. But I could never understand how the guys in there doing life could get up every day and smile at all. Knowing the day they leave that place is the day they die and they're gonna be carried out in a box. I truly think I'd find a way to unalive myself. I couldn't do it

Also worth noting in the US, you can voluntarily drop your appeals and request an execution date to be scheduled. These "volunteer executions" make up about 10% of executions in the States. Effectively giving them a free suicide via lethal injection instead of waiting on death row for 30 years

Warden: How do you want to die? Inmate: Old age

The difference is that in Japan a guy can escape death row with miso soup

In Japan, prisoners were informed of the date and time of their execution prior to execution until the 1970s. However, due to a number of suicides by executed prisoners prior to execution, the practice was changed to informing prisoners several hours prior to execution.

"How do you want to die?" Me: Old age The guard: No thats not how you supposed to play the game.

I like how the executioner is just smiling at the beginning

“He wakes up every day not knowing if it’s his last” Um... yeah, so does everyone, bruh... EDIT: Wow, didn't expect this joke turn into such a divisive issue, or get even a single like. Reminder: Love one another!

Absolutely love your content, your background music is too loud on some of your videos though. Thank you for listening. 🥰

As a Japanese, I assure you that the explanation in this video is completely wrong. The reason why the conviction rate in Japan is 99% (97% at the latest) is because the prosecution rate in Japan is only 8%. Unlike many foreign countries, Japanese prosecutors only prosecute cases with a high probability of conviction, and in many cases release suspects after questioning, which naturally results in a high conviction rate. This argument about Japan's conviction rate is a typical misconception about Japan's conviction rate circulating on the Internet.

Death Row: Japan VS USA China's Mobile Execution Van: hold my beer

Now I know why Light Yagami didn’t want to get caught

When I went to court to give my statement as the victim I had multiple court dates and questioning… one of those cops who questioned me seemed to use my high anxiety and PTSD against me. He was informed that anything I said under stress is less reliable because my memory gets blurry and my senses are impaired. He knew that yet he asked the most important questions only after stressing me out. He used body language and tone to intimidate me. Luckily that was his only time questioning me and I was able to report him and explain this so it never affected the case.

Well, the guy who shot Abe is about to experience this in Japan. And that's a good thing. RIP Shinzo Abe

i love how they are all in isolation cells but they also have bunk beds

To be fair we all wake up everyday not knowing if it’s our last.

Waking up every day not knowing if it's your last... Sounds like life

In finland we have a really low crime rate and usually our ´´life in prison´´ is 13 years

Similarities: They both die

“A hooded figure” * teenage boy in black hoodie * seems legit.

There was a very strange feature in this case, strange because of its extremely rare occurrence. This man had once been brought to the scaffold in company with several others, and had had the sentence of death by shooting passed upon him for some political crime. Twenty minutes later he had been reprieved and some other punishment substituted; but the interval between the two sentences, twenty minutes, or at least a quarter of an hour, had been passed in the certainty that within a few minutes he must die. I was very anxious to hear him speak of his impressions during that dreadful time, and I several times inquired of him as to what he thought and felt. He remembered everything with the most accurate and extraordinary distinctness, and declared that he would never forget a single iota of the experience. ‘About twenty paces from the scaffold, where he had stood to hear the sentence, were three posts, fixed in the ground, to which to fasten the criminals (of whom there were several). The first three criminals were taken to the posts, dressed in long white tunics, with white caps drawn over their faces, so that they could not see the rifles pointed at them. Then a group of soldiers took their stand opposite to each post. My friend was the eighth on the list, and therefore he would have been among the third lot to go up. A priest went about among them with a cross: and there was about five minutes of time left for him to live. ‘He said that those five minutes seemed to him to be a most interminable period, an enormous wealth of time; he seemed to be living, in these minutes, so many lives that there was no need as yet to think of that last moment, so that he made several arrangements, dividing up the time into portions-one for saying farewell to his companions, two minutes for that; then a couple more for thinking over his own life and career and all about himself; and another minute for a last look around. He remembered having divided his time like this quite well. While saying good- bye to his friends he recollected asking one of them some very usual everyday question, and being much interested in the answer. Then having bade farewell, he embarked upon those two minutes which he had allotted to looking into himself; he knew beforehand what he was going to think about. He wished to put it to himself as quickly and clearly as possible, that here was he, a living, thinking man, and that in three minutes he would be nobody; or if somebody or something, then what and where? He thought he would decide this question once for all in these last three minutes. A little way off there stood a church, and its gilded spire glittered in the sun. He remembered staring stubbornly at this spire, and at the rays of light sparkling from it. He could not tear his eyes from these rays of light; he got the idea that these rays were his new nature, and that in three minutes he would become one of them, amalgamated somehow with them. ‘The repugnance to what must ensue almost immediately, and the uncertainty, were dreadful, he said; but worst of all was the idea, ‘What should I do if I were not to die now? What if I were to return to life again? What an eternity of days, and all mine! How I should grudge and count up every minute of it, so as to waste not a single instant!’ He said that this thought weighed so upon him and became such a terrible burden upon his brain that he could not bear it, and wished they would shoot him quickly and have done with it.’

With how few people are on death row, I can't really see a reason to actually put them to death. There are too many stories of innocent people being incarcerated. At least if they're just given life in prison, we can release them if we learn they aren't guilty.

Man commits suicide before execution. Executioner : *Task Failed Sucessfully*

In japan, if you are a foreigner, its mandatory to keep a permit at all times while you are living here. I know a japanese guy who the police didnt like so they took him to jail for "not carrying a foreign permit", accusing him of being a foreigner since he couldn't prove at that time he wasnt a foreigner. They finally let him go when he could cite a japanese poem that all elementary school kids had to learn. Edit: based on some comments, it seems like the law was abolished in 2012.

There seems to be Too Much Sympathy for Criminals. These People who Commit these crimes; Deserve what they Have Coming. 🌷

In the US, Death Row inmates get about 30 years advanced warning lol.

One GIANT difference in the death penalty between both countries starts in the sentencing. In Japan they would NEVER hessitate to execute a mass shooter.

death is a escape from suffering anyway, the only scary part is pain

Always nice to learn from Infographics, especially the funny pop ups, “A lawyer? Lay off the American cop shows bro”. Keep up the good work!

Great video!

I'm pretty sure being in prison effects all prisoners in mental ways.

"Alright, how do you wanna die?" "Pop Rocks and Coke."

We all say we’re tough and bad but in all honesty idk how these don’t just scare you to stay down the right path

Who animates your videos? They're like every other channel that has animated videos. Like, in a good way, its like kurzgesagts vids, who is this magical AI who edits videos for people? Cuz I need it xD

knowing Japan, they’ve been famous for their high suicide rates, kamikaze attacks and banzai charges, you know these people have different views about death.

“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” -J.R.R. Tolkien

The Japanese justice system appears to provide far greater justice - and this is reflected in the far lower crime rate!

Japanese president watching this: Somebody’s going to die tonight…

I'm never doing anything illegal, these deaths are so horrifying and slowly painful

“If you don’t believe us watch any of the info graphic videos on prison”. ... if I don’t believe you why would I watch other videos that you have done on that topic?

Greta video, however the background music is way too loud it’s distracting. Can you turn it down a bit in the future? 🙏🏼

Fun fact: Women on death row when asked for their last meal preference still can’t decide on what to have.

Japan: He's sus, vote him out. USA: Okay so where did it happen.

“Only two first world democracies to execute their own citizens” Singapore: Am I a joke to you?

Love how you fund all information

The victims begged for their lives. Some were burned, sexually assaulted before death, strangled, drowned. They didn’t wake up that morning knowing that was their last day on earth. Families destroyed by evil. And we have to be soft in death row? Japan is doing it the right way.

Police: * executing with guns * any last requests? Death row prisoner: A bullet proof vest, please!

I remember watching the news with my Japanese wife at the time of Timothy McVey's execution, and she was so upset that they were calling him "Mr. McVey". In Japan if you're a murderer, you don't get the honour of being called "Mr." anymore.

Japan is quite a safe and quiet country, so when a crime is committed the penalty will be much bigger than in other countries.

Death penalty is the only way to deal with people that can't change.

Being a death row inmate must be an existential nightmare regardless what country you're in.

USA : lawyer , no torture Japan : 28 StAb wOunDs - 240 hour version

I understand that it might make you feel bad for those prisoners but usually (NOT ALWAYS) criminals on death row have done so many horrific crimes that I feel like they don’t even deserve to be treated with the respect they are treated with in court. I felt this way after watching the trial of a mass shooter.

Guard: its time to go Prisoner: i havent even brushed my teeth

I’m surprised that it wasn’t mentioned that Utah allows firing squad because Mormon theology teaches you must have your blood shed if you are executed for a crime. So it’s actually an option that takes the person’s religious beliefs into consideration.

"Only Japan boasts a 99% conviction rate" *Laughs in Winnie the Pooh*

In the U.S., it is common to shoot criminals before arresting them, but Japanese police rarely shoot criminals to death.

"The death penalty and the preceding trial violate the prisoner's rights." And what about the rights of the person the crime was committed against?

"Imagine a prisoner sitting in a solitary confinement waiting to die, he has no idea when it will happen But he knows its inevitable" ... I mean aren't we all like this?

Judge: Any last wishes? Death row inmate: I want me and the guards to heely from my cell to the execution room the day of my death. 6:15

It honestly depends on if the civilization values crime prevention/deterrent or getting the truth both are tricky though because they rely human Judgement. A jury can be bias regardless of where they are from even if they are anonymous/pulled from other districts and states like in the US or if we value truth the mentioned counselor before the interrogation could be biased and believe some one who is proven guilty to be innocent or guilty, or if their innocent they could think they guilty. No matter how you think about their both a 50/50 system. It could be argued Japan’s low crime rate is due to its high conviction rate, because regardless of if their guilty extreme punishment is a proven deterrent, not the best, but it works… not arguing for it though. Valuing getting the truth is also flawed because here in the west things are always a 50/50 verdict unless we have video evidence or forensic evidence, the punishment like life in prison or death may be a deterrent but the system required to convict someone here is arguably easily cheated. I’m not arguing for that either though. In my opinion it comes down to personal opinion and your civilizations values. Do you value Peace and Order, or do you value a broad term like Human Rights and something as elusive and hard to define as Truth?

Love how he tried to make people feel bad for these people in the beginning when they deserve the pain and fear and anything bad that happens to them while on death row, and they deserve worse deaths than a hanging or other ways

UN: Abolish death penalty before Olympic. Japan: *uses reverse UNO card* can't abolish if there's no Olympic!

Person 1: would you like to hear a joke about prisoners who have been spending years in death row? Person 2: Yes Person 1: never mind, I'm still having problems with the execution.

why am i so into watching these death row videos before i go to sleep every night help

I love this channel!

I'd like to remind people that the UN has had both China & Iran on their human rights council.

When you're in your 80's, is it like living on death row?

If they actually committed a heinous crime, in either country, why does their mental well-being matter? Did they care about the well-being of their victims?

Japan prison suites: ***SQUID GAME INCREASES***

There is one inaccurate statement in this video. When given lethal injection it is similar to Japan where three seperate people push plungers from the oppisite side of a wall. So no one knows if they were the one who ultimately carried out the death sentence. This may not be widely known but I just thought it may give some people peace of mind

Warden: Any lasts requests? Me: Can I rest at a bonfire first?

Not to sound harsh, but I feel no sympathy for these prisoners they did something horrific to be put on death row and the waiting is part of the punishment in my opinion

But luckily, the guards didn't know his 283292'th ability: Turning into a f*cking beyblade

No one: That one guy: *get me that soup*

"standing in his room is a hooded figure" Hooded figure: c: Edit: I appear to have started a chain in the replies section...

Thank you for asking how I choose I choose to die of old age 😂😂😂😂

Considering the guy was stuck in prison for 50 years, aren't they just waiting for them to die on their own, while keeping them in isolation?

The torture thing in japan just proves: "Geneva convention? More like Geneva *suggestion* ."

getting the choice on how to die: Prison: "So how would you like to die?" Prisoner: "Um, old age please"

The statement, "There are only two first world democracies using the Death Penalty, Japan and the United States" is incorrect.

imagine how his victim felt

"A prisoner waits on death row...imagine the fear, the anxiety" You mean like the fear and anxiety the people they murdered felt? Of course the US has more executions. We have almost 3x the population of japan. The problem is that the US has prisoners on death row for 30 years.

Japan: we executed 24 people between 2014-2016… North Korea: Awwwh that’s cute!

He probably wakes up everyday hoping to be put to sleep peacefully.

Japan needs to hold prisoners that long so they can figure out whats going on with the Death Note...

“There are only 2 first world democracies that execute their own citizens.....” Singaporeans be like: “ Are we not a first world country or are we not a democracy???!!!”

Handy advice to avoid these situations: don’t commit crimes.

They get a last meal, a cigarette…time to chill.. then they are taken..it’s not like this.

I think that not only in the United States should the death penalty be used much much more often, but I think it should be expanded to more crimes. Everyone is always banging on about the rights of criminals, meanwhile nobody cares about the rights of their victims.

Japan: guilty until proven innocent. USA: innocent until proven guilty ( for some people ).

Yes 380th comment see you when this get recommended in a couple months Edit: it’s officially been a month now I guess my prediction came true

In the former Soviet union they were escorted into a windowless concrete room like a drunk tank, with a drain hole in the floor. His hands cuffed behind his back they tell him to face the wall and a "please don't turn around", then shot in the back of the head with a pistol.

I don’t think a mob or a government should be able to take a life

Stress, Fear, and Anxiety sounds like a normal day to my tbh

Texas stop doing the last meal thing because a prisoner requested a bunch of food and did not eat any of it.

Japan: hm we have secret execution, *kamikaze time*

"The UN committee on torture has criticized Japan for this practise..." I don't think they care.