by Kyoko HASEGAWA Agence France Presse Japan on Tuesday executed three prisoners on death row, the first since December 2019, local media reported citing unnamed sources including from the justice ministry. The executions were the first under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who took office in October and won a general election the same month. When contacted by AFP, the ministry did not immediately confirm the reports by multiple major media outlets, which did not […]