There are 120 people currently on death row in Japan, with polls showing capital punishment is supported by more than 80 per cent of the population.<br /><br />However, some in the country have reservations and object to the practice on moral grounds.<br /><br />Japan has recently begun a debate on whether to abolish the law, with a small group of politicians planning to raise the issue in parliament.<br /><br />But with the wide majority of views still in favour of the death penalty, many doubt that the law will be changed.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Steve Chao reports from Nagoya.
