The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan By David T. Johnson. “By arguing that he opposes capital punishment but not in this case, Murakami is articulating a sensibility—the death penalty is “unavoidable” (yamu o enai)—that is ubiquitous in Japan’s culture of capital punishment.” Palgrave (2019) 139p. download violence and oppression, rule of law, justice, Social SciencesRead-Me.OrgJuly 4, 2022death penalty, capital punishment, culture of punishment