is a correctional facility in
Miyakojima-ku,
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
. A part of the
penal system of Japan, it is operated by the
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One of
Japan's seven execution chambers is in this facility.
Notable prisoners
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Kaoru Kobayashi (hanged 21 February 2013)
*
Mamoru Takuma
was a Japanese mass murderer who killed eight children in the Osaka school massacre in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on 8 June 2001.
Takuma had a long history of mentally disturbed and anti-social behaviour, and an extensive criminal record inclu ...
(hanged 14 September 2004)
*
Yukio Yamaji
was a Japanese serial killer. He murdered his own mother in 2000, was imprisoned, and then paroled in 2003. In 2005, two years after his release, he raped and then murdered a 27-year-old woman and her 19-year-old sister, for which he was senten ...
(hanged 28 July 2009)
*
Sokichi Furutani (hanged 31 May 1985)
*
Yoshihiro Inoue
was a former Aum Shinrikyo leader and terrorist who was executed in Japan in 2018. He was responsible for coordinating the Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995. His holy name was Aananda and his stage in the cult was Master Shogo.
Biography
Inoue ...
(hanged 6 July 2018)
*
Yasutoshi Kamata (hanged 25 March 2016)
*
Tomohiro Katō (hanged 26 July 2022)
*
Tomomitsu Niimi (hanged 6 July 2018)
*Keizo Okamoto (hanged 27 December 2018)
*Hiroya Suemori (hanged 27 December 2018)
*Kenichi Watanabe (hanged 16 June 1988)
*
Tetsuya Yamagami
Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan and a serving member of the House of Representatives, was assassinated on 8 July 2022 while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Whi ...
(held pending mental evaluation)
*Yoshio Yamasaki (hanged 17 June 2008)
References
Buildings and structures in Osaka
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