Footage taken inside a Japanese execution chamber.

Footage taken inside a Japanese execution chamber. In Japan, death row inmates aren’t told their execution date, they find out on the day.

Hanging has been Japan's sole execution method for around a century-and-a-half.

Convicts are led to the gallows blindfolded, with their feet bound and hands cuffed. A trapdoor opens below them when 3 prison officers each press a button simultaneously in an adjacent room.

They all press the buttons for the trap door at the same time so they don't know who is responsible for the death.
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