With regard to calls for a moratorium on the death penalty, Japan considered that it would be very cruel to first give the expectation to the prisoners that they will not be executed, and later inform them that they will be executed.
对于要求暂停适用死刑的呼吁，日本认为，先让犯人以为他们不会被处决，然后再告知他们将被处决，是一种非常残忍的做法。