Murder (殺人, satsujin) in Japanese law constitutes when someone intentionally kills another person without justification.
The crime of murder is specified in Chapter XXVI of the Japanese criminal code.
It is punishable by five years to life in prison, and with the death penalty if aggravating circumstances are proven.
The death penalty is permissible when aggravating circumstances are decided to be proven by a nine-person panel of six jurors and three professional judges.
Japanese law specifies a variety of homicide offenses, for which the definitions, requisite articles of the Penal Code, and sentences are listed below.