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日本作为保留死刑的国家，在刑事法规范、死刑执行、法学研究以及社会文化等层面都具有其特点。日本在刑事法规范中限制死刑、在死刑执行的问题上采取非常谨慎的态度。由于死刑判决与执行的谨慎适用、过度赋予死刑犯申诉权、过度扩大法务大臣的自由裁决权等导致日本死刑在预防犯罪方面起不到威慑作用，且审理时间过长，消耗司法资源巨大；加之当今日本社会秩序相对稳定，近年的欧美化发展使得死刑在日本民众心中的道德基础松动。在学术研究方面更多的日本学者认为应废除死刑，日本死刑的特点使其在日本刑法中的作用已变得可有可无，可以预言废除死刑是日本刑法的必然趋势。
일본작위보류사형적국가，재형사법규범、사형집행、법학연구이급사회문화등층면도구유기특점。일본재형사법규범중한제사형、재사형집행적문제상채취비상근신적태도。유우사형판결여집행적근신괄용、과도부여사형범신소권、과도확대법무대신적자유재결권등도치일본사형재예방범죄방면기불도위섭작용，차심리시간과장，소모사법자원거대；가지당금일본사회질서상대은정，근년적구미화발전사득사형재일본민음심중적도덕기출송동。재학술연구방면경다적일본학자인위응폐제사형，일본사형적특점사기재일본형법중적작용이변득가유가무，가이예언폐제사형시일본형법적필연추세。
Japan retaining the death penalty has its traits in norms of criminal law, execution of death penalty, legal studies and social culture, etc. It assumes a highly prudent attitude of the restriction and execution of death penalty. However, this punishment fails to function as it should have, for it is hard to carry out due to strict execution conditions, relaxed right of appeal and justice ministers＇ liberal discretion, prolonged processing time and huge judicatory resources to be wasted. In addition, relatively steady orders of society and prevailing trend of studying the systems of the U.S. and Europe degrade the seriousness of death penalty in the minds of Japanese masses. In academic studies, death penalty, held by more Japanese scholars, should be abolished and its role in criminal laws has been less important than ever before. It is predicted that death penalty is doomed to be abolished.