[Borges]

I didn’t know Japan had the death penalty.

[Mark17]

I didn’t know Japan had the death penalty.

My first thought as well.

[Bikkuri]

Oh yes... it does (by hanging)..
But, usually, it takes years/decades before it is carried out. They make the criminals wait it out, day by day, before they wake them up and send them to the gallows (the criminal never knows WHEN they will hang).