Editing Execution chamber (section)

==Japan==
[[File:Tokyo detention center.jpg|thumb|One of Japan's seven execution chambers is in the [[Tokyo Detention House]]]]
Japan has seven execution chambers, which are located at the Detention Houses in [[Tokyo Detention House|Tokyo]], [[Nagoya Detention House|Nagoya]], [[Osaka Detention House|Osaka]], [[Hiroshima Detention House|Hiroshima]], [[Fukuoka Detention House|Fukuoka]], [[Sendai]] and [[Sapporo]]. All executions in Japan are carried out by hanging. The execution chamber in Tokyo has a trap door. As the condemned is dropped, their body falls into a room below the execution chamber and the death is confirmed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/27/japan-reveals-long-secretive-execution-process/?hpt=Sbin |title=Japan reveals long-secretive execution process |date=2010-08-27 |publisher=CNN |access-date=2023-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828095743/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/27/japan-reveals-long-secretive-execution-process/?hpt=Sbin |archive-date=2010-08-28}}</ref> In the Tokyo facility, the actual chamber is preceded by a room with a shrine to ''Amida Nyorai'' ([[Amitābha]]), a Buddhist deity, to allow for prayers and consultation with a religious official. The execution room in Tokyo is separated into two sections, with a total area of 25 m<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="Diettour">"[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20030724a3.html Diet members tour execution chamber]." ''[[The Japan Times]]''. Thursday July 24, 2003. Retrieved on August 27, 2010.</ref>