02 April 2009 :

Japanese death row inmates should be given at least one day’s notice of their impending execution, a government panel recommended after reviewing operations at the Tokyo Detention Center.
More notice will give inmates a chance to put their affairs in order, the panel said, according to the Asahi Newspaper.
“The practice of notifying death row inmates on the morning of their execution creates unnecessary anxiety that is with them every day,” the panel said.