日本法务大臣千叶景子（keikochiba）在中国处决赤野光信之前表示，处决毒贩比日本可能的判刑更为严厉，并对中国的司法保护提出质疑。
Speaking ahead of the execution , Keiko Chiba , justice minister in Japan , said execution for a drugs offence was a harsher sentence than would be possible in Japan and questioned Chinese judicial protections .
千叶景子