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Relay or no relay, you can disable the fuel pump by interrupting the power supply to the fuel pump literally anywhere in the circuit.
As I said before, doing it with a fuse tap is the easiest way, which also makes it the easiest way to reverse the modification and that makes it the easiest way to bypass the kill switch, if a thief were to notice it.
Personally, I wouldn't fit a kill switch - simply because for it to be effective, I would need to flip the switch every time I park and then flip it again when I get back to the car. Sooner or later, sooner, rather than later, I'll get tired and stop doing it.
IF I were to fit a kill switch, I would want it within easy reach of the driver, if it's on the dash it would need to be concealed, or perhaps disguised, let's say, a fog lamp switch that matches the dash switches, and the wiring can then be concealed under the dash and run to where ever you choose to interrupt the circuit.
Quite frankly - I would not worry with a Kill switch on a Jimny that does not have keyless start, it already has a fairly effective immobilizer.
It's not that the immobilizer can't be bypassed, but it's not as easy as it would be on your Lexus, I'd also like to think that a Lexus (or a Mercedes) would be considered a much more desirable target than a Jimny.
Now that I think about it, the fuel pump is fed off one of the primary fusible links, not a mini fuse in the box.
So yeah, cutting into the factory wiring is the easiest way.
Not impossible, but does add another failure point.
I also would probably be inclined to only use it if parked in rough areas, (rare for me) as having to fumble for a secret switch under the dash would get old pretty quick for me.
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