The Carlos Ghosn case has focused the world’s attention on Japan’s criminal justice system. In particular, the system has been subject to intense criticism, condemning its reliance on confessions in investigation, and for proof of guilt. The investigative approach of using physical restraints on suspects and defendants to coerce confessions is critically referred to as “hostage justice”. While the Japanese Ministry of Justice and the Public Prosecutor’s Office have responded to such criticisms by arguing for the uniqueness of the legal system, the problematic nature of this aspect of Japanese criminal justice cannot be denied, as noted by past false convictions and other evidence. The aim of this study is to examine why there are such featu...
The Japanese police detention system enables police and prosecutors to detain criminal suspects for ...
In 2008, a victim participation system was introduced in Japan, which enabled crime victims to parti...
This Article focuses on the failure of abolition and of death penalty reform in Japan in order to il...
In 1975, the Japanese Supreme Court relaxed the standards governing the grant of retrials in crimina...
In several highly-publicized recent cases in Japan, individuals convicted of murder and sentenced to...
This chapter explores whether a Miranda-like warning and waiver regime could be successfully impleme...
As a civil law-based country, Japan’s legal system has historically placed a strong emphasis on the ...
Among industrialized nations, Japan has the lowest crime rate and is considered to have one of the b...
The capital punishment system and current standards for collateral review of capital sentences appea...
In September 2019, the University of California Hastings Law School hosted a symposium on Japan’s ne...
Malcolm M. Feeley examined cases of criminal justice reform in the United States, where reforms can ...
Japan is well known as a society that has not only low crime rates but also for using incarceration ...
In the past, reforms in Japanese criminal procedure would have been of little interest to most Ameri...
Kiss analyzes whether the readoption of criminal jury trials in present-day Japan would be feasible ...
This open access book provides a comparative perspective on capital punishment in Japan and the Unit...
The Japanese police detention system enables police and prosecutors to detain criminal suspects for ...
In 2008, a victim participation system was introduced in Japan, which enabled crime victims to parti...
This Article focuses on the failure of abolition and of death penalty reform in Japan in order to il...
In 1975, the Japanese Supreme Court relaxed the standards governing the grant of retrials in crimina...
In several highly-publicized recent cases in Japan, individuals convicted of murder and sentenced to...
This chapter explores whether a Miranda-like warning and waiver regime could be successfully impleme...
As a civil law-based country, Japan’s legal system has historically placed a strong emphasis on the ...
Among industrialized nations, Japan has the lowest crime rate and is considered to have one of the b...
The capital punishment system and current standards for collateral review of capital sentences appea...
In September 2019, the University of California Hastings Law School hosted a symposium on Japan’s ne...
Malcolm M. Feeley examined cases of criminal justice reform in the United States, where reforms can ...
Japan is well known as a society that has not only low crime rates but also for using incarceration ...
In the past, reforms in Japanese criminal procedure would have been of little interest to most Ameri...
Kiss analyzes whether the readoption of criminal jury trials in present-day Japan would be feasible ...
This open access book provides a comparative perspective on capital punishment in Japan and the Unit...
The Japanese police detention system enables police and prosecutors to detain criminal suspects for ...
In 2008, a victim participation system was introduced in Japan, which enabled crime victims to parti...
This Article focuses on the failure of abolition and of death penalty reform in Japan in order to il...