
Issues | LAW OF THE LAND Mar 25, 2021
Privacy or rehabilitation? How criminal records are treated in Japan
With background checks unobtainable and information about lawbreakers kept under wraps, dealing with a person's past can be tricky.
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With background checks unobtainable and information about lawbreakers kept under wraps, dealing with a person's past can be tricky.
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