The Cabinet approved a package of bills Tuesday designed to revamp the judicial system, including a bill that would introduce a quasi-jury system under which randomly selected citizens would sit on the bench for criminal trials.
The nine bills, which aim to make the justice system more accessible and reliable for the general public, represent the finishing touches to the first comprehensive reforms of the nation's justice system in the postwar era.
The legislative package, compiled by the Judicial Reform Headquarters, a special task team on judicial reform set up within the Cabinet Office, was moved on to the Diet.