Issues | LAW OF THE LAND Dec 18, 2013

A secrets law for whom? Look who gets a free pass

by Colin P.A. Jones

From the security waivers established by the state secrets law emerges a picture of a core group of people — political bosses and elite bureaucrats — who expect that they will always be in power.

Issues | LAW OF THE LAND Oct 16, 2013

The wonderful world of Japanese law: Yōkoso to endless discovery

by Colin P.A. Jones

The legal system is designed to keep the order by protecting the old. This is one of the deep structural issues that make it so hard to do new, disruptive things in Japan.

Voices Oct 7, 2013

Growing Community: the JT's most talked-about section is about to get larger

From Oct. 17, the Community section in the Japan Times print edition will be expanding to four days a week. Here's a taste of what to expect.