National Sep 1, 2018
Justice panel drafts rules to facilitate child custody exchanges
The rules will give enforcement officers more authority to facilitate child custody exchanges at a time when parents are under no legal obligation to cooperate.
National / Crime & Legal Sep 12, 2016
Key Justice Ministry panel backs changes to Meiji Era sex crime laws
by Shusuke Murai
The Justice Ministry's Legislative Council approves a list of recommendations designed to bolster sex crime laws, a major step forward in toughening punishments for offenders.
World / Politics Sep 4, 2016
Hong Kong votes in test of China's influence over regional financial hub
Hong Kong began voting Sunday in a legislative election that will test the appeal of a new wave of anti-China activists and set the stage for future political fights over Beijing's control over the city. The Legislative Council election is the first since police clashes ...
Asia Pacific Nov 19, 2014
Hong Kong protesters charge at legislature, clash with police
Hundreds of riot police and geared-up protesters faced off each other after a handful of protesters broke several glass doors of the Legislative Council in an attempt to enter the building early Wednesday, following the execution of a court order to remove some roadblocks ...
National / Crime & Legal Jul 2, 2014
Most criminal interrogations in Japan will remain opaque
by Masami Ito
At least 97 percent of criminal interrogations would continue to go unrecorded, under the terms of a draft being considered by a Justice Ministry advisory panel.
National May 1, 2014
The Justice Ministry has proposed that several exceptions be made to efforts to record interrogations by investigative authorities across the nation, while mandating that such recordings cover the entire interrogations process. At a meeting Wednesday of a special panel of the ministry's Legislative Council, which ...
Editorials Mar 27, 2014
A special panel of the Legislative Council proposes phasing in the process of electronically recording the full interrogation of a criminal suspect by an investigator. Will prosecutors go along?
Editorials Feb 13, 2014
It is time to refute, once and for all, the objections of police and prosecution officials and move forward to the day when the entire interrogation process for criminal susepcts, in principle, is recorded electronically.