The elder sister of former death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata, 90, who was acquitted in a high-profile retrial, on Saturday criticized the Justice Ministry's bill to reform the nation's retrial system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/18/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-sister-retrial-system-protest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #falseconvictions #justiceministry #ldp

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office indicted five Japanese oil distributors Friday over their alleged operation of a price cartel for gas oil sold to transport and other companies in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/17/companies/oil-distributors-cartel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #oil #japanesecourts #ftc

Public prosecutors are seeking a five-year prison sentence for the president of the operator of a tour boat that sank off Hokkaido in 2022, leaving more than 20 people aboard dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/17/japan/crime-legal/hokkaido-boat-operator-prosecutors-five-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #hokkaido #shiretokopeninsula #kazui #marineaccidents

The Nagoya District Court has sentenced a 42-year-old former elementary school teacher who started a group chat encouraging the sharing of indecent images of young girls to two years and six months in prison. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/16/japan/crime-legal/school-teacher-sentence-group-girls-images/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #socialmedia #elementaryschools #children #pornography #aichi #sexcrimes #childabuse #teachers

The Japanese government is considering imposing a one year limit on court proceedings that will be initiated by prosecutors' appeal against a retrial ruling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/15/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-reform/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #japanesecourts

Pues no se, pero muy, pero que muy crecidita debe de estar una niña de 12 años, para aparentar 18.
Una mujer tailandesa se declaró inocente de su participación en la coacción a una niña tailandesa de 12 años para que prestara servicios sexuales en un salón de masajes de Tokio, alegando que desconocía la edad de la menor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/15/japan/crime-legal/thai-girl-broker-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #sexcrimes #thailand #prostitution

A Thai woman pleaded not guilty over her involvement in forcing a 12-year-old Thai girl to offer sexual services at a massage parlor in Tokyo, saying she was unaware of the child's age. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/15/japan/crime-legal/thai-girl-broker-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #sexcrimes #thailand #prostitution

The government is set to delay the submission to parliament of a bill aimed at amending the country's retrial system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/09/japan/retrial-reform-bill-submission-delay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesecourts #diet

The Hokkaido government has returned a hunting rifle to a 77-year-old hunter following a court ruling that set aside the revocation of his license after he shot a bear at the request of local authorities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/09/japan/society/hokkaido-returns-rifle-to-hunter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hokkaido #bears #hunting #japanesecourts

Retrial and wrongful conviction experts have released a joint statement opposing a Japanese government council's controversial proposal to reform the retrial system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/07/japan/crime-legal/japan-retrial-system-reform-opposition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #justiceministry #falseconvictions #ldp