“Criminal cases and accidents by U.S. military personnel cause great anxiety to local residents, and they should never occur in the first place.” The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo declined to confirm details of the meeting between Emanuel and Okano and how the ...
Yuji gained a LL.B from Waseda University in 2009 and LL.C from the University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools of Law in 2012, and he started his practice in a law firm in Tokyo. He primary advised on many criminal cases and honed his skill of collecting evidences and criminal courts. Yuji...
The agreement, known as SOFA, has in the past repeatedly made Japanese investigation difficult in criminal cases involving American service members on Okinawa and elsewhere, and has been criticized as unequal by rights activists and others, including Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki,...
So long as investigation or judgment is always of human origin, it is not always true. Human errors are unavoidable. The problem is criminal indemnity. Article 40 of the Constitution of Japan stipulates that “[a]ny person may, in case he is acquitted after he has been arrested or detained...
systems mostly remained unreformed, including police forensic science institutions for criminal investigation and university institutes of forensic/legal medicine and related disciplines, with the establishment of the medical examiner system primarily for noncriminal cases in several major cities after the war...
Consulting with the retired prosecutor meant the investigative team was prepared to take the unprecedented step of bringing the case to prosecutors for a criminal investigation. Documents related to the in-house investigation were secretly compiled, and specific documents were provided to the special inv...
Japanese and Nigerian police have jointly dismantled a criminal ring involved in social media investment and romance scams that defrauded victims in Japan, the National Police Agency announced on Feb. 18.
(b) We are committed to full cooperation with law enforcement authorities in the investigation and prosecution of child sexual abuse and exploitation cases. When required, we provide data and assistance to help bring perpetrators to justice. 19.6. Updates to these Standards These Standards are subje...
Actually, the FBI agreed first, as they’re in the middle of an ongoing criminal investigation into Hunter’s business and tax activities based on the contents of the laptop. Despite massive coverage of the emails in the non-MSM, it was only the FBI’s use of the laptop which finally ...
Ikeda also protested the delayed notification of the criminal cases, saying they caused anxiety for residents near the U.S. bases. He said the prefecture was only notified this week about the December case, when the suspect was indicted in March, and only after inquiries by the Japanese Foreig...