Hiroko Akizuki, professor of international law at Asia University. A growing number of detainees have been held half a year or longer at Japanese detention centers, and many are resorting to hunger strikes in a desperate attempt to escape limbo.
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There are cases where provisional leave cannot be granted due to security concerns. But the length of detention and conditions at detention facilities in Japan have been criticized internationally, and there needs to be improvement in regard to human rights.
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CrisGerSan
Japan has one of the lowest crime rates in the world. It is clear that permissinve lack of appropriate punishment has led to generations in the US of flagrant disregard for law and order and the death penalty has a crucial role as a deterent.
Tom
Zichi: Were you in the cell next to him? :-)
sakurasuki
Especially law enforcement Japan has wide discretion whether they will proceed or not with indictment.
Regular Japanese have no idea about coerced confession, long detention and rubber stamp.
savethegaijin
In Japan, being accused of a crime is the same as being guilty of a crime. Otherwise you wouldn't be accused.
That's why most Japanese people don't care. Just go ask a regular Japanese person what they think about it, you'll be surprised.
JeffLee
But not nationally. The Japanese people generally believe that people accused of breaking the law should be made to suffer.