You are basically held hostage until you give the prosecutors what they want. This is not how a criminal justice system should work in a healthy society. —Nobuo Gohara, former prosecutor, quoted in ...

Ex-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn excoriated the Japanese legal system this week during a two-hour press conference defending his decision to flee the country as he awaited trial for financial crimes tied to ...

The decision to prosecute a deceased 17-year-old girl for gross negligence following her tragic suicide, which inadvertently claimed the life of a pedestrian, is chilling evidence of the inhuman ...

Survivors of Japan’s so-called "hostage justice” system came together recently at the Japanese Diet to share their stories of the long, painful history of abuses under Japan’s legal system. Nearly 200 ...

Carlos Ghosn's wife has slammed the Japanese legal system as "draconian" in a letter that says her husband has been "callously and needlessly" detained. Carlos Ghosn's wife has slammed the Japanese ...