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Setsuko Kamiya

Setsuko Kamiya is a staff writer and editor covering local news, including legal issues, and has been following the ongoing judicial reform. A 2005 Fulbright journalist grantee, she studied the American jury system in California.

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Reference / Special Presentations / WITNESS TO WAR

Nov 19, 2009

Demons still haunt Christian soldier

26th in a series

JAPAN

Nov 10, 2009

Sakai is handed a suspended 18-month prison term

Former actress and singer Noriko Sakai was sentenced Monday to a suspended 18-month prison term for possessing and using illegal drugs in July and August.

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JAPAN

Nov 3, 2009

Oshio 1 1/2-year term suspended for five

Former actor and singer Manabu Oshio was sentenced Monday to a suspended 18-month prison term by the Tokyo District Court for using the illegal synthetic drug MDMA in August in an apartment where a woman was found dead.

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JAPAN

Oct 27, 2009

18-month term sought for Sakai in narcotics trial

Prosecutors demanded an 18-month prison term Monday for actress Noriko Sakai for possessing and using illegal drugs in July and August, charges for which she has pleaded guilty.

JAPAN

Oct 24, 2009

Oshio trial avoids link to death

Prosecutors demanded an 18-month prison term Friday for actor and singer Manabu Oshio, who pleaded guilty to using the illegal synthetic drug MDMA in August.

JAPAN

Oct 22, 2009

Takaso faces two years for drugs

Prosecutors on Wednesday demanded a two-year prison term for actress Noriko Sakai's husband Yuichi Takaso, who has admitted possessing and using illegal stimulants and implicated her as well.

JAPAN

Oct 9, 2009

Robbery compromise?: five years

A Chinese visa overstayer was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday at the Tokyo District Court by a group of lay and professional judges for robbery resulting in injury at a convenience store in 2001.

JAPAN

Oct 7, 2009

Aum victim distressed by call to lay judge duty

A lay judge candidate who was a victim of the 1995 sarin attack in Tokyo is urging the judicial system to give candidates an opportunity to serve at a different courthouse if they have traumatic memories associated with a certain court.

JAPAN

Sep 21, 2009

New environment chief will have a difficult task crafting CO 2 plan

Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa said Sunday that Japan's new goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions will put the country in a strong position at international negotiations on climate change.

JAPAN

Sep 17, 2009

Festival to screen Taiji dolphin-slaughter film

Bowing to international pressure, the Tokyo International Film Festival announced Wednesday it will screen the controversial award-winning American documentary about the annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, at the nine-day event in October.

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JAPAN / EXPLAINER

Sep 15, 2009

Community groups provide lifelines in many ways

If you spot a festival or sporting event taking place in your neighborhood, chances are it was organized by the local neighborhood association.

JAPAN

Sep 12, 2009

Nothing was lost in translation in Saitama mugging trial, peers believe

The lay judges in the four-day trial of a 20-year-old Filipino said Friday they felt their new court duty was a valuable experience and, although the defendant's case required translators, no question was left unanswered.

JAPAN

Sep 11, 2009

Six years urged for crimes done as minor

SAITAMA — Prosecutors demanded a six-year prison term Thursday for a 20-year-old Filipino man, the first non-Japanese to be tried before a lay judge court since the new criminal trial system began in May.

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JAPAN

Sep 10, 2009

Interpreters put to first test in lay judge trial

SAITAMA — Court interpreters were put to the test Wednesday as the first lay judge trial of a foreign defendant drew on their language and translation skills at the Saitama District Court.

JAPAN

Sep 9, 2009

Lay judges hear first case against foreigner

SAITAMA — The first lay judge trial with a non-Japanese defendant started Tuesday with a 20-year-old Filipino pleading guilty to attacking two men on separate occasions in December, when he was a minor, and taking their money and other belongings.

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JAPAN

Sep 3, 2009

Citizens find their place on the bench

As far as civic duties go, most Japanese would probably say voting is the most serious. But last month, a contender emerged with the first trial under the lay judge system.

JAPAN / ELECTION 2009

Aug 27, 2009

Mindan fights for foreigners' local-level suffrage

Foreigners won't have the right to vote in Sunday's election but the national association of South Koreans, the largest ethnic group of permanent foreign residents, is waging a rare political campaign to win local-level suffrage because it believes there is too much at stake this time.

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JAPAN

Aug 16, 2009

Foreigners size up lay judge system

The launch of the lay judge system for criminal trials is being observed with great interest overseas, where public participation in court cases is well established, a prominent expert on the U.S. jury system said.

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JAPAN

Aug 7, 2009

Lay judges relieved case over but enthusiastic about experience

The first serving lay judges expressed relief Thursday at having completed their duties and encouraged others to step up and benefit from what they called "a valuable experience."

JAPAN

Aug 7, 2009

Citizens stepped up, fulfilled new court duty

With the Thursday close of the first lay judge trial, Japan has joined the ranks of some 80 countries whose citizens participate in criminal trials.

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