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CRIMINAL

EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2016
The ICC: death by a thousand cuts
The International Criminal Court is not perfect but it has proven able to make a difference. It must not be allowed to fail.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2016
Russia joins U.S. in denying international law
The U.S. has never accepted the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction, and Russia has now adopted the same stance.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2016
Burglar in Kyushu slayings hanged
A robber who murdered two people during break-ins in Kumamoto is hanged, marking the first execution signed by Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2016
The spirit of Nuremberg
Seventy years after the Nuremberg trials, it's time to give teeth to efforts to bring war criminals to justice.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 17, 2016
International Criminal Court puts Duterte on notice as critics begin to speak up
The International Criminal Court has fired a warning shot over allegations of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines' bloody drugs war at a time when critics in Manila have also begun speaking up.
EDITORIALS
Oct 13, 2016
A historic ruling to protect culture
A country stripped of its history during war is rendered an orphan.
EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2016
Expanding scope of wiretapping
The police are being handed expanded wiretapping powers. Where should the line be drawn to prevent such measures from going too far?
EDITORIALS
Apr 13, 2016
A case for recording all interrogations
To eliminate the chance of wrongful convictions based on false confessions, interrogations for all crimes should be recorded in their entirety.
EDITORIALS
Feb 7, 2016
Investigators' abuse of DNA testing
DNA evidence in criminal cases must be handled in a more secure and transparent manner to ensure justice is served.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2015
Fix America's broken criminal justice system
If the Republican Party wants to win a bigger share of the African-American vote, it should hone an agenda for reform of the troubled U.S. criminal justice system.
EDITORIALS
Aug 17, 2015
Criminal justice system reform
Bills to reform the nation's criminal justice system may not accomplish the original goal of preventing false charges.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2015
South Africa and the AU vs. the ICC
South Africa's readiness to reject the International Criminal Court's mandate deprives both it and the ICC of credibility.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 10, 2015
Criminal-run network of 12,000 computers busted by U.S., European police
Law enforcement agencies in Europe and the United States have dismantled a network comprising at least 12,000 in computers that had been taken over by criminals, Europol said on Thursday.
WORLD
Aug 11, 2014
Saudi Arabia jails four for seeking to fight in Syria
Saudi Arabia's Specialised Criminal Court has sentenced four men to prison for travelling abroad to fight in Syria's civil war, local and state media reported on Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 29, 2014
Reflecting citizens' views on justice
Japan's Supreme Court decision to reduce the prison terms of a couple convicted of fatally abusing their daughter highlights the difficulty in balancing the need, on one hand, to have ordinary citizens' views reflected in criminal trials through their participation as lay judges and, on the other, to maintain consistency with judicial precedents.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2014
Ministry panel backpedals on promise to revamp justice system
Despite growing criticism of the country's notoriously opaque criminal justice system, a government panel tasked with revamping it has opted not to back the mandatory recording of interrogations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 2, 2014
Most criminal interrogations in Japan will remain opaque
At least 97 percent of criminal interrogations would continue to go unrecorded, under the terms of a draft being considered by a Justice Ministry advisory panel.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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