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Can people criticize the Imperial Family in Japan?
Yes
The 1947 constitution abolished Lèse majesté in Japan.
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Why is the conviction rate in North America and Japan so high?
Japan's justice system is sometimes called hostage justice
In general, the Japanese justice system has a more than 99% conviction rate! In part, this is because the number of state attorneys is super ...
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What is the minimum sentence for murder in Japan?
Article 199 of the Penal Code, as it appears from changes up to 2017, says:
人を殺した者は、死刑又は無期若しくは五年以上の懲役に処する。A person who kills another person is punished by the death penalty or imprisonment for life ...
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Is it legal to put a death row inmate in harm's way if their execution is near?
In the United States, execution methods must be authorized by law. The currently permitted execution methods vary from state to state. According to the death penalty information center, the methods ...
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Can people criticize the Imperial Family in Japan?
Yes. Japan has adopted Free Speech and other western liberal democratic institutions following the 1945 surrender to the United States and subsequent occupation, though it wasn't the first attempt ...
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Why is the conviction rate in North America and Japan so high?
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What causes the conviction rate in North America . . . to be so high?
Relative to what? What would you expect the conviction rate to be?
The conviction rate in the U.S. is not ...
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Is it legal to put a death row inmate in harm's way if their execution is near?
Would this be legal for L to use prisoners to prove his theories about
Kira?
No (unless the prison gave informed consent to this risk, perhaps in exchange for some favor for his family).
But, suppose ...
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Extradition without treaties?
So is it correct to assume here "extradition" is not used in its most technical sense? It sounds like rather than actual extradition, these cases are about illegal activities in Thailand and ...
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Why is the conviction rate in North America and Japan so high?
In the case of the United States, Plea Bargaining is an accepted practice and is not stigmatized against, such that prosecutors are likely to cut deals with defendant and charge them for lesser ...
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Is fulfilling the duties of a "second" in seppuku a crime in modern Japan?
A high profile example of modern seppuku was Yukio Mishima in 1970. His second failed to behead him and committed seppuku too, with both being beheaded by Hiroyasu Koga.
A contemporary newspaper ...
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Why does Japanese entertainment make such backhanded references to brands (e.g. WcDonalds instead of McDonalds)?
This practice isn't just restricted to Japanese entertainment, although it is indeed particularly common there.
Still, the practice, which I call using "fakemarks" (the term is not in wide ...
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Is it legal to execute deserters (who deserted during a war) after a war has ended?
The formal possibility of carrying out a court-martial and execution would be limited by the fact that the entire military of Japan was being disbanded. But the events described in the documentary are ...
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Board of 9 judges in Japan?
The Professional And Lay Judges In The Scene
Murder trials in Japan take place in a regional court called the "high court" which is one level below the Japanese Supreme Court.
Trials of very ...
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Is one allowed to operate a live-feed drone on the streets in Japan? (Yakuza Judgement)
in japan operation of an unmanned airborne vehicle, aka UAV, aka Drone, inside a city might be legal, if a special license is obtained:
Drones may not be flown in the following manners without ...
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Why is the conviction rate in North America and Japan so high?
In british-columbia prosecutors are directed to not bring a charge unless there is a substantial likelihood of conviction (or, in exceptional cases, a mere reasonable prospect of conviction), ...
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Can someone explain what Japanese law says about my medication?
Best thing to do is contact the Japanese Embassy in Canada; they can give you definitive, up to date advice, and possibly provide you with docs to take with you. Try Visa and Travel Information : ...
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is uncensorship in japanese porn illegal
Article 175 of the Criminal Code says:
A person who distributes, sells or displays in public an obscene document, drawing or other objects shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not more ...
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Was the Haitorei ever repealed?
Japanese Wikipedia and Google Translate pointed me to the "Act on the Arrangement of Laws Related to the Cabinet and the Prime Minister's Office (Act No. 203 of 1954) No. 4." A Japanese ...
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What if a law creates a dangerous situation?
Not a full analysis, but a framework for thinking about it:
Like the French Civil Code, the Japanese Civil Code only has a single
provision on tort liability. Article 709 of the Civil Code states: &...
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Which Country's Law Should a Citizen abide when Travelling abroad?which state law when travelling between States?
You are subject to the laws of the jurisdiction that you are in.
However, some of the laws of the jurisdiction you reside in or are a citizen of have extra-territorial applicability, so you have to ...
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If one is tried+convicted of a crime at a certain time, can one be tried+convicted of another crime that happened at the same time? [Yakuza Series]
Bob will be convicted if he is found guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
Now it is a logical fact that he cannot be guilty of both crimes, but it is entirely possible that his first conviction was ...
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Is it legal to execute deserters (who deserted during a war) after a war has ended?
To address the more general question, consider the example of the United States Code of Military Justice. It says:
Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished, if the ...
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Legality about recovering deceased relative online account
In the United Kingdom:
A person has no authority to access an online account of a deceased relative, unless this has been agreed with the operator of the website (etc). If a Power of Attorney over the ...
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What buildings are people not allowed to take photographs of in Japan? (from public street, no humans in pic)
You can take pictures of any buildings if you are in a public place, and can freely use such photographs without consent of a owner or designer of that building. [Japan Copyright Act, art. 46]
BTW,...
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How far does Japanese censorship law go?
The relevant law, Article 175 of the Criminal Code, says
A person who distributes, sells or displays in public an obscene
document, drawing or other objects shall be punished by imprisonment
...
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Copyright status of election posters in Japan
Assuming that this translation is correct, Article 10(viii) identifies photographic works as "works". Article 13 described works not covered (basically, legal documents of the government), and nothing ...
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Requiring salary information and medical history before job interview
Certainly in Australia it would be legal to ask; it would also be legal to discriminate on this basis (i.e. it is not discrimination on a protected basis). However, it would be culturally ...
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Master Service Agreement templates in Japanese?
Japanese Government (METI) has released model (sample) Master Service Agreements for IT industries. Yes, these are written in Japanese.
For details, click the link below or google "情報システム・モデル取引・契約書"....
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Which Country's Law Should a Citizen abide when Travelling abroad?which state law when travelling between States?
The general rule is that you are subject to the laws of the jurisdiction that you are in at the moment. When in Rome, obey Roman law. However, if you are 19 and have a contract signed while in the US, ...
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