The Supreme Court has instructed courts across Japan to reconsider the use of handcuffs and waist ropes on defendants when entering courtrooms for criminal trials, sources have said.

By law Japanese phones must have an audible shutter sound at all times. We need something similar for these glasses. Some sort of audible and visual indicator they’re recording that is impossible to disable. www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/n...

The outcome of Japan's recent election is unprecedented in that this is the first time no single opposition party has at least 50 seats, which is the threshold required for proposing a vote of non-confidence, which is a useful political weapon even if unsuccessful.

I wonder how they deal with figuring out the location, since prefectures can't pass rules with national effect.

In 1991 a Meiji University law professor failed so many students in a required class that it made the news. Dozens of students were not able to graduate and join the companies they had offers from. Parents and students complained loudly but the results stood. ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%98%...

Civil Code Article 709 establishes the basis for tort law in Japan. The law establishes that reparations may be due in cases where someone causes emotional damage to a victim. This includes, in certain cases, extramarital affairs.

The problem is that Mō Muri often gets queries that touch on Japanese labor law. Since staff aren't lawyers, they can't advise on these issues. Japanese law also prevents non-lawyers from introducing ppl to lawyers in exchange for a kickback.

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