By SHUNSUKE ABE/ Staff Writer
August 15, 2021 at 07:10 JST
An actor playing the role of a defendant, accompanied by a guard, enters a courtroom in handcuffs and roped around the waist in the video. (From the Japan Federation of Bar Associations’ video)
A lawyers’ group is campaigning to end the degrading practice of criminal defendants being hauled into courtrooms placed in handcuffs and with ropes around their waists to stop them from fleeing. [Read More]
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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.