A Justice Ministry panel has drafted an outline of a planned bill to revise the automobile driving punishment law, including an expansion of the scope of dangerous driving. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/japan/outline-scope-dangerous-driving/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #driving #justiceministry
The government and ruling parties began considering tightening the requirement for acquiring Japanese nationality to 10 years of residency or longer in principle, compared with the current five years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/japan/naturalization-stricter-residency/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #justiceministry
Japan's Justice Ministry unveiled a draft plan to revise the retrial system at a meeting of a subgroup of the Legislative Council on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-review-draft/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #japanesecourts #falseconvictions #shizuoka #iwaohakamata
The mother of a 10-year-old killed in a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture in 2009 submitted a petition to the Justice Ministry calling for the statute of limitations for the offense to be abolished. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/crime-legal/hit-and-run-limitations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #trafficaccidents #justiceministry #driving #saitama
The government has proposed numerical criteria for driving offenses, including going over speed limits and blood alcohol levels, under a planned revision to the law on punishments for such acts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/japan/crime-legal/dangerous-driving-criteria-proposal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #driving #justiceministry #alcohol
Hoping to give custodial parents child support faster after a divorce, the Justice Ministry announced a support allowance of ¥20,000 per month, per child, to serve as a stopgap until a financial arrangement is reached. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/society/statutory-child-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #children #parenthood #divorce #justiceministry
A survey of researchers on Japan's retrial system has found that all 19 respondents support a proposed ban on prosecutors' ability to appeal a court's decision to initiate a retrial. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #surveys #justiceministry
The Justice Ministry is assessing through an expert panel the impact of tougher penalties for the crime of insult three years after their enforcement through a penal code revision. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/japan/crime-legal/japan-crime-of-insult-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #socialmedia #surveys #penalcode
The Justice Ministry is considering conducting the first nationwide survey on online hate speech against foreign visitors and residents in fiscal 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/japan/japan-online-hate-speech-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #justiceministry #socialmedia #hatespeech #discrimination
The number of foreign residents in Japan as of the end of June rose 5% from the end of 2024 to a record high of 3,956,619, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/foreign-residents-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #foreignworkers #justiceministry #immigration
The number of foreign residents in Japan under the Specified Skilled Worker visa status, meant to fill severe labor shortages in certain sectors, reached a record high as of the end of June. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/japan-skilled-foreign-workers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #foreignworkers #immigration #visas #justiceministry #immigrationservicesagency
The Justice Ministry on Monday presented a draft proposal to set numerical criteria for dangerous driving offenses, such as specific figures for speeding and drunk driving. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/crime-legal/criteria-dangerous-driving/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #driving #justiceministry #japanesepolice #alcohol
The proportion of foreign residents in Japan could surpass 10% of the population as early as 2040, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/society/japans-foreign-population-10-2040/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #keisukesuzuki #justiceministry #foreignworkers #population #depopulation
A Justice Ministry expert panel has called for establishing a new forum to discuss an update to the criminal procedure law, including expanding the scope of cases subject to video and audio recordings of interrogations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/crime-legal/interrogation-recordings-expansion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #japanesepolice #japanesecourts
A trial challenging Japan's lengthy and grueling detention of criminal suspects has opened in Tokyo, with plaintiffs decrying "subhuman" treatment they say ignores the presumption of innocence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/japan/crime-legal/japan-hostage-justice-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #japanesecourts #falseconvictions #japanesepolice
A man on death row for killing nine people in Kanagawa Prefecture in 2017 was executed Friday, in the first execution in Japan since 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/japan/crime-legal/prisoner-on-death-row-executed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #deathpenalty #kanagawa #zama #justiceministry