But 99.5 per cent conviction rate may take time to alter
(Co-written with Kyoko Nishimoto)
Japanese popular culture has few courtroom dramas. There is no Rumpole of the Tokyo Bailey, no Perry Mason in Osaka. Juninin no yasashii nihonjin, a 1991 remake of Henry Fonda’s jury-room classic Twelve Angry Men, is a comedy, its title translating as [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Juries return to Japanese courts after 66 years
19 April, 2009 – 00:00
From heaven to hell: 18 die as drugs war rages on streets of Vancouver
5 April, 2009 – 10:45
The Canadian city has been named the best place in the world to live. But those halcyon days are over
Once upon a very recent time, Vancouver had a clean, safe image. Nestled between a spectacular bay and snow-capped mountains, this Canadian city, which is twice the size of Birmingham, was described by The Economist as [...]
