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Hit the Brakes: Understanding Japan’s New Traffic Rules for BicyclesJAPAN LIFE | Jul 27, 2026

Constitution Memorial Day Thoughts on Japan’s Basic LawINSIGHT | May 4, 2026

Japan Top Financial Contributor to International Criminal CourtINSIGHT | Jul 1, 2024

Japan’s Lay Judge System Marks 15 YearsINSIGHT | May 30, 2024

Is Japan’s Political Funds Control Act Working as Intended?INSIGHT | Mar 5, 2024

The Hard Path of Walking Away: Ex-Yakuza in the Legal ProfessionINSIGHT | Feb 22, 2024

Back Into the Light: Lawyer Morohashi Yoshitomo and Judicial Scrivener Kōmura Ryūichi Discuss their Yakuza PastsINSIGHT | Feb 21, 2024

Yakuza Turned Lawyer Morohashi Yoshitomo Opens Up About His Dark PastINSIGHT | Feb 15, 2024

The Former US Air Force Lawyer Assisting Women and Children in Okinawa Abandoned by US ServicemenINSIGHT | Jun 8, 2023

Fewer Law School Grads Pass Japan’s National Bar Exam in 2020INSIGHT | Mar 8, 2021

Japanese “Prosecutors’ Justice” on TrialINSIGHT | Jun 15, 2020

Behind Bars in Japan: Fighting to Improve Prison Conditions and Inmate Treatment INSIGHT | Jan 22, 2020

At the Mercy of the System: Criminal Justice and Capital Punishment in JapanINSIGHT | Nov 8, 2019

Japan Pardons 550,000 in Symbolic Gesture to Mark EnthronementINSIGHT | Oct 24, 2019

Uchizawa Junko: Confessions of a Japanese Stalking VictimINSIGHT | Sep 5, 2019

Citizens on the Bench: Assessing Japan’s Lay Judge SystemINSIGHT | Jun 26, 2019

Japan Marks 10 Years Since Start of Lay Judge SystemINSIGHT | Jun 11, 2019

Railroaded: One Woman’s Battle Against Japan’s “Hostage Justice”INSIGHT | Mar 27, 2019