Japan steps closer to victim participation in trials
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Japan&#39;s lower house passed bills on  Friday that would allow crime victims and their families to  question the accused and recommend sentences, a move critics  fear could turn the courtroom into a theatre of vengeance.
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A city law passed in late March would, for the first time in China, give victims legal recourse.
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TOKYO - Japan on Friday increased pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to take the initiative in investigating the cases of his country&#39;s abductions of Japanese in a prompt and sincere manner, warning Tokyo could otherwise impose economic
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The Government of Japan has decided to provide support to the UNDP Project 'Support to the establishment of War Crimes Chamber in BiH' by utilizing US$ 500,000 from the Japan/UNDP Trust Fund for BiH, was ...
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LIMA, Peru  - Peru should call in theInternational Court of Justice to rule on its request for theextradition of former President Alberto Fujimori from Japan,state attorney Nelly Calderon said on Sunday, expressingfrustration at Japan's failure to act so far.
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acing mounting accusations of brutality, Japan's National Police set their first-ever guidelines for questioning methods Thursday in an attempt to rein in agents who go too far in pressuring suspects to confess
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Japan's Livedoor founder Horie pleads not guilty in first trial    TOKYO, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Japan's former Internet entrepreneur Takafumi Horie pleaded not guilty of violating the securities laws in the first hearing of his trial at the Tokyo District Court on Monday morning.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, Feb.
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Japan and the United States on Friday agreed to boost co-operation in their missile defence programs - an important first step in carrying out new defence guidelines that ease Tokyo&#39;s strict postwar pacifism.
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CHINA will begin holding jury trials for the first time next year as part of court reforms, it was revealed today. The measures were announced by Chinaâs highest court after a meeting last week on improving
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Japan&#39;s prime minister Sunday has vowed to make the country&#39;s defense forces better able to fight terrorism and any attackers who would use weapons of mass destruction.
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A supporter of 63 plaintiffs raises a banner saying &quot;unfair judgement&quot; outside the Chiba District Court in Chiba, Japan, Thursday Nov. 25, 2004.
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Japanese government set out Tuesday fresh steps, including a revision to a disaster relief law, to help survivors hit by a series of deadly earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture as
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may order a new study of the government's role in forcing women to act as sex slaves for soldiers during World War Two, the head of a group of ruling party lawmakers seeking such a step said on Thursday.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Tuesday he will press his country's case in Washington this week for reducing what he called the "the excessive burden" placed on Okinawa by the presence of U.S. troops.
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BEIJING - Japan pressed North Korea to provide fuller accounts of 10 Japanese who Tokyo says were abducted by the North in their second day of working-level talks Sunday, but the North did not provide new information in the morning session, Japan&#39;s
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Japan adopted new defense guidelines Friday, including the relaxation of an arms-export ban that will facilitate missile security with Washington, another sign of Tokyo&#39;s