According to a Mainichi report today, an internet provider has been sued to provide information on a blogger that posted information about a Fukuoka doctor’s arrest and trial. Apparently an unnamed blogger who follows legal cases online had posted information about the arrest of the doctor, including the alleged crime. He then [...]

According to figures released in a recent government white paper, Mainichi reports, the law abiding spirit of the Japanese people appears to be in decline. Japan has long been proud of its record of relatively low violent crimes and high success rates of solving and prosecuting crimes. But recent figures suggest that [...]

I have to admit, while I accept that they do a lot of good work around the world, I have found myself in disagreement often with groups like Amnesty International. Their views and some of their protests derive from a place which can be very naive, and they can have a tendency to overstate certain problems [...]