Japan: Guilty Until Proven Innocent | 101 East 

thats the other dark side of the law, if they're "children" then they almost always get a lighter sentence.. specially if their parents can afford the right lawyer. Japan cherish the youth because they are the future.. ~

Nova Nocturne that's in most countries around the world

Thekpop Otaku it is and it isn't.. it's just that in Asia it's more-so

nope they went to jail.

They went to jail and got out like 13 years later or something because some of the boys where in the yakuza, sucks to hear that story, those criminals are out in the wild right now.

Or writes things down as suicide if a murder can't be solved, or so I've heard.

Talk about murder case that can't be solved... There were many case of people dying that can't be explained... You made me scared.... Lol

naaatsuki , It is a heartless police officer doing their job, just because they are required to do it. No care for justice served to the right person or justice given to the innocent.

I believe Japanese police are not the only one

You're right, but even without the death sentence it's horrible for the innocent to be convicted, locked in prison for time they can't get back. I hope Japan fixes this problem.

japanese aren't any more civilised than americans

For court cases I have to disagree. In court, you will not be listened to if you claim innocence. There is no way to have your voice heard if you're the one being sued/arrested. At first, you must prove your innocence and the court is simply not in your favour. I have been sued in Japan and spent a year in the system.

Tordy Clark it's better to be in a corrupted system than in a cruel system. I bet u if it was a corrupted system this ppl would have been out in a few days. ironically, it's the bad ppl who deserve to be behind bars take advantage of it n use it, d good ppl never show up

Helen E from what I've seen human rights is optional in Japan.

i think they do or dont do that on purpose

Fried Egg true and over a hundred raped her that was not prosecuted.

don't mean to be a jackass, but was her case really true though? some people disbelieve that she even survive 40 days of torture, that that the number of days is almost biblical... it does feel like an exaggeration the times and things they did to her physically and mentally... a normal person who've been dead long. I only got her story from wiki pages though... also, wasn't there a boy who tried to help her but got beat up?

omg and the mother of one of the perpetrators vandalizing her grave saying she ruined her sons life.... Junko Furuta seriously got no justice at ALL one of the dudes are still out there in japan living like its nothing....

Do you really think that Zainichi Korean is innocent? Be real

I was thinking that too... still makes me cry..

God, when you put it that way, it just makes me want to drink...that’s depressing.

This us the first thing i thought too....

Probably would have found out they died whilst in prison which would have been very very tough. He would also wonder whether his parents died believing or doubting his innocence

Oh I don't about that. The police and judges who railroaded her could be sentenced to 20 years each. In a system that isn't corrupt to it's core they would at least investigate these scumbags for criminal offenses. If the officers had any honor they would choose Seppuku.

@@apathyguy8338 they cant arrest police, judges, or any authority. it would break the illusion of a perfect society.

Zayashuku They're basically robots and they don't think... they just follow the superior

@Otto Coldbeer Haha good one! I read the news too

fine. they tell themselves they're just doing their job. like a lot of high and mighty groups do.

Japanese was never known for efficiency

Free Tibet

It's disturbing to hear them repeatedly assert in this video that the death penalty is wrong because you can't take back mistakes - with the implication being that you can release an innocent woman after two decades wrongfully imprisoned, and now everything is okay. But killing an innocent person immediately, thus depriving them of an unknown number of years (10? 20? 30? 50?), is an evil that exists on the same spectrum as stealing 20 years from them.

@@samcarter4497 well its also Japanese Culture where they need to "save face" in Japanese culture the system cannot be wrong and that is the problem here. Until you change that culture in the public service side you will continue to see this happen.

You icon is lovely! Where is it from?

...can we hit 50 likes?

hmm i agree, an individual Japanese person can be extremely nice! but once they're in a group, they all band together and the most popular idea becomes the standard,

Did this stupid reporter coverage something himself about this case? No. He just made this ridiculous video with selfish testimony of Aoki's Communist party member lawyers. Also, if you really lived in Japan, you supposed to know that this case was a very suspicious sentence and most of the evidence said this ugly couple was guilty. Everyone who lives in Japan knows they raped the girl and Korean guy admits it. The limbs of her burnt body was tied up.

@@Sha-Ne-Ru anime deceived me. japan deceived me. this documentary is reality.

I concur, in my 20 years in Japan I saw how the nature of the individual is distorted when in a group. I believe it has something to do with how children are socialised. There is much weight upon, and dependence upon, the group.

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Actually she did buy insurance for her son and it was worth more than the insurance she bought for her daughter.

Well if you can't buy one for your children doesn't mean others can't as well. In Japan, they have quite a high salary and plenty of advantages for those working. And if you are suspicious because you get a insurance for someone then why do they exist? Maybe you should investigate what an insurance can give you aside from money.

Thank you for giving you opinion that people who do bad things are generally bad people. Hopefully this can be taken to it's fullest extreme around the world in the future, allowing it to become a better place.

Trevor M ok Japan isnt perfect,but population decline n a bit of xenophobia beats living in western Europe if u ask,moi.

That what I was thinking about. It seems that the character Kogoro Mori is taken from the reality.

Muathiano Flahini It probably is.

They still don't show much of the 'corrupted side' of the police force, well the newer chapters and episodes will be showing some.

Not only that... conan would determine someone is the killer and then search for evidence (not the other way around) and then confront the killer (using Kogoro's voice) voice and force them to confess. Besides whenever an incident occurs (death or any other type) conan would always insist it's a crime not an incident and he will never consider suicide as a factor

@@azoz273 No man, conan actually search for evidence before determining literally anything. Read the 1st volume again where he encountered a suicidal case

This happens everywhere. Including the USA.

Erik Nomura To a vastly different extent between countries.

@@shin-ishikiri-no nope not in central europe

@@shin-ishikiri-no At least here in the USA we have the right to remain silent, and we aren't relentlessly tortured for hours and we're only detained in a police station for 24-48 hours. Not 24 days like in japan. We also have the right to speak to our attorney/lawyer something japan is very strict on.

@@shin-ishikiri-no No it does not. In the US if it happens it is a mistake. In Japan it is policy. (And you know it)

At least they theft crime is much lower compared to other 3rd world countries.

Hideyoshi I like your words “rotten to the core”

​@@bangbangtangahwei Japan is not a developing country, and he said people endure harm from law breakers. But you're saying at least it has less crime than 3rd world country. 🙃

@@bangbangtangahwei anime deceived me. japan deceived me. this documentary is reality.

Yeah, I'd like to visit, but not live there.

Now I'm even scared to visit and wonder if innocent tourists have ever been arrested or convicted

@@azoz273 Yeah. On one of the Rare Earth videos a guy talls about how he was detained for having OTC painkillers, after checking if it was okay with customs. Spent almost a month detained and then had to fight hard.

@@azoz273 check "Why Japan Arrests Foreigners" from "Paolo from tokyo" channel, he interviews with a Japanese lawyer on that

@@thepowerlies Will do

PongoXBongo What is the point of this comment mate?????? It is obvious.

Sounds good but think about it. Do we really want, for instance, a hundred murderers walking the streets free to kill again rather than one innocent person suffering? Sometimes you have to take the greater good of society into account.

If an Innocent is sent to Prison! Just think about it. How weird it is. If a guilty acquitted, later he can be held on Doubt of crime. If same thing happens to an innocent. How we can keep a Justice as a Justice? So, getting or applying Justice is a Process not a Punishment for the Justice Seekers or Spporters. Crime is a Crime for Current or Past or Later. So, coming to the Justice Process we should be Unbiased about it.

yes, until it happens to you or to someone you love.

Alshaik Abdul Rouf Alsadiq Only in countries with double jeopardy protections does that apply.

There is no GREATER GOOD OF SOCIETY. Society should mean nothing when we put people on trial. Your thinking promotes ideologies such as Stalinism, Hitlerism and Maoism. If there was a mass murderer on trial and if 1000 or million people outside screamed and cried for lynching him and even if I was 80% convinced that he's guilty, if I did not have enough evidence, I would let him free. Because that's what justice is. I actually learned it from watching Judge Dredd as a kid, with the scene of statue of Justitia

Steven Dunn 100% I agree! It happens all over the world. In Japan it happens because the cultural strive for perfection- the prosecutors always need to be the best at their jobs. As the entire Japanese culture promotes to always excel. But from the times of witchcraft In medieval times- all the way to contemporary society- forced confessions happen everywhere!

A black American being successful probably is shocking to you, yet it happens to those who work for it - no different than white people.

it's so sad that's the way it is. and i know this is RAMPANT among african americans which is just disgusting in this day and age ... but a close family member of mine (i'm indian/native american on my mother's side and just mixed white on the other, and the person was on the "other side," just a white guy) faced something very similar where basically 2 guys set him up and without evidence he was convicted of a felony, despite the STATE trying to drop the charges and failing to do so. the media "coverage" of the whole thing was probably the worst part because our family name was blasted everywhere and there was NO EVIDENCE, no motive, and if anything, only the fact that the other 2 guys had bad records. i don't really see how things are much different in the united states right now. especially considering how the united states and japan are (i believe) the only 2 "industrialized" countries in the world which still use the death penalty. let me just say the people profiled in this episode must be some of the strongest people ... shoji's words about how life is not all about loss and there are some things you can only gain by losing ... my heart just broke.

Washuu Chan this is a comment area not the autobiography area.

very good. if that were my autobiography, i'd be quite boring.

yes. from what I have learned, the Japanese authorities have never admitted, acknowledged or apologized for any war crimes committed in Korea, China, Philippines or anywhere their imperial forces occupied illegally. Losing face is humiliating, it seems and unacceptable as it shows weakness. On the other hand, reasonable people refer to admissions of crime as manning up, taking responsibility for ones actions or just owning it; all are commendable honest actions from strength promoting personal growth.

Korean police are doing the same thing. They shout at suspects and get fake confessions. Many times they beat people up. In fact Korean police are much worse than Japanese police when it comes to human rights and treating prisoners decently. Don't pretend that you are so innocent.

@@markdierking9347 I think you should study the topic more before you start talking about it. The Japanese government has apologized to Korea and given them money many times over the past 30 years. No matter what they do, the Koreans are never satisfied. A couple years ago, after Abe apologized to them AGAIN and gsve them more money, Koreans were rioting in Seoul because they thought it wasn't enough. The Chinese government is constantly attacking Japan because they want to use Japan as a scapegoat and villain to deflect the attention of the Chinese people from the oppression inflicted on them by the CCP. It's political campaign of intimidation and hate, it's been going on for years, and it's getting worse under Xi. Under these conditions it's difficult for Japan to apologize to China. If they did, China would only use it for even more vicious political attacks and demands. The CCP are crooks and they would love to rob Japan blind, economically and politically.

@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz lol did you know you are being brainwashed by the Japanese media? it's hilarious to see a white knight for Japan.

Nova Nocturne I lived in Japan for a few months studying abroad. For orientation, my school told us to ALWAYS keep our gaijin card on us no matter what. That was enough to scare me because it's like the one day you forget it is the day the police come up to you. I'm glad the police let you go and hope it doesn't happen again.

Kayla Joyner yeah I was told that too, xD the one time it wasn't in my purse where I usually keep it and I had to bump into mr.attitude haha

Its like they have a sense for it. "OH that person looks like they dont have their gaijin card, let me go check"

Kayla Joyner no, it's more like "oh that person does not look like ethnic japanese, I should check the id because I have any other workd to do"....

Nepuski True, that too

TRRkosay Yeah- but she mentioned money cannot replace what she lost. Time, money.. etc etc. She's out in a completely different world, from where she once was in back in the days where the technology we have today did not exist.

Will even if they give her 100 trillion dollars, it will never repay the 20 years spent in jail and the psychological suffering

Nope. Very little if any compensation.

jessyuzu see? All you see is anime and how great Japan is. Japan's history is paved with death and lies all covered up. They don't even teach their children about their war atrocities.

jessyuzu now go look on her channel. LOL You were trolled.

Daniel Lim Does America teach their children about their war atrocities? Oh, wait. They're still committing it.

jessyuzu 2

Lol. The same everywhere in any countries. Even in Indonesia the invades we do to Malaysia was covered up as war for freedom and make Malaysia come back to Indonesia even though Malaysia was never part of Indonesia to begin with.

Facade. Not that different from North Korea.

Why on Earth do you stay there?

Thank you

*sweeping the issues under the rug

Police investigating themselves lol

We were certainly disappointed that the police nor the Justice Minister gave us an interview on this issue.

Karishma Vyas That in itself says everything.. Sad story, either way, a little girl lost her life.

Did this stupid reporter coverage something himself about this case? No. He just made this ridiculous video with selfish testimony of Aoki's Communist party member lawyers. Also, if you really lived in Japan, you supposed to know that this case was a very suspicious sentence and most of the evidence said this ugly couple was guilty. Everyone who lives in Japan knows they raped the girl and Korean guy admits it. The limbs of her burnt body was tied up.

joy santod anime is gay

Stand By theres nothing wrong with being gay. Being a hateful internet fart like you though. Fate worse than death 😂😂

Not if that anime is Psycho-Pass, lol

why do you think were all so goody goody? even if we don't commit a crime we can be imprissioned so we naturally behave best we can, this is the twisted way we make our country so safe...

joy santod your right

But this video has nothing to do with other countries. It's about the Japanese justice system. Focus on that.

A possibility is that the incident was in the public's eye at that time, hence, police might felt the pressure to "solve" the crime in order to maintain their reputation. Since, the mother was already a suspect, it made her an easy target. If everyone else already suspected the mother, calling it an accident might cause people to question the police investigation's ability. Or the police was really convinced that the mother was killer because they did not believe in her story about the insurance. The sad thing is the polices jumped into conclusion instead of following the evidences.

chaosKTW Oh, I see now. Thanks!

essennagerry probably for the same reason they are intodirtyschool girl underware and urine. They are weirdos!!!

chaosKTW Lots of things can go wrong when a crime is publicly discussed in media and the government is forced to act upon it

The police would not comment on specific cases but they have told us that they are aware of the allegation and that they are investigating. However, we have seen no indication that there will be any action taken against the police officers or prosecutors involved in Keiko's case.

Did this stupid reporter coverage something himself about this case? No. He just made this ridiculous video with selfish testimony of Aoki's Communist party member lawyers. Also, if you really lived in Japan, you supposed to know that this case was a very suspicious sentence and most of the evidence said this ugly couple was guilty. Everyone who lives in Japan knows they raped the girl and Korean guy admits it. The limbs of her burnt body was tied up. Youn idiot!

Jose you probably don’t live in japan either. You’re a latino, dude. Stfu. She was ruled innocent in a system that condemns nearly everyone it comes across. THAT takes some serious evidence to prove her innocence.

@@joseq3431 you anime too much dude.

Jacky Fan You got a point there.. After all rotting away year after year as innocent is way better than being killed! Low standards shouldn't be the measurement

Japanese criminal procedure laws are similar to China also based on a inquisitional civil law system.

Did this stupid reporter coverage something himself about this case? No. He just made this ridiculous video with selfish testimony of Aoki's Communist party member lawyers. Also, if you really lived in Japan, you supposed to know that this case was a very suspicious sentence and most of the evidence said this ugly couple was guilty. Everyone who lives in Japan knows they raped the girl and Korean guy admits it. The limbs of her burnt body was tied up.

What always need to bashing China? Seriously?

Camilo Arjona Not for those who killed Junko Furuta :( ....

Winter Wonder They kidnap, raped, abused, and killed her. They went to trial and found guilty. The thing is under Japanese law they were minors, so their sentences were ridiculously short. The good thing is that those criminals got on the wrong side of the law again and we're re-arrested for minor crimes. Being adults now, they got a higher sentencing that from what they did to Junko.

Did this stupid reporter coverage something himself about this case? No. He just made this ridiculous video with selfish testimony of Aoki's Communist party member lawyers. Also, if you really lived in Japan, you supposed to know that this case was a very suspicious sentence and most of the evidence said this ugly couple was guilty. Everyone who lives in Japan knows they raped the girl and Korean guy admits it. The limbs of her burnt body was tied up. Youn idiot!

Well you do not have emotional trauma to deal with also if you were watching the video closely, they did say the police can get away with detaining someone for upto 23 days. Suck a bloody privileged as fuck thing for you to say.

its hard to do that if you're being bullied psychologically got 12 hours straight, after suffering emotional damage of your daughter burning to death.. which she couldn't do anything but sit there and watch as her house went up in flames.. not to mention these investigators are "professionals" at what they do best lol

You're not allowed to have an attorney present, and it can last weeks, didn't you watch the video?? Besides your statement completely ignores everything we know about the human psyche. You needn't look any further than the Milgram behavioural experiment to understand why they would sign the confession. That added to everything we know about psychological torture, manipulation, gaslighting, etc. makes it EXTREMELY difficult to NOT fall victim to their wishes. You can get a person to do anything, and I mean _anything_, if you know what you're doing - and these people do. And before you say that it wouldn't work on you: you can't possibly know that. No one EVER knows how they will react to a situation until they find themselves in it. The vast majority of people who have been in adverse situations report being surprised by how they reacted/said they didn't react at all how they thought they would. In fact the more confident you are in your abilities the more likely you will fall victim to this sort of thing - because you are not prepared for the eventuality of things going wrong. Nor are you closely monitoring weaknesses and warning signs. Because you think you have no reason to. So you end up defenseless.

You're not allowed to have an attorney present, and it can last weeks of 12/13hr days, didn't you watch the video?? Besides your statement completely ignores everything we know about the human psyche. You needn't look any further than the Milgram behavioural experiment to understand why they would sign the confession. That added to everything we know about psychological torture, manipulation, gaslighting, etc. makes it EXTREMELY difficult to NOT fall victim to their wishes. You can get a person to do anything, and I mean _anything_, if you know what you're doing - and these people do. And before you say that it wouldn't work on you: you can't possibly know that. No one EVER knows how they will react to a situation until they find themselves in it. The vast majority of people who have been in adverse situations report being surprised by how they reacted/they didn't react at all how they thought they would. In fact the more confident you are in your abilities the more likely you will fall victim to this sort of thing - because you are not prepared for the eventuality of things going wrong. Nor are you closely monitoring weaknesses and warning signs. Because you think you have no reason to. So you end up leaving yourself defenseless.

I've been questioned once by security services of my country because of one of my foreign students. It went on for 20 minutes only, I don't think I've changed any of my initial statements, but believe me, it was terrible. I was so angry at him for thinking that I lie to him, for asking me the same questions over and over, for raising his voice... it was tear-inducing. I repeat myself: 20 minutes. That's how much it took for me to become quite unstable. I don't even want to think what would happen if it went on for 12 hours, let alone 24 days...

With a 99% conviction rate I’m going to say there is little chance you will get off.

Ah yes it looks like someone read Kafka. Oh wait this is real life?

It's worse in US for sure.

I disagree, in the US and other western countries (i know it does differ from country to country) you are allowed legal representation when being question or the interrogation must be recorded. The problem with the system in Japan is how long they can hold you without charge and the lack of transparency in how they elicit a confession from the accused. Due this in Japan prosecutors can more easily mentally break a person down to a point where they will agree to anything just to make the mental torture end.

I will have to disagree with that. Do you know how often black people and other minorities get wrongfully convicted in the USA? Take this for an example. www.globalresearch.ca/when-cops-and-prosecutors-are-racist-criminals-half-of-wrongfully-convicted-prisoners-in-america-are-black/5335151

Don't get me wrong, I am not claiming that the criminal justice system in the US is fair, absolutely not. The video was highlighting the system of eliciting confessions in Japan through a combination of detention without charge (up to 23 days), lack of transparency (and rules) during the interrogation process and also very strict rules relating to legal representation/visitations. These are unusual features of the system in Japan that are not present or as pervasive in other Western countries as they are in Japan. The conviction rate in Japan (99%+) is a key giveaway that there is an issue here. By the way, I love Japan and have had many very positive interactions with the police, however I have had negative experiences with the justice system (supporting a friend who was detained and eventually found to be innocent) as outlined in the report. Japan is great, but it could be much better in this regard (and in other areas too) and certainly you should not be using the US as a very low bar to measure the country against.

1kumokun In that case, I've gotta agree with u.

Chat Hall thanks for the movie suggestions I will watch it soon.

I'll have to check that one out. Thanks!

Maybe they will think that all the crimes are all western propaganda

yaaa > v < it iss haha

this is a drama made CCP. this woman bought gasoline, put insurance only on her. neighbors saw she was abusing her. the interviewer said 12 hours interrogation, but if it's true, judge eliminate the confession. it 's just drama. the judge is insane, should be guilty.

MoonZdrop all over the world is not true