Reference Materials on the Criminal Justice System of Japan
This page contains links to English-language materials on the criminal justice system of Japan. These materials have been posted on the website of the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI), and they have been used as training materials by UNAFEI.
UNAFEI is a regional training institute of the United Nations, established in 1962 based on an agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Japan. Throughout the year, UNAFEI conducts international training courses and seminars for criminal justice professionals from around the world. Materials produced by lecturers and trainees (academics, criminal justice practitioners, etc.) are compiled as “resource materials” and etc., are posted on the UNAFEI website.
As listed below, the Ministry of Justice has prepared a list of materials written in English on the criminal justice system of Japan. For those interested, please click the links below to be redirected to the article posted on the UNAFEI website.
The materials presented here were written by each author in his or her individual capacity, and the views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of the Ministry of Justice or the Public Prosecutors’ Offices. Also, please note that some articles, or parts thereof, may be outdated due to revisions of various laws that took place after the articles were published.
Criminal Justice System in general
【1998 UNAFEI】The Criminal Justice System in Japan; Prosecution
【2018 INOUYE Masahito】Citizen Participation in Criminal Trials and Reformation of Criminal Justice in Japan
Corruption
【2000 HASEGAWA Tamotsu】Investigation of Corruption in Japan
【2007 NAKAGAWA Ayako】Japan's Criminal Justice System in Relation to Crimes of Giving and Accepting Bribes
【2008 SETO Takeshi】CORRUPTION CONTROL IN THE PROSECUTORIAL AUTHORITIES IN JAPAN
【2008 OSHINO Jun】CORRUPTION CONTROL IN THE JUDICIARY IN JAPAN
【2014 IWASHITA Shinichiro】ENFORCEMENT PRACTICE AGAINST CORRUPTION IN JAPAN
【2015 IWASHITA Shinichiro】CURRENT SITUATION OF CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION IN THE JAPANESE PUBLIC PROSECUTORS’ OFFICE —CHALLENGES AND MEASURES TO OVERCOME THEM—
【2017 YUKAWA Tsuyoshi】Anti-Corruption Measures: A Short History in Japan
Other Offences
【1999 NAGASHIMA Yutaka】General Picture of Organized Crime in Japan: The Activities of Organized Criminal Groups Based In or Outside Japan
【2001 UEDA Tatsuo】The Suspicious Transaction Reporting System and Its Effective Use
【2005 UCHIMURA Keiji】Third Party Responsibilisation for Crime Control – Telecoms and Financial Policing
【2019 KAMATA Takako】Countermeasures against Trafficking in Persons by the Prefectural Police
Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition
【2013 KAMIMURA Masamichi】MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND EXTRADITION
Juvenile Offenders
【2007 NISHIKAWA Hiromi】Assessment of Juvenile Sex Offenders in the Family Court
【2009 WATANABE Kazumi】On Appropriate Assessments of Serious Juvenile Offenders in the Family Court
【2009 TAKAHASHI Masaru】Assessment of Juvenile Offenders at Juvenile Classification Homes in Japan
【2009 HAYASHI Mayu】Effective Institutional Treatment Programmes for Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders
【2009 TASHIRO Akiko】Effective Community Treatment Programmes in the Probation Office for Violent Juvenile Offenders
【2013 KATAYAMA Hirohisa】Treatment in Juvenile Training Schools for Girls in Japan
【2017 KAWAIDE Toshihiro】The Basic Principle and Revision of the Juvenile Act
Treatment of Offenders
【2020 ASAHINA Makiko】How Does Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Prevent Sexual Offender Recidivism?
【2020 TAKAHASHI Masaru】Examination of the Relationship between Denial/Minimization and Recidivism among Sexual Offenders
【2020 TANI Masayuki】Characteristics of Violent Offenders in Japan and Prevention of Reoffending - Focusing on Community-Based Treatment -
【2020 KIMURA Yayoi】Female Inmates Who Abused Their Own Children and Prospects for Their Treatment
Crime Victims
【2018 HARA Wakaba】Improving Access to Justice for Crime Victims: Experience of Legal Information Service in Japan and in Côte d’Ivoire
【2018 HARA Wakaba】Improving Access to Justice for Crime Victims: Experience of Legal Information Service in Japan and in Côte d’Ivoire (Supplement as of March 2018)
Capacity Building
【2015 NATORI Masako】Capacity-building of Female Correctional Officers: From the Perspective of Administration of Women’s Prisons in Japan
【2015 MURAKI Yasuhiro】Recruitment, Capacity-Building and Public Recognition of Volunteer Probation Officers in the Tokyo Probation Office
Law-Related Education
【2018 ISOYAMA Kyoko】Current Situation and Challenges of Law-Related Education
【2018 ISOYAMA Kyoko】Practice of Law-Related Education to Develop Legal Literacy
Others
【2003 KAWAI Nobuyuki】Effective Management of the Police and the Prosecution in Criminal Justice
【2010 KAWAIDE Toshihiro】System and Practice to Control and Reduce Prison Population in Japan
【2020 MINAMI Urara】Ensuring the Integrity and Independence of the Judiciary in Japan
UNAFEI is a regional training institute of the United Nations, established in 1962 based on an agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Japan. Throughout the year, UNAFEI conducts international training courses and seminars for criminal justice professionals from around the world. Materials produced by lecturers and trainees (academics, criminal justice practitioners, etc.) are compiled as “resource materials” and etc., are posted on the UNAFEI website.
As listed below, the Ministry of Justice has prepared a list of materials written in English on the criminal justice system of Japan. For those interested, please click the links below to be redirected to the article posted on the UNAFEI website.
The materials presented here were written by each author in his or her individual capacity, and the views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of the Ministry of Justice or the Public Prosecutors’ Offices. Also, please note that some articles, or parts thereof, may be outdated due to revisions of various laws that took place after the articles were published.
Criminal Justice System in general
【1998 UNAFEI】The Criminal Justice System in Japan; Prosecution
【2018 INOUYE Masahito】Citizen Participation in Criminal Trials and Reformation of Criminal Justice in Japan
Corruption
【2000 HASEGAWA Tamotsu】Investigation of Corruption in Japan
【2007 NAKAGAWA Ayako】Japan's Criminal Justice System in Relation to Crimes of Giving and Accepting Bribes
【2008 SETO Takeshi】CORRUPTION CONTROL IN THE PROSECUTORIAL AUTHORITIES IN JAPAN
【2008 OSHINO Jun】CORRUPTION CONTROL IN THE JUDICIARY IN JAPAN
【2014 IWASHITA Shinichiro】ENFORCEMENT PRACTICE AGAINST CORRUPTION IN JAPAN
【2015 IWASHITA Shinichiro】CURRENT SITUATION OF CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION IN THE JAPANESE PUBLIC PROSECUTORS’ OFFICE —CHALLENGES AND MEASURES TO OVERCOME THEM—
【2017 YUKAWA Tsuyoshi】Anti-Corruption Measures: A Short History in Japan
Other Offences
【1999 NAGASHIMA Yutaka】General Picture of Organized Crime in Japan: The Activities of Organized Criminal Groups Based In or Outside Japan
【2001 UEDA Tatsuo】The Suspicious Transaction Reporting System and Its Effective Use
【2005 UCHIMURA Keiji】Third Party Responsibilisation for Crime Control – Telecoms and Financial Policing
【2019 KAMATA Takako】Countermeasures against Trafficking in Persons by the Prefectural Police
Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition
【2013 KAMIMURA Masamichi】MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND EXTRADITION
Juvenile Offenders
【2007 NISHIKAWA Hiromi】Assessment of Juvenile Sex Offenders in the Family Court
【2009 WATANABE Kazumi】On Appropriate Assessments of Serious Juvenile Offenders in the Family Court
【2009 TAKAHASHI Masaru】Assessment of Juvenile Offenders at Juvenile Classification Homes in Japan
【2009 HAYASHI Mayu】Effective Institutional Treatment Programmes for Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders
【2009 TASHIRO Akiko】Effective Community Treatment Programmes in the Probation Office for Violent Juvenile Offenders
【2013 KATAYAMA Hirohisa】Treatment in Juvenile Training Schools for Girls in Japan
【2017 KAWAIDE Toshihiro】The Basic Principle and Revision of the Juvenile Act
Treatment of Offenders
【2020 ASAHINA Makiko】How Does Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Prevent Sexual Offender Recidivism?
【2020 TAKAHASHI Masaru】Examination of the Relationship between Denial/Minimization and Recidivism among Sexual Offenders
【2020 TANI Masayuki】Characteristics of Violent Offenders in Japan and Prevention of Reoffending - Focusing on Community-Based Treatment -
【2020 KIMURA Yayoi】Female Inmates Who Abused Their Own Children and Prospects for Their Treatment
Crime Victims
【2018 HARA Wakaba】Improving Access to Justice for Crime Victims: Experience of Legal Information Service in Japan and in Côte d’Ivoire
【2018 HARA Wakaba】Improving Access to Justice for Crime Victims: Experience of Legal Information Service in Japan and in Côte d’Ivoire (Supplement as of March 2018)
Capacity Building
【2015 NATORI Masako】Capacity-building of Female Correctional Officers: From the Perspective of Administration of Women’s Prisons in Japan
【2015 MURAKI Yasuhiro】Recruitment, Capacity-Building and Public Recognition of Volunteer Probation Officers in the Tokyo Probation Office
Law-Related Education
【2018 ISOYAMA Kyoko】Current Situation and Challenges of Law-Related Education
【2018 ISOYAMA Kyoko】Practice of Law-Related Education to Develop Legal Literacy
Others
【2003 KAWAI Nobuyuki】Effective Management of the Police and the Prosecution in Criminal Justice
【2010 KAWAIDE Toshihiro】System and Practice to Control and Reduce Prison Population in Japan
【2020 MINAMI Urara】Ensuring the Integrity and Independence of the Judiciary in Japan