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Those conviction rates are due to how they ignore the rights of defendants as you said and also how they browbeat suspects into confessing to doing something they didn't do. The accounts of that browbeating I've read/watched about are inhumane.

Their society has aspects to it that are suppressive and don't tolerate younger people questioning older people.

Violence through other means like knives seems to be increasing (correct me on that if I'm wrong).

The work hours they put force employees to go through is apparently taking it's toll on their society.

I'm predicting we'll see more issues in their society. I'd be glad to be wrong but they do have social issues to take care of just like most other countries.




Those conviction rates are due to how they ignore the rights of defendants as you said and also how they browbeat suspects into confessing to doing something they didn't do.

Sounds a lot like how I hear it's done in the US, a la "plea bargains".


Japanese society is in all kinds of trouble. It's so bad that women are finding it better to stay single than get married and/or have children.

When fully half of your population walks away from one of the most important pillars of your society, you are screwed if you don't change.




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