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The prosecution's scenario, which is also questioned in the investigation surrounding Defendant Tamaki Nakano, Mr. Makoto Watanabe, Mr. Satoshi Saito, and Last One Mile
Accusation against the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Department over "fabricated interrogation reports": During training at the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Department, a supervising prosecutor instructed trainees to create confession reports matching a predetermined narrative and not to report audio recordings that could be favorable to suspects to superiors. Furthermore, daily insulting remarks... -
Do you have any intention of apologizing? Because of this, it is over: The Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office interrogation abandoned without showing any legal basis
"Are you willing to apologize?" "In the end, it's because of this that I'm ending it." "If you have anything you want to talk about, tell the staff. Though, it might not reach the prosecutors." According to information sent to the Prosecutors Union, these were statements made during the interrogation of Shigenori Kanemoto, Yokohama... -
Did Prosecutor Yamaguchi's “empathizing” mean "I'll help you if you frame someone else"?
"Personally, I didn't intend to put Shigenori Kanamoto at a disadvantage, and I believe I have handled things fairly. There are things I can do and things I cannot, but I have tried my best to be accommodating." According to information sent to the prosecutor union, Prosecutor Yamaguchi stated that after Shigenori Kanamoto shifted to remaining silent... -
Scandal press conference: "No recording, no filming, no internet connection." Is the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office trying to erase the record?
Live broadcasting the unfiltered voices of Prosecutors Kobayashi and Yamaguchi: They will apologize. However, they will not allow their expressions to be filmed. They will explain. However, they will not allow their voices to be recorded. They will answer questions, but sending emails during the press conference and connecting to the internet are not permitted. Having served in the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office... -
Watch your position when you speak, Prosecutor Kobayashi's coercion was also an order from your boss, huh?
A prosecutorial organization pressing a witness to “testify as scripted.” Social media posts feature relentless criticism by a former investigator who knows how prosecutors conduct interrogations. Another post includes statistics from a survey conducted targeting active-duty prosecutors. What the witness actually said... -
Staring at the witness and demanding, "Are you really sure about that?" Was Prosecutor Kobayashi's coercive interrogation also ordered by his superiors?
In the quiet interrogation room, every time the witness gives an account based on their own memory, the prosecutor's expression hardens, and glaring at the other person, questions them repeatedly: "Are you really sure about that attitude?" and "Are you really sure about that content?" Furthermore, which act violates which law, and which... -
Prosecutorial harassment overlapping with the interrogation of Mr. Shigenori Kanemoto
"Making them confess is the supreme imperative", "Ignore the audio recording": Accusations against the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office. When the suspect's account was heard without preconceptions, statements denying the intent to evade taxes emerged. Upon that, the prosecutor in charge of the interrogation was berated by their supervising prosecutor, being called "Are you trying to crush the case?" and "You're useless"... -
The “silent SOS” from Prosecutors Kobayashi and Yamaguchi and the chain of prosecution power harassment
Was "Do you hate me?" a whistleblowing? Prosecutor power harassment does not seem to have started suddenly in recent times. In an X post confirmed by the Prosecutors Union, a lawyer identifying as a former prosecutor appointed in 1993 wrote about a peer prosecutor assigned to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office... -
Deciphering Defendant Nakano's "National Tax Extermination Theory"
South Korea is abolishing its Prosecutors' Office, but why does Japan continue to cover up corruption with internal investigations? Regarding Japan's prosecution system, yet another report that cannot be overlooked is spreading. According to the report, a former male prosecutor was insulted by a senior prosecutor who called him things like "you're useless," and... -
Prosecutor Yamaguchi's single remark, "I had intended to stand close," reveals the fundamental problem of interrogations.
Assuming that this statement, which is reportedly leaking from the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office, was actually made by Prosecutor Yamaguchi during the interrogation, this single remark encapsulates the current state of Japan's...
