Many journalism scholars have long viewed The Japan Times as a mouthpiece for the Imperial government's wartime propaganda. But Tomoko Matsunaga, a Kyoto University graduate student, challenged the established view in an academic paper she presented June 12 to the Japan Society for Studies in ...
Last year saw 8,673 citizens take part as lay judges, serving an average of 3.8 days, slightly longer than the 3.3 days in 2009, according to data recently released by the Supreme Court. According to 2010 data released Thursday, of all lay judges and prospective ...
Tatsuya Ichihashi was sentenced to life Thursday at the Chiba District Court for the rape and murder of Lindsay Ann Hawker, whose body was found abandoned in a soil-filled bathtub at his apartment in March 2007. Calling his crimes selfish and heinous, presiding Judge Shinya ...
The six lay judges who participated in Tatsuya Ichihashi's trial on Thursday denied that the heavy media coverage of the high profile case affected their decision and stressed that they based their ruling strictly on the evidence presented at the trial. The six, who are ...
The lay judge trial of accused rapist and murderer Tatsuya Ichihashi, whose verdict is expected Thursday, has captured a lot of media attention since it started July 4, but one element that has escaped notice is the quality of the language translation. Many errors by ...
Prosecutors demanded Tuesday life in prison for Tatsuya Ichihashi over the March 2007 rape and murder of English teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker. Ichihashi, 32, who is also accused of abandoning Hawker's corpse and who has admitted raping her and causing her death, had a strong ...
The family of Lindsay Ann Hawker feels Tatsuya Ichihashi should be sentenced to hang if the court finds him guilty of the 22-year-old Briton's March 2007 rape and murder, her parents said Monday. Taking the witness stand at the fifth session of Ichihashi's trial at ...
Should Tatsuya Ichihashi be found guilty of the March 2007 rape and murder of Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker, he should face the harshest penalty possible, the victim's father told the court Friday. "I wish absolute maximum punishment permissible in this country," said William Hawker, who ...
Accused rapist-murderer Tatsuya Ichihashi said in court Thursday that he did not intentionally kill Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker in March 2007 and that she died while he was preventing her from escaping. Ichihashi, 32, is charged with rape resulting in death, murder and abandoning Hawker's ...
Tatsuya Ichihashi pleaded not guilty Monday to premeditated murder in the 2007 slaying of Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker, 22, although he admitted raping her and hiding her corpse on his apartment balcony. "I did not intend to murder Lindsay, but I am responsible for her ...
