Newsfrom Japan
Tokyo, May 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s lay judge system marked the 15th anniversary of its introduction on Tuesday, with a total of about 124,000 citizens having been selected as lay judges or standby lay judges over the past 15 years.
In recent years, the annual number of such selections has been declining, while court proceedings have tended to take longer.
Under the lay judge system, selected citizens work with…







