Japan Assessing Impact of Tougher Penalties for Insults
Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator 
Tokyo, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Justice Ministry is assessing through an expert panel the impact of tougher penalties for the crime of insult three years after their enforcement through a Penal Code revision. The ministry has released information about 173 cases with guilty verdicts that became final between July 2022, when the revision came into force, and June this year. While som...
