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Sep 4, 2026

Two 'No Charges' Rulings for Foreign Suspects Stir Distrust in the Courts

On the same day, an Osaka prosecutor declined to charge a Sri Lankan student in an attempted-murder stabbing, and a Shizuoka prosecutor declined to charge a South Korean man who had lived in Japan illegally for 26 years. The brief, formulaic explanations drove anger over transparency, but the public record does not establish the sweeping 'broken justice' and 'soft on foreigners' conclusions many drew online.

Non-Prosecution of an Illegal-Labor Employer Fuels Distrust

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Aug 15, 2026

Non-Prosecution of an Illegal-Labor Employer Fuels Distrust

A 69-year-old Turkish national in Yatomi, Aichi, had been arrested on suspicion of employing three overstaying Vietnamese workers at a demolition site despite knowing their status. On August 14, the Nagoya District Public Prosecutors Office declined to indict him, saying it 'judged based on the evidence.' With the reasons undisclosed, netizens vented distrust of prosecutors and a sense of unfairness toward law-abiding businesses.