Japan's Criminal Justice System: Q&A

… <div style="padding: 10px 20px; border-radius: 10px; border: 2px solid blue; border-image: none; color: black; box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #aaa; background-color: lavender;"><span style="font-family: Meiryo; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;"><span class="aly_tx_f_blue"><strong>Q4.</strong>　　</span><strong><span class="aly_tx_f_black">Isn&rsquo;t it true that suspects are held in custody for an extended period of time in Japan?</span></strong></span></div> <br> <span style="font-family: Meiryo; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;"><span class="aly_tx_f_red">A4</span><br> 　<span style="font-family: Meiryo; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">The maximum period of holding suspects in custody after their arrest until the decision on whether or not to indict them is 23 days in any single crime, regardless of the complexity or seriousness of the crime, or the necessity for extensive investigation.<br> &nbsp; Moreover, suspects may appeal the decision by the judge to detain them or extend the period of detention.<br> &nbsp; Similarly, the detention of an indicted person is granted only if a court (judge) finds a risk of concealing or destroying evidence of crime, or fleeing from justice. Bail may be granted by a court (judge) unless exceptional circumstances apply, such as the existence of a risk of concealing or destroying evidence by the indicted.<br> …