Not every country follows British common law jurisdiction like USA. Japan, China and Many countries in Europe including Germany follows continental law. So pro

Not every country follows British common law jurisdiction like USA. Japan, China and Many countries in Europe including Germany follows continental law. So probably just assuming that lawyers presence will change something substantially is not appropriate. In those system a prosecutor only brings the case when they are convinced there is enough evidence to prosecute otherwise they themselves be on a hook, unlike common law jurisdiction. The only question here should be is the person given chance to defend himself and I believe in this case Japan did give enough chances so much so that the person moved all his wealth with his wife outside of Japan during trial. Send families to secure destinations with all the wealth. Now himself absconded to a non extradition country. I hope such punishments are meted our to CEO of Enron, Lehman and many others in USA but didn’t happen. Carlos knew very well the Japanese system when he agreed to work with Nissan. So all those stories of him being a victim is a pr run by his family and money.