Don't get too excited. Japanese cops are infamous for coercing and even creating false confessions when they can't solve, e.g., a high-profile murder. And for

Don't get too excited. Japanese cops are infamous for coercing and even creating false confessions when they can't solve, e.g., a high-profile murder. And for every Iwao Hakamada[1], you have to think there are many more innocent people convicted, who didn't become big media stories and are still serving time. [1]: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/27/japanese-man-freed-death-row-retrial http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/27/japanese-man-fr...