taikan said...

taikan at 03:37 AM JST - 8th June

Youdontknow -- According to MOJ, the total budget for penal systems for 2007 was approximately ¥196.4 billion. The average daily population was 80,335 inmates. If you divide ¥196.4 billion by 80,335 you get ¥2,444,763 per year as the average cost per inmate. Divide that by 365 and you ¥6698 per…

Posted in Growing number of offenders unable to pay fines, end up in jail at 03:37 AM JST - 8th June
taikan at 08:50 AM JST - 7th June

According to MOJ, the cost for an inmate is only ¥1310. However, based on other information available on the MOJ website, it appears the actual cost is closer to ¥6700 per day. Either way, that is far less than $300 per day.

Regardless of the actual cost of imprisonment, the…

Posted in Growing number of offenders unable to pay fines, end up in jail at 08:50 AM JST - 7th June
taikan at 07:19 AM JST - 6th June

Most of what McClellan has to say is self-serving and not particularly revelatory. Indeed, those who read papers published by the now defunct Knight Ridder chain were aware the administration was lying even before the attack on Iraq began. Nevertheless, McClellan's book will have served a purpose (other than enriching…

Posted in Washington's culture of deception at 07:19 AM JST - 6th June
taikan at 12:09 PM JST - 3rd June

You might as well ask whether the average JT reader is competent to judge the competence (or lack thereof) of the Japanese police. Many foreign governments have one or more law enforcement liaison officials in Japan. In addition, the respective branches of the U.S. military with bases in Japan all…

Posted in Are Japanese police really as incompetent as readers on Japan Today make them out to be? at 12:09 PM JST - 3rd June
taikan at 08:30 AM JST - 2nd June

Judge Iimura is one of Japan's leading IP scholars. In addition to Japanese IP law, he is familiar with US IP law as well. Years ago, while serving as presiding judge of one of the intellectual property divisions of the Tokyo District Court, he issued an injunction prohibiting sales of…

Posted in Intellectual property court OKs Coca-Cola bottle as trademark at 08:30 AM JST - 2nd June