Criminal Defense

In addition to acting as private defense counsel, our firm accepts appointments made by bar associations (touban bengoshi) or courts (kokusen bengo) and provide other pro bono defense services in various phases of investigations and criminal trials. Our firm also has experience in handling saiban-in cases (a kind of jury system), and our attorneys have successfully obtained acquittals therefrom.

Furthermore, aside from handling cases involving adults, several of our attorneys belong to the Children's Rights Committee of various bar associations and play an active role in handling juvenile cases as attendant lawyers (tsukisoinin).

Additionally, we advise and provide representation on disputes, including litigation, on behalf of victims of crimes.

The nature of cases vary, e.g., there are cases where we should try to obtain acquittal, cases where we should seek an appropriate sentence by encouraging deep self-reflection on the part of the accused and provide an appropriate response to the victims, etc. Our firm is committed to exert every possible effort to develop the most suitable vision and policy for each case through the thorough examination thereof.

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2026.01.20
[Round-Table Discussion] Conversation with an Incumbent Judge about the Current Status and Future Outlook of Practical Matters concerning Warrants 4) Pretrial detention and bail in contested criminal cases
2025.10.20
[Round-Table Discussion] Conversation with an Incumbent Judge about the Current Status and Future Outlook of Practical Matters concerning Warrants 3) Extension of Detention, Disclosure of grounds for detention and Bail
2025.07.20
[Round-Table Discussion] Conversation with an Incumbent Judge about the Current Status and Future Outlook of Practical Matters concerning Warrants 2) Detention
2025.04.20
[Round-Table Discussion] Conversation with an Incumbent Judge about the Current Status and Future Outlook of Practical Matters concerning Warrants 1) Arrest
2024.08.20
How to handle appellate cases against judgments under the lay-judge system: From the Perspective of Defense
2023.04.20
How to win appellate cases where defense in the first instance is inadequate
2019.04.30
The Practice and Prospects of Cooperation Process in Japan Criminal Investigations
2018.10.21
The Milestone No. 4 of the Anti-Monopoly Act: Understanding Through Multiplication - The Anti-Monopoly Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure
2017.10.01
Criminal Defense Report: A drug smuggling case wherein the decision of the lower court was reversed and an acquittal was obtained in the lay judge trial on remand (co-authored)
2017.07.01
Lay Judge Trial Report - A Case wherein the Conviction was Overturned in a Lay Judge Trial on Remand (co-authored)
2016.07.01
The Plea Bargain System under the Amended Code of Criminal Procedure
2016.03.01
Report on Acquittal of Burglary, Theft or Similar Charge

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