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Is the Japanese judiciary a hostage system?

horieThe Tokyo Reporter gives the latest on the man Japan loves to hate: "Known for his fondness for t-shirts and shaking up Japan’s business world, Takafumi Horie, founder of Web portal Livedoor, last week resurfaced at a press luncheon where, three years after his arrest for falsifying financial reports, he denounced Japan’s legal system.“I think the justice system in Japan is a hostage system,” said the 36-year-old dot-com pioneer at The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan. “The public prosecutors are out of control and I think something should be done.”“Total Resistance,” a book intended to assist future executives and entrepreneurs “navigate the unique idiosyncrasies of doing business in Japan,” was written over three years, much of that time being when he was behind bars. “It took me a very long time for my feelings and emotions to settle so I could write this book,” he said."Click here to read the rest of the article.