The Times (July 24)
“Sanae Takaichi, the first female prime minister of Japan, is a very accomplished woman,” but she “needs to treat herself to some quality shut-eye.” Getting by on less than three hours of sleep per night is not “an admirable work ethic” and, “in a country grappling with a culture of overwork, Ms Takaichi is setting a bad example.”
Tags: Accomplished, Admirable, Bad example, Culture, Female, Grappling, Japan, Overwork, Prime minister, Shut-eye, Sleep, Takaichi, Work ethic
The Economist (December 5)
Many aspects of Japan’s criminal justice system are admirable, “yet time and again innocent people have been shown to confess to crimes in the hope of a more lenient sentence—or simply to make the interrogation stop.” In fact, some estimate more than a tenth of convictions rests on false confessions. Changes need to be made, for example, “all interrogations should be filmed from start to finish.” Reforms like these “would give the innocent a better chance of keeping their liberty.”
Tags: Admirable, Crimes, Criminal justice, False confessions, Film, Innocent, Interrogations, Japan
