Legal Responses to Sexual Violence in Japan: First Steps in a Lengthy Process of Rehabilitation | Emerald InsightGender Violence, the Law, and Society ISBN: 978-1-80117-130-4, eISBN: 978-1-80117-127-4 Publication date: 12 October 2022 The Japanese legal system has several significant, deep-rooted and widely recognised flaws, one of which has been a history of weak support for the needs of victims of sexual violence. This structure of prosecutorial apathy has meant that female victims, and wider society, have
