This following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a foreign law specialist who covers Japan and various other countries in East and Southeast Asia. She has previously written posts for In Custodia Legis on various topics, including testing of older drivers in Japan, English translations of post-World War II South Korean laws, laws and regulations passed in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the regulation of fugu (pufferfish), and the prevalence of adult adoptions in Japan. She has also highlighted our collections related to Japanese family law and Cambodian law.

The part of the Japanese Penal Code