Hello everybody. You're watching the Japan with Enark YouTube Channel, current events section.
In this video, I want to talk about a planned supplement to the Japanese penal code
the media in Japan is currently reporting:
The planned introduction of a "preparation of organized crime, like terrorism etc." crime.
This officially aims to keep Japan save from international terrorist attacks
by making planning those attacks illegal.
I think, that most people with reason can agree, that terrorist attacks should be prevented by any means,
which off course includes cracking down on terrorists before they actually have a chance to commit those attacks.
Currently, islamist terror is most noticed by the international community,
and probably the most often committed form of international terror.
Several islamist terrorist groups like the ones you have certainly heard off
included Japan into their list of targeted countries.
Now, Japan hasn't become a victim of an islamist terror attack, yet,
and Japanese lawmakers and law enforcers are very eager to keep it that way,
which I, as a resident of Japan, strongly support.
On the other hand, the strong focus on the potential thread of foreign terrorism gets a little bit funny,
when you think about the fact, that every terrorist attack of significance inside Japan
was committed by domestically grown Japanese people,
in most cases communist extremists and their supporters.
However - to get back to the topic - parliamentary opposition parties have pointed out to a catch
to the current draft, which also I noticed.
You may have noticed it, too.
It's the "etc." in the name of the crime, and this is not a misinterpretation.
In Japanese it's "tero tō soshiki hanzai junbi-zai", and the "tō" clearly means "etc.".
The government deliberately wants to include the "business" plans of yakuza groups into this crime,
but what that "etc." really means, is still a matter of clear definition.
The opposition pointed out, that this could become a very vague paragraph cracking down on anybody,
even on office workers joking to colleagues about committing not entirely legal business in the pub
- or izakaya, as you would call it in Japan - .
So, Japanese lawmakers are now struggling for and arguing about how to limit the "etc."
to exclude non-terrorists and non-yakuza.
For those of you who don't know:
Japan is currently ruled by a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
and the New Clean Government Party (Kōmeitō).
Especially the latter one pushes its larger coalition partner to limit the number of acts,
that could lead to punishment under the planned rules.
According to Japanese national broadcaster NHK, around 300 acts would qualify for punishment,
if the current form of the draft would pass the Diet.
This is already a reduced number set up under pressure from the Kōmeitō.
An older draft by the LDP would have covered more than 600 acts.
So, even the coalition partners aren't agreeing on what acts should and shouldn't be included into these new regulations.
Demands from opposition parties range from reducing the number of punishable acts further,
or just give up completely on the introduction of a new crime into the penal code of Japan.
Especially the Communist Party of Japan is a strong proponent of giving up that introduction.
Opponents of this law also argue, that the laws Japan already has are sufficient enough
to prevent international terrorism inside her borders.
Needless to say, that this current draft is based upon drafts of a law against conspiracy,
or kyōbōzai in Japanese.
The drafts of the law against conspiracy failed three times in passing the Diet,
because of the same concerns people have now.
That the number of punishable acts is so high, that it would hurt civil liberties of actually law abiding citizens.
Since the current Abe administration got into office in late 2012,
it enacted some very disputed laws, and is planning a very disputed revision of Japan's constitution.
This one could become one of those very disputed laws.
I suggest someone should cancel the "tō" - "etc." - out of this draft.
It would make the new law look much less vague.
What do you think about this law?
Should the number of applicable acts stay at around 300, or should they be decreased, or even increased,
or do you think, that this whole draft is just an abomination to Japan's democracy
and should be dropped?
Leave a comment down below.
Down below in the description you also find some links to Japanese sources.
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