Supreme Court of Japan

Statistics on Criminal Cases in Japan

Figure 1. Case Dispositions by Public Prosecutors (2007)(55KB)

Figure 2. Comparison of Applications for Summary Orders and Formal Prosecutions and Cases Brought to District Courts and to Summary Courts for Formal Prosecutions (2007)(64KB)

Figure 3. Annual Comparison of Number of Formal Prosecutions by Type of Crime(170KB)

Figure 4. Annual Comparison of Number of Applications for Summary Orders by Type of Crime(87KB)

Figure 5. Number of Cases Handled by Single-Judge and Three-Judge Panel (Ordinary District Court Cases in the First Instance)(2007)(60KB)

Table 1. Annual Comparison of Number and Rate of The Accused Assisted by Defense Counsel (Ordinary Cases in the First Instance and in the Second Instance)(12KB)

Table 2. Annual Comparison of Rate of The Accused Who Confess (%) (Ordinary Cases in the First Instance)(11KB)

Table 3. Annual Comparison of Period of Time for Trials, Average Term of Trials and Average Number and Interval of Trial Dates (Ordinary Cases in the First Instance)(13KB)

Table 4. Annual Comparison of Number and Rate of The Accused Found Not Guilty or Partially Not Guilty(12KB)

Table 5. Comparison of Terms of Imprisonment with Work When Sentenced by Type of Crime (All District and Summary Court Cases, 2007)(36KB)

Table 6. Reasons for Reversals by Courts of Second Instance(12KB)

Table 7. Dispositions by the Supreme Court(12KB)

Figure A. Trend of the Total Number of the Foreign Accused Convicted in Ordinary Criminal Proceedings in District Courts (as Courts of First Instance)(80KB)

Table A. Number of Foreign Accused Convicted in Ordinary Criminal Proceedings in District Courts (as Courts of First Instance) and Those with Interpreters(32KB)