{"id":4025,"date":"2026-11-09T14:42:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meatleg.com\/studio\/?post_type=podcast&p=4025"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:43:45","slug":"episode-2-phone-data-seizure-law-in-japan-explained","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/meatleg.com\/studio\/podcast\/episode-2-phone-data-seizure-law-in-japan-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 2 – Phone Data Seizure Law in Japan explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Under a new law in Japan, it is a crime for a suspect held by the police to refuse to give them their cell phone password. The first person to be charged with the law is a foreigner.

Quick news highlights from abroad:
1. Recent defeats for right wingers in Brazil and Serbia
https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/far-just-lost-twice-215500501.html<\/a>
2. USA mid-terms
3. Nerd News: Chekov and Picard pass away
Walter Marvin Koenig<\/strong> (September 14th, 1936 \u2013 October 25th, 2026)
Sir Patrick Stewart<\/strong> (July 13th, 1940 \u2013 October 28th, 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

News in Japan<\/strong>
Main Story:
From the Japannews community on Reddit:
Under a new law in Japan, it is a crime for a suspect held by the police to refuse to give them their cell phone password. The first person to be charged with the law is a foreigner
https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/japannews\/s\/rwfWzJYirZ<\/a>

\u00a8New law in Japan that makes it illegal to for a suspect not to give up their phone (most likely not password, but passcode) to their phone.\u00a8
https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/ASVBV2526VBVUTIL01JM.html<\/a>
\u2022 An overview of the law \u300c\u96fb\u78c1\u7684\u8a18\u9332\u63d0\u4f9b\u547d\u4ee4\u300d Denji-teki Kiroku Teikyou Meirei
\u2022 An overview of the specific case
\u2022 Analysis of why this is a deeply flawed law based on arguments including self-incrimination, invasion of privacy, only enforceable by state-sanctioned blackmail, etc.
\u2022 One reasoning the government probably makes is that not giving up your passcode is obstruction of justice. The Japanese system relies on heavy interrogation leading to confession and has been accused of being a \u201chostage justice\u201d system in which people break after long periods of detention.

\u2022 Japan does have Article 38 of the constitution which protects against self-incrimination. Also:
\u25e6 Inadmissible confessions: Confessions under torture, compulsion, torture, threat, etc.
\u25e6 No sole confession. AKA corroboration rule.
\u25e6 Right to silence warning – probably similar to US pleading the 5th.
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Under a new law in Japan, it is a crime for a suspect held by the police to refuse to give them their cell phone password. The first person to be charged with the law is a foreigner. Quick news highlights from abroad:1. Recent defeats for right wingers in Brazil and Serbia https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/far-just-lost-twice-215500501.html2. USA mid-terms…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Episode 2 – Phone Data Seizure Law in Japan explained<\/a><\/blockquote>