True Crime Japan : Thieves, Rascals, Killers and Dope Heads: True Stories from a Japanese Courtroom

Paul Murphy
True Crime Japan : Thieves, Rascals, Killers and Dope Heads: True Stories from a Japanese Courtroom
True Crime Japan : Thieves, Rascals, Killers and Dope Heads: True Stories from a Japanese Courtroom

True Crime Japan : Thieves, Rascals, Killers and Dope Heads: True Stories from a Japanese Courtroom
ISBN: 9784805313428
Publication Date: 1 August 2016

From Serial to The Jinx to Making a Murderer, true crime fever is sweeping America. But how does crime-and punishment-differ in other cultures? True Crime Japan offers a close-up look at this little-documented aspect of Japanese society through a year's worth of criminal court cases in Matsumoto, a city 140 miles west of Tokyo.

About the Author

Paul Murphy is an award-winning journalist. His articles and reports about Japan have appeared in The Japan Times, International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Daily News, Irish Times and RTE's Prime Time television program, among others. He is currently a reporter for the RTE Investigations Unit in Dublin.