Being in prison in Japan (or any country for that matter) is something that nobody would actually want to experience, Japanese or gaijin alike. But there is something about Japanese prisons, and the system that they have here that has always been shrouded in mystery, and swept into a deep dark corner of Japanese life that few will ever find out about. There is not a person in Japan who watched the whole Livedoor ordeal and subsequent arrest and subsequent incarceration of Takafumi “Horiemon” Horie, without wondering at some stage what he must be going though. We have all seen the western TV dramas set in prison, or may know someone close that has been on the inside in a western country, but the Japanese prison system escapes my imagination. Read on.......Update: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 and Part 10 of the “Prison in Japan” series are now available.
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