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Pictures or video of handcuffed suspects in Japan
[edit]The Handcuffs Wikipedia article has:
- In Japan, if an arrested suspect of crime was photographed or filmed while handcuffed, their hands have to be pixelated if it is used on TV or in the newspapers. This is because Kazuyoshi Miura, who had been arrested on suspicion of the murder of his wife, brought a successful case to court arguing that being pictured in handcuffs implied guilt, and had prejudiced the trial.[1]
The Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman) Wikipedia article does not mention this which lead me to dig further.
The cited source weakly supports what is in the Wikipedia article on handcuffs. Specifically it has:
- ３．容疑者が逮捕されたときの映像で、手錠や腰ひもにモザイクをかけるといった配慮を始めた。
which translates to:
- 3. We have begun taking measures—such as applying pixelation to handcuffs and waist restraints—in footage showing suspects at the time of their arrest.
It appears that at the time one or more Japanese newspapers voluntarily started blurring of handcuffs and waist restraints—in. Are the Japanese media now required to blur these images? If so, is this a law or who is making these requirements? --Marc Kupper|talk 03:41, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
References
- ^ 『逆転無罪』 (in Japanese). Matsuyama University. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2010-02-26.