Japan's Supreme Court says lay judge system well received by public

Japan's Supreme Court said Wednesday the country's lay judge system has been well received by the public since it was introduced 10 years ago but improvements are needed to get citizens more interested in the administration of justice and ease citizen judges' burdens.Surveys conducted annually over the 10-year period on citizen judges showed that over 95 percent of them think participating in trial processes was a good experience, according to the court."The system has been accepted positively by the public," Chief Justice Naoto Otani said in a news conference."The operation of the system i…READ FULL ARTICLE