"If the Same Mistakes Continue Indefinitely, This Country's Judiciary Will Cease to function." A Man Arrested and Indicted by the Special Investigation Department but Later Acquitted Presents His Statement in the Appeal Trial of His Lawsuit Alleging Illegality in the Prosecutor's Investigation, Claiming It Involved "Intimidation that Elicited False Testimony"

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The appeal trial has begun in the case of Shinobu Yamagishi, the former president of a major real estate company who was arrested and indicted by the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department, and later acquitted, and is seeking damages from the government for the illegal investigation by the prosecution. In the first trial, the court did not recognize the government's responsibility, stating that "while there a…