Japan to Introduce Electronic Arrest, Search Warrants

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government advisory panel on Monday proposed allowing arrest and search warrants to be issued online to speed up procedures. Currently, those warrants are issued by judges in a paper form, and police officers need to pick them up at courts. The change is part of proposals that a subcommittee of the Legislative Council put forward to digitalize proce…