Learning about—and from— wrongful convictions.

Towards an Asian registry of wrongful convictionsPeer-reviewed

Yiwen Zhang, Henry Otgaar, Yikang Zhang, Nathanael E. J. Sumampouw, Tsania Isa, Jianqing Wang, Yoshiyuki Nishi, Yun-Ching Ko, Forensic Science International: Synergy, 13, 100726, 2026 (online September 2, 2026)

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The Structure of Contributing Factors in Wrongful Convictions in Japan

Master's thesis, Stanford Law School (SPILS), May 2026

Wrongful Convictions and the Constitution

Law Journal (Hogakukan Constitutional Law Institute), No. 33, pp. 33–54, December 2025 (in Japanese)

Wrongful Convictions in Japan: Causes, Challenges, and Preventive MeasuresPeer-reviewed

Wrongful Conviction Law Review, 6(2), 86–120, November 2025

The Mechanism of Prejudgment in Judges

Japanese Journal of Law and Psychology, 25(1), 24–29, October 2025 (in Japanese)

[Dialogue] Inside and Outside the Courts: The Relationship Between Judges and Society

Hiroaki Murayama & Yoshiyuki Nishi, Hogaku Seminar, July 2025 (in Japanese)

[Roundtable] From the Hakamada Case to Criminal Justice Reform

Shoichiro Hata, Yoshiyuki Nishi, Takuya Kawasaki, Osamu Kobayashi & Yumi Kamoshida, Jiyu to Seigi (Liberty & Justice), 76(3), 20–36, March 2025 (in Japanese)

On “Hostage Justice”

Hanrei Jiho, No. 2608, pp. 5–11, January 2025 (in Japanese)

How Should Law and Psychology Confront Wrongful Convictions? Reconsidering Through the Hakamada Case

Kana Sasakura, Yoshiyuki Todate, Yoshiyuki Nishi & Masahiro Fujita, Japanese Journal of Law and Psychology, 24(1), 48–54, October 2024 (in Japanese)

A Joint Analysis of Mock Jury Deliberations: Perspectives of a Lawyer and a PsychologistPeer-reviewed

Eiichiro Watamura & Yoshiyuki Nishi, Japanese Journal of Law and Psychology, 24(1), 88–93, October 2024 (in Japanese)

The Propriety of Identification Procedures (Photo Lineups): Theory Drawn from Everyday Criminal Defense Practice

Kikan Keiji Bengo (Quarterly Criminal Defense), No. 118, pp. 126–130, April 2024 (in Japanese)

It Happens in the Field: A Case of Mistaken Identity in a Bar FightNew Face Award, Grand Prize

Kikan Keiji Bengo (Quarterly Criminal Defense), No. 117, pp. 9–13, January 2024 (in Japanese)

Asking a Former Judge and a Former Prosecutor: “What Changes and What Doesn't” (Part 1)

Yoshiyuki Nishi & Ryutaro Akagi, Kikan Keiji Bengo (Quarterly Criminal Defense), No. 116, pp. 107–111, October 2023 (in Japanese)

Series: The Anatomy of a Wrongful Prosecution — The Pressance Former President Case (4 parts)

Kikan Keiji Bengo (Quarterly Criminal Defense), Nos. 111–114 (July 2022 – April 2023); Enzai Hakusho (Wrongful Conviction White Paper) 5 (May 2023) (in Japanese)

Creating and Analyzing a Japanese Wrongful Convictions Database

Yoshiyuki Nishi, Law and Society Association, May 2026

Building a Comparative Landscape for Wrongful Conviction Databases in Asia

Barbara O’Brien, Yoshiyuki Nishi, Yiwen Zhang, Yun-Ching Ko, Innocence Network Conference, April 2026

Judicial Decision-Making and Cognitive Bias

Masahiro Fujita, Yoshiyuki Nishi, Hiroaki Murayama & Takashi Takano, Japanese Society for Law and Psychology, October 2024 (in Japanese)

How Should Law and Psychology Confront Wrongful Convictions? Reconsidering Through the Hakamada Case

Kana Sasakura, Masahiro Fujita, Yoshiyuki Todate & Yoshiyuki Nishi, Japanese Society for Law and Psychology, October 2023 (in Japanese)

Toward the Establishment of “Behavioral Criminal Law”

Masahiro Fujita, Keita Ochi, Eiichiro Watamura & Yoshiyuki Nishi, Japanese Psychological Association, September 2023 (in Japanese)

Current Status and Issues of Research on Causes of Wrongful Convictions and Countermeasures in Japan

European Society of Criminology, September 2023

Commemorative Lecture, Kyoto General Meeting of the Japan Civil Liberties Union (JCLU)

Wrongful Convictions: Why Do People Err? Considering Retrial Law Reform from the Perspective of Wrongful Conviction Studies, June 2025 (in Japanese)

Lecture at Azabu High School

How Can We Eliminate Wrongful Convictions? The Pressance Former President Case, June 2025 (in Japanese)

Joint Seminar Lecture, Ritsumeikan University (Prof. Takuma Shimizu) and Kobe Gakuin University (Prof. Hiroyuki Satake)

June 2025 (in Japanese)

Commemorative Lecture, General Meeting of the Japan Civil Liberties Union (JCLU)

On “Hostage Justice”, May 2025 (in Japanese)

Constitution Memorial Meeting, Okayama Bar Association

On the Wrongful Prosecution of Pressance’s Former President, May 2025 (in Japanese)

Lecture on “Hostage Justice”, Japan Publishing Club

May 2025 (in Japanese)

Lecture at Dalton Tokyo Gakuen

March 2025 (in Japanese)

2nd “Hostage Justice Survivors” Diet Meeting

March 2025 (in Japanese)

16th Symposium on Court-Appointed Defense

November 2024 (in Japanese)

Lecture, Saitama Bar Association

Memorable Courtroom Advocacy by Criminal Defense Lawyers, as Seen by a Former Judge, October 2024 (in Japanese)

Seminar Lecture, Aoyama Gakuin University (Prof. Hiroyuki Kuzuno)

October 2024 (in Japanese)

Lecture at Ryukoku University

Learning About, and From, Wrongful Convictions, July 2024 (in Japanese)

Lecture at Kyushu University

Learning About, and From, Wrongful Convictions, June 2024 (in Japanese)

Seminar Lecture, Kyoto University (Prof. Masahiro Sogabe)

Learning About, and From, Wrongful Convictions, May 2024 (in Japanese)

Lecture at Kindai University

Learning About, and From, Wrongful Convictions, May 2024 (in Japanese)

“Lawyers of Tomorrow” Lecture Series, Itojuku

Learning About, and From, Wrongful Convictions, March 2024 (in Japanese)

Ethics Training, Saitama Bar Association

What Defense Advocacy Should Look Like in Lay Judge (Saiban-in) Trials, February 2024 (in Japanese)

Lecture, General Meeting of the National Liaison Council of Retrial and Wrongful Conviction Cases

Learning from Wrongful Convictions: Causes and Prevention, December 2023 (in Japanese)

Seminar Lecture, Meiji University (Prof. Tomonobu Ishida)

December 2023 (in Japanese)

Criminal Defense Lecture, Hitotsubashi University

Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Defense: The Pressance Former President Case, September 2023 (in Japanese)

The Death Penalty and Wrongful Convictions in Japan

The Death Penalty and Retrial in Japan, September 2023

Seminar Lecture, Nanzan University (Prof. Yoshinori Okada)

November 2022 (in Japanese)

Pretrial Arrangement Proceedings in Lay Judge (Saiban-in) Trials

Taiwan–Japan Criminal Law Forum: The Philosophy and Practice of Citizen Participation in Trials, October 2022 (in Japanese)