Alexis Sanborn June 18, 2021 USALI East-West Studies, Volume 1, Number 3 Carlos Ghosn and Japan’s “99% Conviction Rate”: Examining Japan’s Criminal Justice System from a Comparative Perspective Alexis Sanborn June 18, 2021 USALI East-West Studies, Volume 1, Number 3 Much of the resulting commentary has highlighted a single statistic: Japan’s purported conviction rate of 99%. The reality is more complicated.By Bruce Aronson