The Japanese head of the International Criminal Court has urged Japan to "immediately take action" to introduce domestic legislature to join a U.N. treaty to punish genocide, saying she feels "embarrassed" her country has yet to do so."It is inadequate...that Japan has not established domestic laws to punish war crimes or crimes against humanity," ICC President Tomoko Akane said at a recent press conference in Tokyo. She is the first Japanese to lead the independent judicial body, which is based in The Hague.Akane expressed disappointment over Japan's slowness in signing the Convention on t…READ FULL ARTICLE
