Would these be like the current retail JGBs, which can be cashed in early at par value anytime after the first year, if you forfeit one year's worth of coupon payments?
Without that feature I doubt many retail investors would be interested, given the crap real returns from Tokio Marine's JGB linker mutual fund.
Good luck if you're ever wrongly convicted.
https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/2659404?display=1
Some LDP cretins forced this clause into a bill that had been intended to stop prosecutors from blocking retrials.
「十分な根拠がある場合に限り、抗告することができる」
If this goes through, the prosecutors can appeal against the re-opening of a trial if they have "sufficient" grounds.
I wonder who decides what "sufficient" is and how often the prosecutors will fall back on that excuse.
To add insult to injury:
I saw on TV last night that some fucker had added another clause:
「開示証拠の目的外使用禁止」 which the journalist reckoned will allow only the defendant and their lawyer to use the evidence, while supporters, journalists, researchers, or campaigners cannot. The purported/spurious reason was to protect victim privacy but the journalist said it seems more like face-saving for the convenience of prosecutors.
Bye bye public media campaigns and campaigns by family members on behalf of their wrongly imprisoned loved one, such as this guy: https://www.fccj.or.jp/number-1-shimbun-article/miscarriage-justice