[Japan ] When a family court knows best / The Japan Times Online, 26 Aug 2005

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?ed20050826a1.htm
"In separate cases recently, family courts in the nation have handed down decisions concerning juvenile crime that appear to contradict each other. While one court committed an offender to a reformatory, two others decided that the offenders should face criminal charges. These decisions should prompt the public to ponder what roles a family court should play in dealing with juvenile offenders."