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The original was posted on /r/japanlife by /u/KaleAggravating8309 on 2023-10-02 12:30:00.

Trigger warning for SA

I was SA’d while jogging in my neighborhood a few months ago and reported to the police and submitted a higai todoke (a whole other story how terrible that process was). They called me in two more times for the investigation, one time for a DNA swab because they did a DNA test on my clothes, but they never told me any info on how the investigation was going.

I just got a call from the police station telling me that they caught the guy that did it, and that I could live my life safely now. They also asked if I needed counseling or if I wanted the police to call me every once in a while to “check in”. But that’s it. Nothing about a trial or anything?

I tried to ask about that, and they told me he was going on trial for a crime he’d committed against someone else. (I’m assuming that’s how they got his DNA on file and it matched with what they found on my clothes.) Then I asked how I could find out about the results of his trial, and they basically told me that I couldn’t. And then they said that maybe another police department? would contact me for questioning, but probably not.

Anyways, I am a little relieved, but also very confused. I don’t know much about how criminal justice works in my home country, much less Japan. But I kind of feel like I should have a right to know where the police are going with my investigation or if they will even bring my specific case to court. And since the crime happened a few minutes from my apartment, I would like to know what his sentencing will be for this other case… It would bring me a lot of ease to know if he’s found guilty, if he’s going to prison, for how long, etc.

I would be really appreciative if anyone could tell me anything about the information I’m entitled to regarding this. I don’t want to know any personal details about the suspect or the other case/victim, just the results of the trial.