Interviews with victims and witnesses of crime in Japan: Research and practice

Similar to Western countries, the testimony of Japanese children has often not been received well in court. Asada (1998) studied 12 criminal cases in which children were involved. He argued that although children are usually admitted as competent to testify in court (i.e. they are acknowledged to have the ability to perceive, remember, and communicate the incident), the credibility of their testimony is frequently dismissed.