Mayu Uetsuka has been working at the Sankei Shimbun Newspaper in Tokyo, Japan as a journalist for the past twelve years.  For the past five years she has been covering the judicial field in Japan, focusing on cases in the Supreme Court, Justice Ministry and the Prosecutor’s office.  Cases of note have included the mandatory indictment and trial of former DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa, the introduction of the lay jury system into the Japanese judiciary, corruption and reforms within the Prosecutor’s office, as well as international child abduction and Japan’s decision to accede to the Hague Convention.