Morikazu Taguchi
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Taguchi Morikazu Taguchi
Convinced that it could not become a modern nation without Western laws, Japan first adopted France's legal system, then switched to the German model because France was defeated in the Franco-Prussian War. In the words of Morikazu Taguchi, a professor at Waseda University's law school in Tokyo, if it was said that advanced countries had it, it became an absolute must. In the decades after World War II, Germany and France eliminated the statute of limitations on crimes against humanity. Convinced that it could not become a modern nation without Western laws, Japan first adopted France's legal system, then switched to the German model because France was defeated in the Franco-Prussian War, said Morikazu Taguchi, a professor at Waseda University's law school in Tokyo. Mr. Taguchi said if it was said that advanced countries had it became an absolute must. In the decades after World War II, Germany and France eliminated the statute of limitations on crimes against humanity.