Editing Treason (section)

===Japan===
From 1947 [[Japan]] does not technically have a law of treason.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=June 12, 2007|title=Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907)|url=https://www.oecd.org/site/adboecdanti-corruptioninitiative/46814456.pdf|journal=Penal Code of Japan|pages=1–5}}</ref> Instead it has an offence against taking part in foreign aggression against the Japanese state (''gaikan zai''; literally "crime of foreign mischief"). The law applies equally to Japanese and non-Japanese people, while treason in other countries usually applies only to their own citizens. Technically there are two laws, one for the crime of inviting foreign mischief ([[Penal Code of Japan|Japan Criminal Code]] section 2 clause 81) and the other for supporting foreign mischief once a foreign force has invaded Japan. "Mischief" can be anything from invasion to espionage. Before [[World War II]], [[Empire of Japan|Imperial Japan]] had a crime similar to the English crime of high treason (''Taigyaku zai''), which applied to anyone who harmed the [[Emperor of Japan|Japanese emperor]] or [[Imperial House of Japan|imperial family]]. This law was abolished by the [[Occupation of Japan|American occupation force]] after World War II.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199295678.001.0001/acref-9780199295678-e-1836|title=A Dictionary of Contemporary World History|last=Palmowski|first=Jan|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2016|isbn=9780199295678}}</ref>

The application of "Crimes Related to Insurrection" to the [[Aum Shinrikyo]] cult of [[religious terrorism|religious terrorists]] was proposed from lawyers of a defendant who was a high-ranked subordinate so that the cult leader solely would be deemed as responsible. The court rejected this argument.<ref>[https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/43074?page=3 Bunshun.jp]</ref>