A courtroom in the Tokyo District Court sits empty in Tokyo, [Getty Images]

JAPAN - MAY 19: A courtroom in the Tokyo District Court sits empty in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, May, 19, 2009. Japan's first court case involving citizens sitting as judges will start today at the Tokyo District Court, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, without citing the source of its information. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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