Based on the info in the article, I don’t think the wrong decision was made.

On the plus side, any corruption in Japan is almost guaranteed to be punished, as prosecutors have a 99% conviction rate or something crazy like that on charges of that nature.

It’s such an amazing book. I haven’t read anything else that manages to keep me locked in for over 800 pages. It just gets better when you read it again and again. Talk about playing the long game, whew.