Why is Japan’s prosecution rate so absurdly high at 99.8%?

Question

I’ve heard people say that lawyers only choose to prosecute cases that they know they might win, but isn’t that true for lawyers in basically any country, anywhere?

EDIT: I meant conviction rate in the title.

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Answer 1

Keep in mind that high conviction rates are not unique to Japan. For instance the Americans also have an absurdly high conviction rate in their federal criminal system of 99.6%. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/14/fewer-than-1-of-defendants-in-federal-criminal-cases-were-acquitted-in-2022/