Does the current criminal trial in Japan adopt the jury system? If so, when did it start?

The jury system was introduced in 2008, and these people were drawn from citizens, so the death penalty rate of 20 1 1 increased.

The introduction of jury system in civil law system is not what many university law professors like to see. They said that if this continues, Japan will fall into chaos. The jury's opinion depends entirely on the outlook on life and values. Without any legal literacy, it is difficult to say whether such a judgment is fair or not, and so on.