日本京都大学上田政雄教授指出:日本在医科大学或医学部内都设立法医学教室,而与其他医学学科的不同点就在于法医学是根据法律上的需要而开设的。日本现代法律制定的最初期受着欧洲大陆法规尤其德国法律的影响。因此,日本的现代法医学乃源于德国的法医学。日本的法医学教育和鉴定工作体制也如此。日本各大学的法医学教室都是由德国留学回国的先辈们所创建,诸如1880年东大法医学教室由片山国嘉教授所开创;1902年京都大学法医学教室由岡本良松教授所建立等等。日本法医学教室的工作任务除教学、科研外,还 Professor Masayuki Ueda of Kyoto University in Japan pointed out that Japan has set up forensic science classrooms in medical universities or medical departments. The difference with other medical disciplines is that forensic medicine is established according to legal needs. The initial period of the formulation of Japanese modern law was influenced by the laws of the European continent, especially German law. Therefore, modern forensic medicine in Japan is derived from German forensic medicine. The same is true of Japan’s forensic education and appraisal system. The forensic science classrooms of various Japanese universities were created by ancestors who returned to Germany to study abroad. For example, the 1880 Tokaido Forensic Science Classroom was created by Prof. Yasuo Kaku, and in 1902 the Kyoto University forensic science was established by Prof. Okamoto. The task of Japanese forensic science classrooms is not only teaching and research but also