I believe that in Japan, a driver who accidentally hits a jaywalking pedestrian is not liable criminally.

When you really construe our laws, a jaywalker is, in fact, violating an ordinance or law so if he/she gets hit by a motor vehicle, so long as there was no negligence on the part of the driver, he should not be liable criminally. Civil damages? That's another matter. Dapat din hindi. Pero mga pulis dito iba ang pagkakaintindi sa batas. Talo ka kaagad kung ikaw ang me sasakyan.