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DEFAMATION

Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Nov 3, 2022
Kyrie Irving admits posting about film had "negative impact" on Jewish community
The $1 million donated by Irving and Brooklyn will be funneled towards 'causes and organizations that work to eradicate hate and intolerance in our communities.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 10, 2020
Courts struggling to define what constitutes defamation in social media
Journalist Shiori Ito files rare libel lawsuit over use of the 'like' button on Twitter.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2018
U.S. judge dismisses Stormy Daniels defamation suit against Trump, orders her to pay his legal fees
A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed adult film actress Stormy Daniels's defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump and ordered her to pay his attorney's fees, saying a tweet the president had written referring to her was protected by free-speech laws.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 27, 2018
JFA contests ex-manager Vahid Halilhodzic's defamation claim
The Japan Football Association on Friday took a stand against former Japan head coach Vahid Halilhodzic's claim that it defamed him in a news conference following his dismissal just two months before the World Cup finals.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 20, 2018
Yahoo Japan defamed man by displaying false search results: Tokyo High Court
A man who sued Yahoo Japan for defamatory search results wins his case against the search giant after the Tokyo High Court orders that the offending entries be deleted.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2016
Corporations abuse law to slap down workers
A law that started as a good idea has become a menace to free speech, the ability to protect one's reputation and the right to redress in a court of law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2015
Sankei journalist Tatsuya Kato acquitted of defaming South Korean leader
The Seoul Central District Court cleared Kato in a case that raised new questions about media freedom.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 20, 2015
South Korean prosecutors seek 18 months in jail for Sankei Shimbun journalist
Prosecutors on Monday sought an 18-month prison term for a Japanese journalist on charges of defaming President Park Geun-hye in an article he wrote in August 2014.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2015
No press pass yet for Sankei's new Seoul bureau chief appointed in September
A Japanese journalist sent to replace a colleague accused of defaming South Korea's president has been unable to get a press pass from Seoul since September.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 13, 2015
Korean court rejects Sankei journalist's petition to lift travel ban
A court in Seoul on Friday rejected a petition by a Japanese newspaper journalist accused of defaming South Korea's president that demanded he be allowed to leave the country, informed sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2015
Former Asahi reporter files libel suit over 'comfort women' issue
The former Asahi Shimbun reporter threatened by nationalists and revisionists for covering the “comfort women” issue sues a publisher and a Korea scholar over claims he fabricated his stories.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2014
Sankei reporter pleads not guilty to defaming South Korean president
A Japanese reporter indicted on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun-hye pleaded not guilty at a preliminary hearing on Thursday at the Seoul Central District Court.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2014
Sankei bureau chief appears before prosecutors again over Park article
The Seoul bureau chief of the Sankei Shimbun appeared before prosecutors for a second time Wednesday, for questioning about a controversial article about President Park Geun-hye.
EDITORIALS
Jan 23, 2014
Damages from a terror probe
Despite the award of ¥90.2 million in damages to 17 Muslims in Japan found to have suffered defamation of character after details of a police investigation of international terrorism were leaked onto the Internet, the plaintiffs have appealed the Tokyo District Court ruling for affirming that the probe itself was necessary.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 16, 2013
In slander suit, Tokyo court orders Google to delete autocomplete search terms
The Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered U.S. Internet giant Google Inc. to delete the terms from its autocomplete search functions in connection with a Japanese man who says the feature slandered his character.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 9, 2013
Hashimoto to sue Asahi for story on family past
Osaka Mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) chief Toru Hashimoto plans to sue the weekly Shukan Asahi and daily Asahi Shimbun, claiming they violated his human rights when the magazine ran an article six months ago touching on his family background.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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