The Tokyo District Court on Friday upheld a temporary injunction banning publication of the latest edition of the weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun, judging that one of its stories violates the privacy of former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's daughter.
Tanaka's daughter is a "private figure," and her personal affairs have nothing to do with the public interest, the court said Friday. The Shukan Bunshun article therefore cannot be judged to have been written for the purpose of serving the public interest, it said.
The three-judge court thus rejected an objection filed by publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. against the injunction, which was issued Tuesday.