The Osaka High Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that branded as "discriminatory" demonstrations staged near a pro-Pyongyang Korean school by anti-Korean activists who used hate-speech slogans.
A three-judge high court panel turned down an appeal by the Zaitokukai group against the Kyoto District Court decision ordering that it pay about ¥12 million in damages to the school operator, Kyoto Chosen Gakuen.
The order also banned the group from staging demonstrations near the school in Minami Ward, Kyoto.