Japanese legal group sues to undo Upper House election over vote-value disparities
A group of lawyers on Monday filed lawsuits with 14 high courts and high court branches across the country, seeking to invalidate the results of the Upper House election. The lawyers claim the election, which was held on Sunday, was unconstitutional because of nationwide disparities ...
Plaintiffs in wartime labor case seek sale of Mitsubishi Heavy assets in South Korea
Mitsubishi Heavy is the third Japanese company to face a similar asset liquidation request in the country’s legal system following court rulings over wartime forced labor.
Driver admits fault in crash that killed two toddlers in Japan
A woman arrested for alleged negligent driving in a crash that caused the deaths and injuries of toddlers in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, in May, admitted to the charge at a court hearing on Wednesday. The first hearing for Fumiko Shintate, the 52-year-old driver, was held ...
Three given prison terms over bogus Tokyo land sale to Sekisui House
Three people were given prison terms Wednesday over a bogus Tokyo land sale in 2017 that targeted home builder Sekisui House Ltd. In the first ruling related to the case, in which 10 people were indicted, the Tokyo District Court sentenced Masami Haketa, 64, and ...
John Paul Stevens, justice who evolved into U.S. Supreme Court's liberal lion, dies at 99
John Paul Stevens moved left as the Supreme Court shifted to the right during his nearly 35 years as a justice. That's how the bow-tie wearing Republican from the Midwest emerged as the leader of the high court's liberal wing and a strong proponent of ...
Lawyers in wartime labor case to pursue sale of seized Mitsubishi Heavy assets in South Korea
The lawyers had set Monday as the deadline for Mitsubishi Heavy to agree to compensation talks, but the deadline passed with no response from the firm.
Two men get suspended sentences for negligence in death of mentally disabled man left in vehicle
Two men were each sentenced Tuesday to 12 months in prison, suspended for three years, for professional negligence resulting in death after a man with a mental disability who died from heatstroke after being left in a welfare facility's service vehicle. The Saitama District Court ...
Osaka High Court confirmed Tuesday a 16-year sentence for a mentally ill man who killed an elementary school student in 2015, imposing the same punishment as a lower court despite a new psychiatric assessment finding he suffers from a different condition than the one ...
Salvadoran accused of abortion faces retrial, hefty sentence
A young woman who gave birth to a baby in an outhouse in El Salvador was back in court Monday facing a second trial for murder in a case that has drawn international attention because of the country's highly restrictive abortion laws. Evelyn Beatriz Hernández, ...
Appeals court gives Trump a win in restricting grants to 'sanctuary cities'
A federal appeals court gave President Donald Trump a rare legal win in his efforts to crack down on "sanctuary cities" Friday, upholding the Justice Department's decision to give preferential treatment in awarding community policing grants to cities that cooperate with immigration authorities. The 2-1 ...
Ecuador tribe's victory in legal battle over selling ancestral Amazon land is upheld
A court in Ecuador has upheld a ruling that prevents the government from selling land in the Amazon rainforest to oil companies, a move activists called a historic win for the Waorani indigenous tribe living there. The government had appealed an earlier court ruling in ...
Federal prosecutors urged a judge Friday to keep financier Jeffrey Epstein behind bars until trial on sex trafficking charges involving underage girls, labeling him a "serial sexual predator" and expressing concern he might try to influence witnesses. Prosecutors submitted written arguments in advance of a ...
