Canadian ex-brokerage manager loses lawsuit over Japanese paternity leave, plans to appeal
A court on Friday rejected a request by a former brokerage manager to get his job back after taking paternity leave at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley. The case of Glen Wood, a Canadian who has lived in Japan for three decades, has become a symbol ...
Past special courts in Japan for leprosy patients ruled unconstitutional
A court in Kumamoto on Wednesday ruled for the first time that special trials for segregated leprosy patients set up outside of standard courtrooms in the past were unconstitutional, but the court rejected a demand for damages. The Kumamoto District Court made the judgment in ...
To help prevent a recurrence of abhorrent crimes against the disabled, society as a whole needs to come to grips with the widespread prejudice and discrimination against such people, and take steps to amend the situation.
What's next for Ghosn following his flight to Lebanon?
The incident leaves lingering questions and contending perceptions that have yet to be addressed.
The Shiori Ito verdict marked an important milestone for women's rights in Japan, but it also revealed how far behind this country is at protecting sex crime victims.
Japan is woefully lacking of a system that ensures divorced parents pay their court-designated child support.
Laboring under the illusion of a rules-based global order
International law today is powerful against the powerless, and powerless against the powerful.
The Reiwa Daijosai: Pomp, circumstance and litigation
The separation of church and state in Japan comes under scrutiny in the new era. However, we've been down this road before.
Measures need to be taken to ensure the rights of children to maintain a relationship with both of their parents after divorce.
Coming up with new legal definitions is an important step in clamping down on road rage.
Police will refer to prosecutors as soon as next week the case of an 88-year-old former senior bureaucrat who was involved in a fatal car crash in central Tokyo in April, according to investigative sources. Kozo Iizuka, who was 87 at the time of the ...
Japanese former city assemblyman handed life term for drug smuggling in China
A 76-year-old former Japanese municipal assemblyman was sentenced Friday to life in prison by a court in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou for smuggling drugs, his attorney said. Takuma Sakuragi, a former assemblyman from Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, was detained by Chinese authorities in October ...
