High court upholds retrial of man convicted of 1985 Kumamoto murder
A high court on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision to retry an 84-year-old man who served prison time for fatally stabbing an acquaintance in Kumamoto Prefecture in 1985. Rejecting an appeal by prosecutors, the Fukuoka High Court, presided over by Judge Masataka Yamaguchi, said ...
Kagoshima man freed after wrongful rape conviction; police DNA tests called into question
A ruling by the Fukuoka High Court acquitting a man of the rape of a teenage girl in 2012 was finalized Wednesday after prosecutors did not appeal it. The court lambasted a DNA laboratory involved in the case, saying it was possible that it succumbed ...
Fukuoka court rules July vote gap nearly unconstitutional; results stand
The Fukuoka High Court ruled Thursday that the disparity in the weight of the votes cast in the House of Councilors election in July was "in a state of unconstitutionality" but rejected the plaintiffs' demand to nullify the results. The plaintiffs — a group of ...
Okinawa court finds 'unconstitutionality' in July election vote gap
The Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court ruled Tuesday that the disparity of up to 4.77-fold in the weight of votes in July's Upper House election was "in a state of unconstitutionality" but rejected the plaintiff's demand that the result in Okinawa be ...
