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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
