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JAPANESE COURTS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2022
Go with the flow: What to do when the Japanese police stop you for questioning
One former elite police official says the best course of action is to submit to questioning and resist the urge to resist.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 17, 2022
Tokyo prosecutors arrest former Olympic committee executive and ex-Aoki chairman
Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former senior managing director of ad giant Dentsu and a powerful figure in sports circles, allegedly received u00a551 million from the retailer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Aug 15, 2022
Attack on Thai exile sheds light on transnational repression in Japan
Methods of crossborder repression are extensive and sophisticated, making them difficult to defend against and investigate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 29, 2022
Publishers sue ex-Mangamura operator for ¥1.9 billion in damages
The lawsuit, filed at the Tokyo District Court by Kadokawa, Shueisha and Shogakukan, is the first against Mangamura, which was known as the biggest pirate website in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2022
Suspect in Abe assassination set to undergo mental examination
Prosecutors will determine whether Tetsuya Yamagami can bear criminal liability based on the examination before making a decision on whether to indict the suspect.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2022
Court holds Japanese government responsible for 2015 Kinugawa river flood
The presiding judge ordered the government to pay a total of u00a539 million to nine plaintiffs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 13, 2022
Former executives ordered to pay Tepco ¥13 trillion over Fukushima disaster
Presiding Judge Yoshihide Asakura said the possibility of a major tsunami-related accident could have been avoided if measures to prevent flooding had been taken.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 4, 2022
Bereaved families to sue local governments over Atami mudslide
The families plan to file the suit with the Numazu branch of Shizuoka District Court in late August at the earliest.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / EXPLAINER
Jun 29, 2022
Unpacking Japan's latest ruling on same-sex marriage
While the Osaka and Sapporo courts agreed on one key point, they diverged on whether the lack of same-sex marriage violates the Constitution's equality principle.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Jun 27, 2022
What evil lurks in the shadow of anonymity?
Fueled by pandemic-induced stress, nameless netizens are directing myriad harmful and threatening messages on the internet with little fear of retribution.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 24, 2022
Japan's disappointing ruling on same-sex marriage
The Osaka court abdicated its fundamental job by deferring to public opinion rather than determining whether a right was either constitutional or not in its same-sex marriage ruling.
Shinjiro Koizumi promises immediate snap election if elected LDP president
Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi declares his candidacy in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
Seven & I pans value of offer as it rejects Canadian takeover bid
Seven & I Holdings, operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, said on Friday it has rejected Alimentation Couche-Tard's takeover bid as not being in the interest of shareholders.
Japan's Prince Hisahito turns 18
Prince Hisahito observes in July narrow leaf cattail that he had planted at the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Japan miffed but reaction muted after shocking twist to U.S. Steel deal
Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel is opposed by politicians across the political spectrum, including both Republican and Democratic presidential candidates — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
Japan’s second city can finally make Tokyo jealous
Osaka is set to open Grand Green Osaka in the city’s Umekita area. It is a sprawling redevelopment that combines a park with mixed-use skyscrapers and is part of a push to rejuvenate the merchant city.
No talking, no eating, no standing: Inside sumo's ring purification ceremony
A sumo referee performs the dohyō matsuri, or ring purification ceremony, in January 2017 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
Demand for Calrose rice rises amid Japanese rice shortage
Shuzo Fukushi, who heads Rice Meister Kojimachi in Tokyo, shows a bag of Calrose mixed with domestic rice at his store on Thursday.
Pasocom Music Club returns to the pure pleasures of the dance floor
Pasocom Music Club’s “Love Flutter” marks an important moment for Japan’s electronic community as project members Aoi Shibata (left) and Masato Nishiyama step into a role other artists once held for them — scene veterans who are inspiring the next generation.
Typhoon-chaser's firsthand account of his pursuit of Shanshan
A washed-up boat on the shore of the city of Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday
First lesson of Japan’s akiya gold rush: No such thing as a free house.
An abandoned house in Urayama, Saitama Prefecture. Buying an <i>akiya</i>, which means empty house in Japanese, can be a rewarding experience that yields a unique space and a livable home, competitively priced. Or it could turn out to be a money pit.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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