Japanese high court judge faces impeachment over inappropriate tweets
The decision makes Kiichi Okaguchi of the Sendai High Court the ninth judge ever to be referred to the Judge Impeachment Court in Japan, and the first for expression of views.
The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will reprimand a 52-year-old judge for his controversial social media post earlier this year, marking a first in Japan. Judge Kiichi Okaguchi held a news conference later in the day and argued that the decision runs counter to his ...
Dog tale bites judge: His tweets muzzled, Japan's 'Judge White Briefs' faces his own trial
Disciplinary hearings for outspoken jurist over a dog-dumping story can only damage Japan's judiciary.
Victim's family protests Tokyo judge's tweet on murdered girl
The parents of a Tokyo high school student murdered in 2015 protested a tweet by a Tokyo High Court judge Tuesday that said she was "mercilessly murdered" by a man who has "a propensity to be sexually aroused" at the sight of a woman ...
Tokyo High Court judge's semi-nude tweets rub judiciary wrong way
A Tokyo High Court judge has been reprimanded after posting a photo of a man's naked upper body on his Twitter account. Kiichi Okaguchi, 50, who presides over civil cases at the high court, has been disciplined for three tweets uploaded between April 2014 and ...
