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Environmental campaigners have filed an unprecedented lawsuit in a bid to halt the so-called drive hunting of dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, arguing that the practice is cruel and illegal. In drive hunting, fishermen force dolphins into a cove by beating on boats to disorient ...
Takanoiwa drops lawsuit against ex-yokozuna Harumafuji over assault
Wrestler Takanoiwa on Tuesday dropped a damages suit filed against former yokozuna Harumafuji for an assault last year, saying his family in Mongolia has been subject to abuse over the legal action. In the civil suit filed earlier this month, Takanoiwa sought ¥24 million ($213,000) ...
No one wanted Trump portrait, so his charity had to buy it, his lawyer argues
When Donald Trump offered to pay $10,000 from his personal charitable foundation for a six-foot oil portrait of himself, the future president only meant to "get the bidding started" during a 2014 auction at his Mar-a-Lago resort, his lawyer told a New York judge. "No ...
Former wrestling official Kazuhito Sakae files defamation suit against Kaori Icho's coach
Kazuhito Sakae, the prominent wrestling coach who came under fire for harassing four-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho, has filed a defamation suit against another coach believed to have first made the allegations, Sakae's lawyer said Saturday. Sakae, who brought the case to the Nagoya District ...
Retired NBA star Kevin Garnett sues accountant for $77 million
Former NBA star Kevin Garnett has filed a lawsuit against an accountant accused of helping defraud the player of $77 million, U.S. media reports said Thursday. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Garnett was suing Kentucky-based accountant Michael Wertheim and his firm Welenken, accusing him ...
Nobel physicist Toshihide Maskawa to join lawsuit against 2015 security laws
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Toshihide Maskawa is set to join a lawsuit against the state challenging the constitutionality of two highly divisive national security laws that Japan enacted in 2015. The lawsuit is to be filed with Nagoya District Court on Thursday. The two laws, including amendments ...
Wife of Nepalese man who died during interrogation sues state, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
The wife of a 39-year-old Nepalese man who died in March last year while being interrogated by prosecutors filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court on Friday, demanding about ¥7 million in damages from the central government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. She has ...
Family of slain Australian woman sues Minneapolis police over shooting
The family of an Australian woman who was shot dead by Minneapolis police last year after calling them to report a suspected crime near her home sued the city and several officers Monday, saying they had violated her civil rights. The fatal July 2017 shooting ...
High court rejects decision to reopen 1966 Hakamada quadruple murder case
The Tokyo High Court on Monday overturned the Shizuoka District Court's decision to reopen the 1966 murder case involving former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada, who was convicted of killing four people, despite recent DNA evidence that undermined his prosecution. The case, often cited as an ...
One day when Saburo Kita was 14, he was taken from an institution for troubled children to see a doctor. Despite protesting that his health was fine, he was ordered to strip, lie down on a table, and was given a local anaesthetic. Then the ...
Tokyo lawyers to sue nationalists who allegedly targeted them for their stance on Korean schools
Two Tokyo lawyers said Thursday they plan to sue hundreds of internet rightists, who the lawyers say campaigned to have them reprimanded over their apparent support for free education at ethnic Korean schools in Japan. Ryo Sasaki and Kanehito Kita said they will file a ...
Japan sued by 3 more plaintiffs over forced sterilizations under defunct eugenics law
One of the plaintiffs underwent surgery while living at a children’s home, despite not having been diagnosed with any disability or given any information about the procedure.
