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Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2013
Kindergarten told to pay for tsunami deaths
A kindergarten is ordered to pay ¥177 million to the families of four children killed when their school bus was swamped by the 2011 tsunami as it was being driven toward lower ground.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2013
Mom hopes daughter's tragic death boosts schools' duty for child safety
Clutching a handkerchief tightly in her hand, Mika Sato nodded silently and tearfully to the others who lost their children in the 2011 tsunami when the Sendai District Court handed down its ruling Tuesday holding a kindergarten responsible for the deaths.
EDITORIALS
Jul 22, 2013
Short of wholehearted support
The LDP and Komeito parties should not view their Upper House election dominance, amid low voter turnout, as carte blanche to ramrod through pet policy lines.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 12, 2013
MSDF officers' acquittal stands in fatal collision
The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court acquittal of two Maritime Self-Defense Force officers over a 2008 collision between an Aegis destroyer and a fishing boat that killed two fishermen just outside Tokyo Bay.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2013
Betting slips are a business expense, win or lose: court
In a landmark decision, the Osaka District Court ruled Thursday that betting slips for horse races can be counted as a business expense, a finding that could alter rulings on other tax evasion cases related to gambling.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2013
Final Somali pirate slapped with 11-year term
The Tokyo District Court on Friday convicted a Somali national and sentenced him to 11 years imprisonment for attempting to hijack a Japan-operated oil tanker off the coast of Oman in March 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2013
Adult ward should have right to vote: court
The Tokyo District Court rules unconstitutional a provision in the Public Offices Election Law that strips the right to vote from adults assisted by guardians.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2013
Vote-value disparity issue puts cloud over Abe's ambitions
With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet enjoying astronomically high approval ratings compared with recent leaders, the prospects of his Liberal Democratic Party winning a critical Upper House election this summer look bright.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2013
U.S. airman found guilty of injuring boy in Okinawa
The Naha District Court sentenced a U.S. airman to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for intruding into an apartment, injuring a junior high school boy and destroying a TV set during a drunken spress last November in Okinawa.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2013
Somali teenager gets five to nine for piracy
An 18-year-old Somali is sentenced to five to nine years by the Tokyo District Court for boarding and attempting to hijack a Bahama-registered oil tanker off Africa in March 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 21, 2013
Ex-cop off hook for Akashi '01 fatal crush
The Kobe District Court dismissesd a case against a former senior police officer over a 2001 fatal mass crush after a fireworks display in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, because the statute of limitations has expired.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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