Sunagawa Incident

National / Crime & Legal Mar 8, 2016

Tokyo court rejects retrial bid over 1959 ruling that U.S. military's presence in Japan is constitutional

by Shusuke Murai

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday dismissed a retrial request over a 1959 Supreme Court ruling that found the U.S. military's presence in Japan constitutional. The 1959 ruling is often referenced by proponents of security policy reforms to justify the use of the right to ...

National May 9, 2014

Lawyers blast LDP bid to tweak Sunagawa ruling

by Tomohiro Osaki

A group of lawyers released a statement Friday expressing outrage over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's recent move to "forcibly" interpret a high-profile 1959 Supreme Court ruling to justify its claim that Japan is allowed to wield the right to collective self-defense. The ruling on ...