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SUPREME COURT

EDITORIALS
Mar 17, 2014
New burden for Minamata victims
The Environment Ministry appears to have relaxed conditions for the official recognition of Minamata disease victims, but the attached record-keeping requirements make it unlikely that many more people will receive financial relief.
EDITORIALS
Mar 17, 2014
Change at the top court's helm
It is hoped that incoming new chief Justice Itsuro Terada will stand firm in keeping the Supreme Court independent of political presssures as it considers controversial issues such as the disparity in vote value between legislative constituencies and whether Japan may exercise its right to collective self-defense.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2014
Wartime labor case brews in South Korea
Japanese officials may soon get a fresh diplomatic headache stemming from its colonialist past with South Korea as it struggles to cope with the sex slave denial issue, a territorial dispute and challenges to the naming of the Sea of Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Jan 15, 2014
Three cases, three paths to legitimacy for Supreme Court
When I began studying Japanese, one of my goals was to be able to read the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's version of The Wall Street Journal. Achieving that goal, however, meant realizing that it is possibly The Most Boring Newspaper on Earth.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2013
Top court rules transsexual husband as father of in vitro child
The Supreme Court has recognized a person with gender identity disorder who had a sex change to become a male as the legal father of a child born to his wife through in vitro fertilization using sperm provided by a third person.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2013
Death penalty to stand in 2005 Hyogo killings
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday by a 47-year-old man who was sentenced to death for killing two women and dismembering their corpses in Hyogo Prefecture in 2005.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2013
Top court balks at voiding 2012 poll
The Supreme Court declares that the 2012 Lower House general election was “in a state of unconstitutionality” due to the large disparity in vote value among constituencies, but declines to nullify its outcome.
EDITORIALS
Oct 30, 2013
Death row inmate deserves retrial
Japan's top court rejects a request for retrial from an 87-year-old man on death row — after taking its time doing so — despite chemical evidence that might clear the defendant.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2013
Top court voids acquittal of British drug smuggler
The Supreme Court has quashed an appeal by a British man convicted of smuggling stimulant drugs into Japan from the west African country of Benin in June 2010, letting stand a high court's overturning of his acquittal in a lay judge trial.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2013
Bar, Amnesty slam denial of inmate's retrial over 1961 poison killings
Human rights groups attacked the Supreme Court's dismissal of an 87-year-old death-row inmate's petition for a retrial over the 1961 murders of five women who drank poisoned wine in Nabari, Mie Prefecture.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2013
Death-row inmate's bid to reopen '61 murder case fails seventh time
The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a petition for a retrial by a man on death row for the 1961 murders of five women who drank poisoned wine in Nabari, Mie Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 6, 2013
Ginsburg's tough decision: to stay or go?
Who dreamed up this bit of kismet? How did the stars align to make this spot of New Mexico desert the best place in the world on a late summer evening to be Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 4, 2013
Outing 'karoshi' companies prejudicial: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court rejects an appeal by a citizens' group that the state disclose the names of firms whose employees were confirmed to have died from overwork.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 28, 2013
Nothing is clear about court ruling on illegitimate kids
Evidently I was wrong.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Sep 5, 2013
End of unequal inheritance lauded
Legal experts said Wednesday's landmark decision by the Supreme Court that the Civil Code provision denying full inheritance rights to heirs born out of wedlock is unconstitutional was welcome but late in coming.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2013
Top court shoots down unequal inheritance rights
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court declares unconstitutional the Civil Code clause that denies full inheritance rights to heirs born out of wedlock.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2013
Amendment 'needed' for shift on self-defense
It would be hard for the government to reinterpret the Constitution in order to drop its ban on collective self-defense without amending the war-renouncing charter, a new Supreme Court justice says.
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2013
Step toward equality under the law
The U.S. Supreme Court walked a fine line in ruling that same-sex couples are entitled to federal benefits. It washed its hands of the most polarizing point.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2013
Top court firm: Condemned cultists to appear
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Tokyo prosecutors against a district court's decision to summon three condemned prisoners to testify in the trial of a former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive, court officials said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2013
Top court rejects United Red Army member's appeal
The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal filed by death-row inmate and former United Red Army member Hiroshi Sakaguchi of two lower court rulings that rejected his plea for a retrial.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth
A new tooth is seen in a ferret's mouth after it was administered a drug to stimulate the growth of tooth buds.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the 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.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

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