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Tokyo High Court changes Peruvian man's death sentence to life in prison

National / Crime & Legal Dec 6, 2019

Tokyo High Court changes Peruvian man's death sentence to life in prison

The Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court's death sentence and gave a Peruvian man life in prison Thursday over the 2015 murder of six people in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture. The court ruled that Vayron Jonathan Nakada Ludena, 34, who was found guilty of robbery ...

Tokyo High Court opens appeal trial over 2017 murder of Vietnamese girl

National / Crime & Legal Sep 26, 2019

Tokyo High Court opens appeal trial over 2017 murder of Vietnamese girl

The Tokyo High Court on Thursday began hearing an appeal against a lower court ruling convicting a man of the murder of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl in 2017, with prosecutors calling for a death sentence and the accused seeking acquittal. Yasumasa Shibuya, the 48-year-old former ...

High court nixes claim that Abe visit to Yasukuni Shrine was unconstitutional

National / Crime & Legal Oct 26, 2018

High court nixes claim that Abe visit to Yasukuni Shrine was unconstitutional

A high court Thursday upheld a lower court ruling rejecting a claim by some 450 citizens that a 2013 visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine violated the constitutional separation of state and religion. In handing down the ruling, Presiding Judge ...

High court rejects decision to reopen 1966 Hakamada quadruple murder case

National / Crime & Legal Jun 11, 2018

High court rejects decision to reopen 1966 Hakamada quadruple murder case

by Sakura Murakami

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 ...

National / Crime & Legal Mar 22, 2018

Court reduces sum of taxpayer money assembly members must repay for Australia trip

A high court Thursday drastically reduced the amount a lower court had ordered five city assembly members to repay following accusations that taxpayer money was wasted on sightseeing in Australia. The Tokyo High Court ordered Kunio Jinbo, the mayor of Toda in Saitama Prefecture, to ...

National / Crime & Legal Dec 27, 2017

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 court building's daily trial listings go digital with introduction of tablets

National / Crime & Legal Aug 15, 2017

Tokyo court building's daily trial listings go digital with introduction of tablets

A court building in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward started using tablet computers on Tuesday in an effort to make it easier for members of the public to check the day's trial information. An official of the Tokyo High Court, which operates the building, said it was ...

High court rejects appeal by teachers refused work for not standing and singing national anthem

National / Crime & Legal Apr 26, 2017

High court rejects appeal by teachers refused work for not standing and singing national anthem

by Daisuke Kikuchi

A Tokyo court rejected an appeal by former school teachers who claimed it was unreasonable they were banned from working part time after retirement because they did not sing the national anthem.

National / Crime & Legal Mar 17, 2017

Teacher reaches settlement allowing use of maiden names at western Tokyo school

A female teacher in her 40s and the Tokyo school she is employed at have reached a settlement that allows teachers to continue using their maiden names after marriage, the woman's lawyers said Friday. Nihon University's Third Junior and Senior High School, based in the ...

'Good parent' ditched in custody case reversal

National / Crime & Legal Jan 27, 2017

'Good parent' ditched in custody case reversal

A father who won legal custody of his daughter last year based on the “good parent rule” on visitation loses custody in an appeal ruling based on “continuation.”

National / Crime & Legal Jul 13, 2016

Tokyo High Court overturns man's 'right to be forgotten'

The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday rescinded a lower court judgment that recognized the "right to be forgotten" in a case filed by a man who demanded Google Inc. eliminate five-year-old articles on his crime record from its search results. The court rejected the man's ...

Tokyo High Court judge's semi-nude tweets rub judiciary wrong way

National Jun 28, 2016

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 ...

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