National / Crime & Legal Nov 27, 2015
Court acquits Kikuchi of 1995 Aum bombing, deeming she was unaware of plot
by Tomohiro Osaki
The Tokyo High Court acquits former Aum Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi of attempted murder in a 1995 bomb attack.
National / Crime & Legal Jul 30, 2015
High court upholds ban on SDF night flights at Atsugi, lets U.S. off the hook
The high court also ordered the government to pay ¥9.4 billion in damages for noise at Atsugi, including ¥1.2 billion for noise resulting from future flights through 2016.
National / Crime & Legal May 14, 2015
Ex-Aum cult member Kikuchi pleads not guilty at appeal trial
Former Aum Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi pleaded not guilty on Wednesday at the Tokyo High Court in an appeal session on a five-year prison sentence. The 43-year-old Kikuchi was convicted at the Tokyo District Court in June 2014 for her role in a 1995 ...
National / Crime & Legal Jun 3, 2014
The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday ruled against 71 former Japan Airlines Co. cabin attendants who were seeking reinstatement after being dismissed as part of the airline's corporate restructuring in the wake of its 2010 bankruptcy. The court ruled "the personnel cuts were necessary for ...
National / Crime & Legal Apr 23, 2014
The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday ordered the government and a former Maritime Self-Defense Force petty officer to pay more than ¥73 million in damages to the family of a seaman who committed suicide in 2004 — a figure markedly higher than the ¥4.4 ...
National / Crime & Legal Mar 28, 2014
The Tokyo High Court on Friday rejected an appeal by Shizuoka prosecutors seeking to overturn a district court’s decision to release Iwao Hakamada, who until Thursday had been the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner. The Shizuoka District Court had also decided to suspend Hakamada’s death ...
National / Crime & Legal Feb 26, 2014
Tokyo court nixes deportation order against Philippine woman twice married to Japanese
The Tokyo High Court allows a Philippine woman, an illegal immigrant, to stay in Japan, reversing an initial ruling that upheld a deportation order against her.
National / Crime & Legal Dec 4, 2013
The Tokyo High Court will drop the retrial plea for the late Sadamichi Hirasawa, who was condemned over the infamous 1948 "Teigin Incident" murder case, because his adopted son, who was pursuing the appeal, died in October. Takehiko Hirasawa, who had filed the plea, the ...
National / Crime & Legal Apr 3, 2013
Lawyer, freed convict fight outcast bias, injustice
by Keiji Hirano
For activist lawyer Taketoshi Nakayama, a crusading legal career was almost predestined, having grown up as the son of a human-rights campaigner in a household keenly aware of the injustices faced by marginalized members of Japanese society.