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EDITORIALS
Jan 27, 2018
Monitoring use of secret funds
A Supreme Court ruling provides an opportunity to retool information disclosure on the use of secret government funds.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 19, 2018
Aum trials seen near completion as top court upholds life term for Katsuya Takahashi
The trials related to Aum Shinrikyo, the doomsday cult that executed the deadly sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995, are close to ending after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a former cultist.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 19, 2018
Supreme Court orders partial disclosure of documents detailing Japanese government's secret funds
The Supreme Court orders the disclosure of documents on the government's secret funds but allows information on who received them and how they were used to stay secret.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 19, 2018
Rugby legend George Smith released from police custody; indictment decision pending
Australian rugby legend George Smith, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting a taxi driver on New Year's Eve after refusing to pay his fare, has been released with a prosecutors' decision on whether to indict him pending.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 19, 2018
October snap poll constitutional, court rules
A court ruled Friday that the vote disparity in last October's House of Representatives election was constitutional, in the first decision among a series of lawsuits challenging the results of the general election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 17, 2018
Trump camp seeks Supreme Court appeal of 'Dreamer' immigrant ruling
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday said it will ask the Supreme Court to overturn a judge's ruling last week that blocked President Donald Trump's move to end a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2018
Japanese court orders Zushi Municipal Government to pay husband of stalking victim
A district court Monday ordered the city of Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, to pay ¥1.1 million in compensation for giving the address of a woman to the stalker who tracked her down and murdered her in 2012.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 10, 2018
Newly minted Japanese Supreme Court justice will issue rulings under maiden name, breaking with long tradition
Yuko Miyazaki, newly appointed to the country's top court, says she will issue her legal judgments under her maiden name — Miyazaki — becoming Japan's first woman to abandon the court's long tradition of using one's legal name after marriage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2017
Japan's Supreme Court upholds acquittal of ex-Aum Shinrikyo cult member in Tokyo bombing case
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that acquitted former Aum Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi over her role in a 1995 parcel bombing at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building.
JAPAN / 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 being strangled.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2017
India slams Pakistan's treatment of wife and mother of convicted spy on death row
India denounced Pakistan on Tuesday for its handling of the visit of the wife and mother of an Indian man on death row, saying they were harassed and prevented from talking to the prisoner freely.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2017
Japan's top court rules that failed horse racing bets are tax deductible
A Hokkaido civil servant wins his lawsuit against the National Tax Agency as the Supreme Court rules that losses on horse bets can be treated as tax deductions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2017
Nara court dismisses lawsuit over child born using IVF egg without father's consent
A family court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man who sought to reject a parental relationship with his child because his estranged wife was impregnated without his permission using fertilized eggs stored by a clinic.
EDITORIALS
Dec 14, 2017
Top court rules on NHK fees
NHK should realize that it's desirable to win the support of TV owners when asking them to sign subscription contracts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2017
Hiroshima High Court orders suspension of Ikata nuclear reactor in Ehime Prefecture, revoking district court ruling
The Hiroshima High Court revokes a lower court decision and orders the suspension of a nuclear reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata power plant in Ehime Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 7, 2017
Architect of Japan's lay judge system to become chief justice at Supreme Court
The Cabinet on Friday tapped Supreme Court Justice Naoto Otani, the architect of Japan's lay judge system, to be head of the top court starting next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 7, 2017
Top court decision on NHK fees raises questions over broadcaster's relevance in the internet age
The Supreme Court's ruling Wednesday legally requiring television owners to pay for a subscription to NHK is raising new questions about the role and relevance of the public broadcaster, at a time when young people are increasingly watching shows on the internet rather than on television sets.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 6, 2017
TV owners are legally obliged to pay NHK fee: Japan's Supreme Court
The Supreme Court says TV owners are legally required to sign up with NHK and pay a subscription fee, dismissing a claim the system violates freedom of contract rights.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2017
Prosecutors appeal high court decision to retry man over 1985 murder in Kumamoto Prefecture
Prosecutors on Monday appealed a high court ruling that an 84-year-old man who served a prison term for a 1985 murder committed in Kumamoto Prefecture be retried.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2017
Japan's top court expected to uphold rejection of suit seeking recognition for atomic bomb survivors
The Supreme Court is expected to mostly uphold in December a lower court ruling that rejected a suit filed by 388 people who were in the vicinity of Nagasaki during the 1945 atomic bombing, and have been seeking official recognition as survivors.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Nippon Steel boosts efforts to woo U.S. Steel workers and politicians
Nippon Steel, Japan’s top steelmaker, is sending Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President Takahiro Mori to Pittsburgh next week where he’ll meet with local staff and elected officials.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
Massimo Bottura: 'The Japanese let ingredients express themselves'
Italian chef and restaurateur Massimo Bottura is increasingly focusing on passing on his knowledge to chefs such as Antonio Iacoviello.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.

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