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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2014
Government agrees to pay damages to asbestos workers after Supreme Court win
Health minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki says Tokyo will settle a pending asbestos suit brought by Osaka Prefecture factory workers and their families, after the Supreme Court ruled in their favor.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2014
Supreme Court probing validity of closed-door trials for leprosy patients
The Supreme Court has begun to examine the legitimacy of the former practice of trying criminal defendants afflicted with leprosy outside the courts, usually at state-run sanatoriums or detention centers, due to fears of infection, sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2014
After court loss, Google rethinks search results linking man to criminal group
Google says it may comply with a Japanese court order and remove some online search results found to harm a man's reputation by linking him to organized crime.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2014
Japanese court orders Google to halt search harassment
In what is likely a first for online privacy in Japan, a Tokyo court orders Google to delete search results that imply a man was involved in a past crime.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2014
Asbestos victims win landmark legal battle as state faulted for poor ventilation
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court rules that the Japanese government acted illegally in failing to require ventilation for asbestos mills, holding it liable for ¥330 million in redress.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2014
Captain of doomed South Korean ferry apologizes for failure to rescue
The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April killing about 300 people, most of them school children, apologized in court on Wednesday for his failure to rescue passengers in the country's worst maritime disaster for decades.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 7, 2014
Gay couples cheer U.S. Supreme Court move, make wedding, family plans
Marina Gomberg was in bed on Monday morning when she heard the news that the U.S. Supreme Court had effectively made gay marriage legal again in Utah and she immediately started dreaming that she and her wife could become mothers.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 7, 2014
U.S. Supreme Court dodges gay marriage, effectively allowing same-sex weddings in five more states
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to decide once and for all whether states can ban gay marriage, a surprising move that will allow gay men and women to get married in five additional states, with more likely to follow quickly.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2014
Top court upholds guilty verdict for former secretary of Ozawa
The Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings that found a former secretary to veteran lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa guilty of failing to report political funds, the top court said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2014
Japan-born Filpino teen wins right to stay but parents get boot
In a rare ruling, the Tokyo High Court exempts a Filipino teen whose parents illegally entered Japan from deportation, hinting at a potential shift in immigration policy.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2014
Top court expected to rule against hospital that demoted a therapist because she was pregnant
The Supreme Court is expected to rule next month that a hospital in Hiroshima Prefecture violated the Equal Employment Opportunity Law by demoting a physical therapist who got pregnant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2014
Kobe court lets woman without family registration use her mother's
The Kobe Family Court ruled Thursday that a 32-year-old Saitama Prefecture woman without a family registration can have her name entered in her mother's register.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2014
U.S. court orders Takeda to pay $6 billion over Actos diabetes drug
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. said Thursday it has been ordered by a U.S. district court to pay $6 billion in punitive damages over a lawsuit filed by a man who claimed his bladder cancer was caused by Takeda's diabetes medicine Actos.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2014
Supreme Court upholds death penalty handed down by lay judges for first time
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence handed down by lay judges for the first time since the citizen judge system came into being five years ago.
WORLD / Society
Aug 21, 2014
U.S. Supreme Court puts hold on gay marriage in Virginia
The U.S. Supreme Court stopped gay marriage in Virginia from going ahead on Wednesday, staying an appeals court ruling that had struck down a state ban.
WORLD / Society
Aug 14, 2014
U.S. appeals court declines to block Virginia gay marriage ruling
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday declined to delay its ruling striking down Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage, meaning gay people in the state will be able to get married unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes.
WORLD
Aug 11, 2014
Saudi Arabia jails four for seeking to fight in Syria
Saudi Arabia's Specialised Criminal Court has sentenced four men to prison for travelling abroad to fight in Syria's civil war, local and state media reported on Sunday.
WORLD / Society
Aug 7, 2014
Wikipedia fights back against Europe's 'right to be forgotten'
Wikipedia fought back against Europe's "right to be forgotten" by listing the online encyclopaedia's articles removed from search results, snubbing a court ruling that allows people to stop personal information appearing under Internet searches.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Aug 6, 2014
Think you've got rights as a foreigner in Japan? Well, it's complicated
If you imagine paying taxes in Japan entitles you to welfare, you may want to take a seat.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 6, 2014
Prosecutors concealed evidence that could have cleared Hakamada, lawyers allege
Iwao Hakamada spent more than 40 years on death row, a fate that might have been avoided if prosecutors had not concealed key evidence, his lawyers allege.
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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