ILEA000001155: Shareholders sue Yaohan executives

Japan supermarket sales drop for first time in 8 months

STORY: Japan supermarket sales drop for first time in 8 months DATELINE: March 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Supermarket sales in Japan fell for the first time in eight months in February as food prices continue to soar, according to the latest industry data. According to the Japan Chain Stores Association, sales at major stores across the country totaled about 1 trillion yen (about 7.6 billion U.S. dollars) last month, down 2 percent in yen terms from the previous year. Food sales, accounting for nearly 70 percent of the total, fell 1.7 percent, the association said, while sales of clothing and cosmetics rose as people went out more as the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. Officials at the association said that consumers are buying less per shopping trip as they are becoming more cost-conscious and thrifty amid rising food prices. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tokyo. (XHTV)

Tuna Fetches 74 mil. yen at Possible Final Tsukiji New Year's Auction

TOKYO, Japan, -Jan. 5: A bluefin tuna fetched 74.2 million yen (around $632,000), or 350,000 yen per kilogram, at what may be the final New Year's auction at Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market before its relocation to a new site. The winner was Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Corp., which remained the successful bidder for the sixth consecutive year at the market's New Year auctions, including 2013, when it paid a record 155.4 million yen for a bluefin tuna.

High court slashes damages owed by Osaka governor over 2007 remar

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto answers questions from reporters in Osaka on July 2 after the Hiroshima High Court more than halved to 3.6 million yen the compensation owed by Hashimoto to four lawyers over remarks he made in 2007 about their tactics in defending a man convicted of murder. (Kyodo)

Ex-U.S. serviceman ordered to pay damages over robbery-murder

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A supporter of relatives of Yoshie Sato, who was killed and robbed in 2006 by a former U.S. serviceman, displays a banner announcing victory in a damages suit against him in front of the Yokohama District Court on May 20. The court ordered 24-year-old William Reese to pay 65 million yen (about $680,000) in compensation to the relatives. (Kyodo)

Court awards damages to residents near U.S. Kadena base

NAHA, Japan - Plaintiffs in a damages suit over noise from the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture show mixed reactions in Naha to a ruling the Fukuoka High Court handed down Feb. 27. A man holds a banner saying in Japanese ''We win damages'' (L) while a woman shows one saying ''Court not banning (flights).'' The court awarded about 5.62 billion yen in damages to noise-hit residents but turned down the plaintiffs' demand for a ban on night-to-early morning flights at the base. (Kyodo)

N. Korean defector sues Chongryon over emigration program

OSAKA, Japan - Yumiko Chiba speaks at a news conference in Osaka on June 13 after filing an 11 million yen damages suit against the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, over its responsibility for a program that promoted the emigration of Korean residents of Japan to North Korea. Chiba, 47, moved to North Korea with her parents in 1963 under the program and defected from the country in 2003. (Kyodo)

Asbestos victims file suit against state, manufacturers

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs, including construction workers with asbestos-linked diseases and family members of deceased workers, head to the Tokyo District Court on May 16. About 170 people filed a lawsuit against the state and construction material manufacturers the same day, demanding 6.6 billion yen in damages. Plaintiffs on the frontline carried a banner demanding the state and construction material firms admit their responsibility and pay compensation. (Kyodo)

Teachers' union files damages suit against Prince Hotels

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Morikoshi, head of the Japan Teachers Union, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 14. The union filed a damages suit against Prince Hotels Inc. in Tokyo, demanding that the hotel operator pay it about 300 million yen in compensation for refusing to provide a venue for the union's general meeting in February. (Kyodo)

Suit over secret Okinawa pact argument rejected again

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (L), a former reporter of Mainichi Newspapers Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20 after the Tokyo High Court rejected his damages suit seeking 33 million yen in compensation and an apology from the state. Nishiyama, who was convicted for his news-gathering activities on Okinawa's reversion to Japan in 1972, has claimed his career was ruined after he was illegally convicted of urging a Foreign Ministry secretary to bring him classified documents about the negotiation process between Japan and the United States over the reversion. (Kyodo)

Demand for damages by forced Chinese laborers turned down

YAMAGATA, Japan - Tan Yinchun (R), 87, one of three surviving plaintiffs, speaks to the press in the city of Yamagata on Feb. 12 after the Yamagata District Court turned down a 150 million yen damages suit filed by six Chinese nationals who were forcibly brought to Japan as laborers during World War II. Tan expressed anger at the decision and said he was disappointed after spending more than three years on the court battle. (Kyodo)

Shareholders sue Yaohan executives

Lawyers representing 74 shareholders and convertible bond holders of failed supermarket chain operator Yaohan Japan Corp. file a 260 million yen damages suit with the Osaka District Court on Thursday Feb. 4 against Kazuo Wada, the chairman of Yaohan, and 10 other former Yaohan executives. ==Kyodo

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