Court finally acquits 5 in wartime ideology case

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shinichi Ono (L) smiles at a press conference in Yokohama on Feb. 4, 2010, after the Yokohama District Court cleared the names of his father Yasuhito and four others in the so-called ''Yokohama Incident,'' often described as Japan's worst case of supression of free speech during World War II. On the right is Shinichi's sister, Nobuko Saito. (Kyodo)

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA000341850

Registered date
2010/2/04 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source

Media size
1314 × 1303 pixel

Resolution
240 dpi

Deployment size
483.41(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Court rejects suit against enshrinement of Koreans at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean plaintiffs hold a press conference in Tokyo on July 21, 2011, after losing a suit earlier in the day at the Tokyo District Court, in which they called for the removal of their deceased relatives' names from a list of those enshrined collectively at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

SDF sailors acquitted over fatal destroyer collision

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Force officers Tomohisa Nagaiwa (L) and Keitaro Ushirogata attend a press conference in Yokohama on May 11, 2011, after the Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa Prefecture acquitted them of charges including professional negligence resulting in death over the 2008 collision between an MSDF destroyer and a fishing boat off Chiba Prefecture that killed two fishermen. (Kyodo)

Kin of convicted editor seek acquittal in Yokohama Incident

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shinichi Ono (R) and his sister Nobuko Saito speak at a press conference at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama on Feb. 17. Ono and Saito called for the conviction of their deceased father Yasuhito Ono, a wartime magazine editor, to be quashed during a retrial hearing at the Yokohama District Court of the so-called Yokohama Incident, a case concerning the repression of free speech during World War II in which Yasuhito Ono was convicted.

Retrial for wartime speech crackdown case ends with no verdict

TOKYO, Japan - Maki Kimura (front), wife of the late Toru Kumura, one of five men convicted for the ''Yokohama Incident,'' a case involving wartime repression of free speech, expresses disappointment at a press conference in Tokyo on March 14. The Supreme Court earlier in the day rejected an appeal against a lower court decision to terminate the retrial of the five men.

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.

Court rejects war orphans' damages claim

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - War-displaced Japanese nationals speak at a news conference in Tokushima on March 23 after the Tokushima District Court rejected their damages suit seeking compensation from the state for failing to swiftly repatriate them from China after World War II and provide adequate support after they returned to Japan.

Court rejects war orphans' damages claim

Former war-displaced back from China appeal Tokyo court ruling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumie Ikeda, one of formerly war-displaced Japanese nationals, speaks at a press conference after filing an appeal with the Tokyo District Court against a court decision rejecting their demand for state compensation for failing after World War II to swiftly repatriate them from China and provide them adequate support.

Former war-displaced back from China appeal Tokyo court ruling

TOKYO, Japan - A group of formerly war-displaced Japanese nationals arrives at the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 7 to appeal against a court decision rejecting their demand for state compensation for failing after World War II to swiftly repatriate them from China and provide them adequate support.

Court rejects damages suit by war-displaced Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Takeko Fujii (R) and Noriko Suzuki look disappointed at a press conference following rejection by the Tokyo District Court of their 60 million yen damages suit against the state on Feb. 15. Joined by another woman, they argued that the state failed to take swift action to repatriate them from China after World War II.