Judge sacked over juvenile prostitution

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Muraki, a Tokyo High Court judge convicted of paying for sex with teenagers, arrived at the Diet's Judges Impeachment Court on Nov. 28, 2001. ''We have no choice but to dismiss him in order to restore public trust in the judiciary,'' said court President Nobuyuki Hanashi in delivering a verdict.

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