Court orders bathhouse to compensate foreigners denied entry

Court orders bathhouse to compensate foreigners denied entry

SAPPORO, Japan - David Aldwinckle (R) enters the Sapporo District Court on Nov. 11 to hear a ruling on his lawsuit demanding 6 million yen in compensation for being refused entry to a private bathhouse in Otaru, Hokkaido. The court ordered the bathhouse to pay a combined 3 million yen in compensation to Aldwinckle, a 37-year-old U.S.-born local resident who became a naturalized Japanese under the name of Debito Arudo, Olaf Karthause, 39, of Germany, and Ken Sutherland, 38, of the United States.

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