Osaka Gov. Hashimoto ordered to pay damages for TV comment

Osaka Gov. Hashimoto ordered to pay damages for TV comment

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (L) speaks to reporters at the Osaka prefectural government building in Osaka on Oct. 2 after the Hiroshima District Court ordered him to pay 8 million yen in damages to four lawyers for effectively calling for a campaign to seek their punishment for intentionally delaying the retrial of a man accused of killing a woman and her daughter in 1999 when he was a minor.

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