Impeachment panel rules judge be dismissed for harassing woman

TOKYO, Japan - Iwao Matsuda (C), a House of Councillors member who heads the parliamentary Judges Impeachment Court, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24 after the court issued a ruling for the dismissal of Yoshiharu Shimoyama, an Utsunomiya District Court judge, who was convicted of harassment for sending threatening e-mails to a female subordinate.

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