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Court orders power supplier not to operate Oi nuke plant

FUKUI, Japan - Lawyers for plaintiffs seeking to stop the restart of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant hold banners in front of the court house in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, on May 21, 2014, saying the Fukui District Court acknowledged the plaintiffs' claims. The court ordered Kansai Electric Power Co. not to resume operating the reactors. The Nuclear Regulation Authority is now scrutinizing whether the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture is safe enough to resume operating.

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Flight suspension order at Atsugi base

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Lawyers hold banners before plaintiffs in front of the Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 21, 2014, after the court ordered the government to suspend nighttime flights by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force at Atsugi base due to excessive aircraft noise. The base near Tokyo is jointly used by the U.S. Navy and Japan's MSDF.

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Flight suspension order at Atsugi base

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Plaintiffs celebrate in front of the Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 21, 2014, after the court ordered the government to suspend nighttime flights by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force at Atsugi base due to excessive aircraft noise. The base near Tokyo is jointly used by the U.S. Navy and Japan's MSDF.

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Suit over Abe's Yasukuni visit

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state and Yasukuni Shrine hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 21, 2014. The 273 plaintiffs including relatives of the war dead, religious people and South Koreans filed the lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court the same day, claiming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit in December 2013 to the Shinto shrine was unconstitutional.

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Suit over Abe's Yasukuni visit

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state and Yasukuni Shrine enter the Tokyo District Court on April 21, 2014. The 273 plaintiffs including relatives of the war dead, religious people and South Koreans filed the lawsuit the same day, claiming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit in December 2013 to the Shinto shrine was unconstitutional.

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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.

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State again loses suit for not certifying A-bomb sufferers

TOKYO, Japan - Supporters of plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against the state over certification of atomic-bomb sufferers celebrate in front of the Tokyo High Court in Tokyo on May 28. The court ruled that the state should certify 29 of 30 plaintiffs as suffering from illnesses caused by radiation from the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, scrapping a lower court ruling that recognized just 21.

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Ex-Livedoor execs ordered to pay 7.6 bil. yen in compensation

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs speak at a press conference after the Tokyo District Court on May 21 ordered Livedoor Co., now LDH Corp., Takafumi Horie, the founder and former president of Livedoor, and other former Livedoor executives to pay about 7.63 billion yen in compensation for stock losses they caused the company through securities law violations.

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21 more plaintiffs reach settlement in hepatitis-C damages suit

TOKYO, Japan - Some of the 21 plaintiffs from 11 prefectures suing the state and drug makers for hepatitis-C damages respond to questions from reporters in Tokyo after they settled their suit with the state in Tokyo on Feb. 29.

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19 plaintiffs recognized as A-bomb radiation disease sufferers

KUMAMOTO, Japan - The plaintiffs and their supporters celebrate outside the Kumamoto District Court on July 30 after the court repealed most of the state decision not to recognize 21 people in Kumamoto Prefecture who suffered in the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as radiation casualties. The court recognized 19 of 21 plaintiffs as radiation disease sufferers. Of 250,000 people certified under Japanese law as atomic bomb victims as of March 31, only 2,242 have been recognized as suffering from illnesses caused by radiation from the atomic bombings, according to Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry data.

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Gov't again ordered to pay damages over hepatitis C virus infection

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters express their joy on March 23 after the Tokyo District Court joined two other district courts in ordering the government to pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products. Presiding Judge Atsuo Nagano, acting on a 1,353 million yen damages suit, ordered the state and three drugmakers to pay a total of 259 million yen to 13 out of the 21 plaintiffs.

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State loses suit for not certifying A-bomb sufferers for 5th time

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs, who claim the state should certify them as suffering from illnesses caused by radiation from the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, head for the Tokyo District Court in central Tokyo on March 22 to hear the court ruling on their lawsuit against the state. The court ruled 21 of the 30 plaintiffs should be certified as suffering from illnesses caused by radiation.

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High court rejects damages suit filed by Nagoya flood victims

NAGOYA, Japan - Plaintiffs walk to the Nagoya High Court on Feb. 21. The court upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Nagoya residents who sought compensation from the city of Nagoya for failing to prevent property damage caused by a massive flood in September 2000.

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Teachers not obliged to sing nat'l anthem at school events

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters rejoice with banners in front of the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 21 after the court ruled that teachers and librarians are not obliged to sing the Kimigayo national anthem at school events despite Tokyo authorities' instruction to do so.

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State, drugmakers ordered to compensate over hepatitis C infections

OSAKA, Japan - Tomoko Kuwata (L) and Seiko Takeda, plaintiffs in a damages suit, hold a press conference after the Osaka District Court ruled on June 21 that the state and drugmakers were responsible for nine out of 13 people who were infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products. The ordered them to pay a total 256 million yen in damages.

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State, drugmakers ordered to compensate over hepatitis C infections

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs enter the Osaka District Court on June 21 before the court ordered the state and drugmakers to pay a total 256 million yen in damages to nine out of 13 people who were infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products.

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Tokyo court rejects suit linking smoking, cancer

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs hold up a banner expressing their dissatisfaction with a Tokyo District Court ruling on Oct. 21. The court rejected a damages suit filed against Japan Tobacco Inc. and the state by the former smokers, who said they developed cancer from their longtime smoking habit.

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(2)A-bomb survivors sue gov't for refusing victim status

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs and their lawyers and supporters walk into the Osaka District Court on May 27 to file their suits against the central government seeking a revocation of its decision not to recognize them as radiation victims. Suits were filed by 21 survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Japan in Tokyo, Chiba and Osaka prefectures.

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State, 3 drug firms sued over hepatitis infection

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers for 16 plaintiffs, who filed damage suits against the state and three pharmaceutical companies, speak at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 21. The plaintiffs contracted hepatitis C after being treated with tainted unheated blood products.

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900 ex-leprosy patients file another suit against state

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Former leprosy patients and their supporters hold a rally in front of the Kumamoto District Court building on May 21 before filing a lawsuit with the court against the state. About 900 former leprosy patients across the nation are filing the suit against the state, demanding 115 million yen each in compensation for being forced into isolation to undergo treatment for the disease. The suit brings the number of plaintiffs suing the state at district courts in Kumamoto, Okayama and Tokyo in connection with the case to about 1,700.

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Gov't, plaintiffs settle court battle over Narita airport land

TOKYO, Japan - Hidemasa Koizumi (L), adopted son of the late Yone Koizumi, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after a 21-year-old court battle was settled at the Supreme Court's No.1 petty court. Yone Koizumi had campaigned vigorously against the government expropriating her home and rice paddies for the Narita airport. The plaintiffs withdrew the suit, accepting the government's apology for insufficient discussions before the 1971 exploitation.

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High court upholds denial of redress to Koreans

A supporter of 3 Korean plaintiffs puts up Dec. 21 a banner informing a lost case after the Nagoya High Court's Kanazawa branch upheld a lower court rejection of a demand by the plaintiffs who served as forced laborers during World War II that a Japanese machine tool maker pay them unpaid wages. The banner reads ''The darkness of Japan further deepened.''

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(2)A-bomb survivors sue gov't for refusing victim status

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs and their lawyers and supporters walk into the Osaka District Court on May 27 to file their suits against the central government seeking a revocation of its decision not to recognize them as radiation victims. Suits were filed by 21 survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Japan in Tokyo, Chiba and Osaka prefectures. (Kyodo)

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Teachers not obliged to sing nat'l anthem at school events

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters rejoice with banners in front of the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 21 after the court ruled that teachers and librarians are not obliged to sing the Kimigayo national anthem at school events despite Tokyo authorities' instruction to do so. (Kyodo)

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State, drugmakers ordered to compensate over hepatitis C infecti

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs enter the Osaka District Court on June 21 before the court ordered the state and drugmakers to pay a total 256 million yen in damages to nine out of 13 people who were infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products. (Kyodo)

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State, drugmakers ordered to compensate over hepatitis C infecti

OSAKA, Japan - Tomoko Kuwata (L) and Seiko Takeda, plaintiffs in a damages suit, hold a press conference after the Osaka District Court ruled on June 21 that the state and drugmakers were responsible for nine out of 13 people who were infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products. The ordered them to pay a total 256 million yen in damages. (Kyodo)

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State again loses suit for not certifying A-bomb sufferers

TOKYO, Japan - Supporters of plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against the state over certification of atomic-bomb sufferers celebrate in front of the Tokyo High Court in Tokyo on May 28. The court ruled that the state should certify 29 of 30 plaintiffs as suffering from illnesses caused by radiation from the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, scrapping a lower court ruling that recognized just 21. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Livedoor execs ordered to pay 7.6 bil. yen in compensation

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs speak at a press conference after the Tokyo District Court on May 21 ordered Livedoor Co., now LDH Corp., Takafumi Horie, the founder and former president of Livedoor, and other former Livedoor executives to pay about 7.63 billion yen in compensation for stock losses they caused the company through securities law violations. (Kyodo)

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Gov't again ordered to pay damages over hepatitis C virus infect

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters express their joy on March 23 after the Tokyo District Court joined two other district courts in ordering the government to pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products. Presiding Judge Atsuo Nagano, acting on a 1,353 million yen damages suit, ordered the state and three drugmakers to pay a total of 259 million yen to 13 out of the 21 plaintiffs. (Kyodo)

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State loses suit for not certifying A-bomb sufferers for 5th tim

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs, who claim the state should certify them as suffering from illnesses caused by radiation from the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, head for the Tokyo District Court in central Tokyo on March 22 to hear the court ruling on their lawsuit against the state. The court ruled 21 of the 30 plaintiffs should be certified as suffering from illnesses caused by radiation. (Kyodo)

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21 more plaintiffs reach settlement in hepatitis-C damages suit

TOKYO, Japan - Some of the 21 plaintiffs from 11 prefectures suing the state and drug makers for hepatitis-C damages respond to questions from reporters in Tokyo after they settled their suit with the state in Tokyo on Feb. 29. (Kyodo)

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High court rejects damages suit filed by Nagoya flood victims

NAGOYA, Japan - Plaintiffs walk to the Nagoya High Court on Feb. 21. The court upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Nagoya residents who sought compensation from the city of Nagoya for failing to prevent property damage caused by a massive flood in September 2000. (Kyodo)

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High court upholds denial of redress to Koreans

A supporter of 3 Korean plaintiffs puts up Dec. 21 a banner informing a lost case after the Nagoya High Court's Kanazawa branch upheld a lower court rejection of a demand by the plaintiffs who served as forced laborers during World War II that a Japanese machine tool maker pay them unpaid wages. The banner reads ''The darkness of Japan further deepened.'' ==Kyodo

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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)

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Tokyo court rejects suit linking smoking, cancer

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs hold up a banner expressing their dissatisfaction with a Tokyo District Court ruling on Oct. 21. The court rejected a damages suit filed against Japan Tobacco Inc. and the state by the former smokers, who said they developed cancer from their longtime smoking habit. (Kyodo)

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State, 3 drug firms sued over hepatitis infection

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers for 16 plaintiffs, who filed damage suits against the state and three pharmaceutical companies, speak at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 21. The plaintiffs contracted hepatitis C after being treated with tainted unheated blood products. (Kyodo)

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900 ex-leprosy patients file another suit against state

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Former leprosy patients and their supporters hold a rally in front of the Kumamoto District Court building on May 21 before filing a lawsuit with the court against the state. About 900 former leprosy patients across the nation are filing the suit against the state, demanding 115 million yen each in compensation for being forced into isolation to undergo treatment for the disease. The suit brings the number of plaintiffs suing the state at district courts in Kumamoto, Okayama and Tokyo in connection with the case to about 1,700.

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Gov't, plaintiffs settle court battle over Narita airport land

TOKYO, Japan - Hidemasa Koizumi (L), adopted son of the late Yone Koizumi, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after a 21-year-old court battle was settled at the Supreme Court's No.1 petty court. Yone Koizumi had campaigned vigorously against the government expropriating her home and rice paddies for the Narita airport. The plaintiffs withdrew the suit, accepting the government's apology for insufficient discussions before the 1971 exploitation.