Shareholders seek 350 mil. yen damages from Seibu, Kokudo

Shareholders seek 350 mil. yen damages from Seibu, Kokudo

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs suing scandal-tainted Seibu Railway Co, its parent Kokudo Corp., and former top executives enter the Tokyo District Court building Feb. 1. A total of 211 individuals and two companies holding shares in Seibu Railway jointly sought more than 350 million yen in damages. The plaintiffs had purchased Seibu Railway shares before the company revealed its long-time practice of falsifying its financial statements.

(2)Koizumi's Yasukuni visits ruled unconstitutional

(2)Koizumi's Yasukuni visits ruled unconstitutional

FUKUOKA, Japan - One of plaintiffs speaks at a press conference after the Fukuoka District Court ruled April 7 that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo are unconstitutional. The decision was handed down in a suit filed by 211 plaintiffs in the Kyushu region who claimed the premier's visit to the Shinto shrine on Aug. 13, 2001, violated the constitutional separation of state and religion.

Shareholders seek 350 mil. yen damages from Seibu, Kokudo

Shareholders seek 350 mil. yen damages from Seibu, Kokudo

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs suing scandal-tainted Seibu Railway Co, its parent Kokudo Corp., and former top executives enter the Tokyo District Court building Feb. 1. A total of 211 individuals and two companies holding shares in Seibu Railway jointly sought more than 350 million yen in damages. The plaintiffs had purchased Seibu Railway shares before the company revealed its long-time practice of falsifying its financial statements. (Kyodo)

(2)Koizumi's Yasukuni visits ruled unconstitutional

(2)Koizumi's Yasukuni visits ruled unconstitutional

FUKUOKA, Japan - One of plaintiffs speaks at a press conference after the Fukuoka District Court ruled April 7 that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo are unconstitutional. The decision was handed down in a suit filed by 211 plaintiffs in the Kyushu region who claimed the premier's visit to the Shinto shrine on Aug. 13, 2001, violated the constitutional separation of state and religion. (Kyodo)