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Japan court ruling on unrecognized Minamata victims

Unrecognized sufferers of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease march to the Niigata District Court in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on April 18, 2024. The court later in the day recognized 26 plaintiffs as eligible for compensation by the company responsible but did not award them relief payments from the state.(Kyodo)

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Japan court ruling on unrecognized Minamata victims

Unrecognized sufferers of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease and their lawyers meet the media outside the Niigata District Court in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on April 18, 2024, after it recognized 26 plaintiffs as eligible for compensation by the company responsible but did not award them relief payments from the state.

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Japan court ruling on unrecognized Minamata victims

Unrecognized sufferers of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease march to the Niigata District Court in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on April 18, 2024. The court later in the day recognized 26 plaintiffs as eligible for compensation by the company responsible but did not award them relief payments from the state.

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Japan court ruling on unrecognized Minamata victims

Unrecognized sufferers of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease march to the Niigata District Court in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on April 18, 2024. The court later in the day recognized 26 plaintiffs as eligible for compensation by the company responsible but did not award them relief payments from the state.

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Court rules election in 'state of unconstitutionality'

MATSUE, Japan - Plaintiffs and lawyers contesting the disparity in the weight of votes in the July 2009 House of Councillors election head to the Matsue branch of the Hiroshima High Court on Jan. 26, 2011, carrying signs reading ''0.8 vote is wrong.'' The court ruled the same day that the fivefold disparity in the weight of votes in the election was in a ''state of unconstitutionality.''

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Osaka court orders gov't to pay damages for asbestos hazards

OSAKA, Japan - Miyoko Sato (C), one of a group of plaintiffs who filed a damages lawsuit against the government over asbestos hazards, wipes tears during a press conference in Osaka on May 19, 2010, after the Osaka District Court held the government responsible for failing to take measures against asbestos hazards. The court ordered the government to pay a total of 435 million yen in damages to 26 people, less than the 946 million yen in damages demanded by the plaintiffs.

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Osaka court orders gov't to pay damages for asbestos hazards

OSAKA, Japan - Yoko Okada, one of a group of plaintiffs who filed a damages lawsuit against the government over asbestos hazards, wipes tears during a press conference in Osaka on May 19, 2010, after the Osaka District Court held the government responsible for failing to take measures against asbestos hazards. The court ordered the government to pay a total of 435 million yen in damages to 26 people, less than the 946 million yen in damages demanded by the plaintiffs.

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Osaka court orders gov't to pay damages for asbestos hazards

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs who filed a damages lawsuit against the government over asbestos hazards walk to hear the Osaka District Court's ruling in Osaka on May 19, 2010. The court held the government responsible for failing to take measures against asbestos hazards, ordering it to pay a total of 435 million yen in damages to 26 people, less than the 946 million yen in damages demanded by the plaintiffs.

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Court rejects suit against collective enshrinement at Yasukuni

OSAKA, Japan - Ryuken Sugawara (L), who heads the group of plaintiffs in a Yasukuni Shrine-related lawsuit, speaks to reporters in Osaka on Feb. 26 after a court ruling. The Osaka District Court turned down the lawsuit by nine relatives that called for the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo to stop enshrining 11 servicemen and civilian employees of the former imperial Japanese forces.

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Court rejects demand to stop helicopter flights at U.S. base

OKINAWA, Japan - Plaintiffs raise their fists in the air at the Okinawa branch of the Naha District Court on June 26 before the court hands a ruling on their demand to stop flights at U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. The court rejected the demand to stop helicopter takeoffs and landings in the early morning and evening.

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Court dismisses suit by elderly on right to survival

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs in a welfare payment case enter the Tokyo District Court on June 26. The court dismissed a lawsuit filed by 12 welfare recipients who sought to revive an extra welfare payment for the elderly aged 70 and up, citing their constitutional right to a minimum standard of cultured life. The extra payment was abolished in fiscal 2006 that ended in March 2007 due to financial constraints on the central and local governments.

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State loses damages suit over lung disease for 4th time

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Plaintiffs head to the Tokushima District Court in Tokushima Prefecture on March 28. The court ordered the state to pay a total of 57.2 million yen in damages to 26 people who contracted pneumoconiosis during state-ordered tunnel construction projects. The decision marks the state's fourth straight loss in similar lawsuits filed with 11 district courts.

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JAL ordered to pay damages to flight attendants with children

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters hold a press conference after the Tokyo District Court ordered Japan Airlines International Co. on March 26 to pay about 15 million yen in damages to flight attendants with children who sued the airline for illegally reducing their daytime work to one to two days a month and thus their salary. The plaintiffs -- four female cabin crew members aged between 42 and 50 with more than 20 years of employment -- argued that it was illegal for their employer to reduce their daytime duties when they were exempted from working late at night under the childcare law, which regulates work after 10 p.m. for those raising preschoolers.

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Miyazaki court rejects damages claim by Chinese forced laborers

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters arrives at the Miyazaki District Court on March 26 to hear a ruling on their lawsuit. The court later rejected a damages suit filed by a group of Chinese who sought compensation from the state and a Tokyo company for being forced to work as laborers in Japan during World War II, in another loss by plaintiffs in a series of such lawsuits.

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(1)Court rejects suit over Koizumi, Ishihara visits to Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs speak at a press conference in Tokyo on April 26 after the Tokyo District Court rejected their damages suit in which they said visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara were unconstitutional. The court determined that the situation did not warrant that the plaintiffs' rights or interests should be legally protected.

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(2)Court rejects suit over Koizumi, Ishihara visits to Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Two South Korean women shout their protest outside the Tokyo District Court on April 26 after the court rejected their damages suit in which they said visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara were unconstitutional. About 1,000 plaintiffs, including the Korean women, had demanded that Koizumi, Ishihara and the national and Tokyo metropolitan governments pay 30,000 yen to each claimant in compensation for damage caused by the visits.

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Court rejects suit over Koizumi, Ishihara visits to Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on April 26 rejected a damages suit by about 1,000 people, including South Koreans, who said visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara were unconstitutional. Photo shows plaintiffs entering the court.

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Court says ordering teachers to sing 'Kimigayo' constitutional

FUKUOKA, Japan - The Fukuoka District Court ruled on April 26 that it is constitutional for the Kitakyushu city government to have ordered teachers to sing the ''Kimigayo'' national anthem, at school ceremonies. Photo shows plaintiffs entering the court before the ruling.

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(1)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, who sued the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, hold up a paper telling of their court victory in front of the Niigata District Court on March 26. The court ordered the government and the Niigata-based company to pay 88 million yen in damages to the 12 plaintiffs including 10 former laborers who were forced to work at Niigata port during the war.

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(1)Court orders state, firm to compensate Chinese forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs and their supporters head to the Niigata District Court in Niigata Prefecture on March 26 seeking compensation from the Japanese government and a Japanese company over their forced labor in Japan during World War II.

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(3)Court orders state, firm to compensate Chinese forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Plaintiff Wang Chengwei (L) informs other plaintiffs and supporters of victory March 26 in a lawsuit at the Niigata District Court over wartime forced labor. The court ordered the state and a Japanese company to pay 88 million yen in compensation to Chinese who were forced to work in Japan during World War II. It is the first time for a Japanese court to order both the state and the company concerned to pay compensation for wartime forced labor.

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(2)Court orders state, firm to compensate Chinese forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs and their supporters rally in Niigata March 26 prior to a Niigata District Court ruling on their demand for compensation from the Japanese government and a Japanese company over their forced labor in Japan during World War II.

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Nagoya court orders China Airlines to pay 5 bil. yen

NAGOYA, Japan - Plaintiffs enter the Nagoya District Court in Nagoya on Dec. 26. The court ordered Taiwan's China Airlines to pay 5 billion yen in compensation over the 1994 airplane crash at Nagoya airport that killed 264 passengers.

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Court rejects suit by kin of 11 Korean victims of forced labor

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on March 26 rejected a lawsuit filed by South Korean nationals on behalf of 11 deceased relatives, seeking compensation from the government for having forced the 11 to perform unpaid labor during World War II. Some of the plaintiffs look displeased as their lawyer speaks on the ruling at a news conference.

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State, drug firms deny responsibility for hepatitis infection

OSAKA, Japan - Three plaintiffs, their lawyers and supporters walk into the Osaka District Court on Dec. 26 to attend the first hearing on a 170 million yen damages suit over hepatitis C they contracted after being treated with tainted unheated blood products. The government and two pharmaceutical companies denied responsibility for causing their disease.

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(2)Court rejects suit over Koizumi, Ishihara visits to Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Two South Korean women shout their protest outside the Tokyo District Court on April 26 after the court rejected their damages suit in which they said visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara were unconstitutional. About 1,000 plaintiffs, including the Korean women, had demanded that Koizumi, Ishihara and the national and Tokyo metropolitan governments pay 30,000 yen to each claimant in compensation for damage caused by the visits. (Kyodo)

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(1)Court rejects suit over Koizumi, Ishihara visits to Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs speak at a press conference in Tokyo on April 26 after the Tokyo District Court rejected their damages suit in which they said visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara were unconstitutional. The court determined that the situation did not warrant that the plaintiffs' rights or interests should be legally protected. (Kyodo)

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Court rejects suit over Koizumi, Ishihara visits to Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on April 26 rejected a damages suit by about 1,000 people, including South Koreans, who said visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara were unconstitutional. Photo shows plaintiffs entering the court. (Kyodo)

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Court says ordering teachers to sing 'Kimigayo' constitutional

FUKUOKA, Japan - The Fukuoka District Court ruled on April 26 that it is constitutional for the Kitakyushu city government to have ordered teachers to sing the ''Kimigayo'' national anthem, at school ceremonies. Photo shows plaintiffs entering the court before the ruling. (Kyodo)

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700 join suits claiming unconstitutionality of security laws

Plaintiffs head to the Tokyo District Court on April 26, 2016, to file lawsuits claiming newly instated security legislation runs counter to Japan's pacifist Constitution. Around 500 people joined the move, while a similar suit was filed with the Fukushima District Court by around 200 plaintiffs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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700 join suits claiming unconstitutionality of security laws

Plaintiffs attend a press conference after filing lawsuits with the Tokyo District Court on April 26, 2016, claiming the newly instated security legislation runs counter to Japan's pacifist Constitution. Around 500 people joined the move, while a similar suit was filed with the Fukushima District Court by around 200 plaintiffs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean court rejects compensation claims by A-bomb survivors

Plaintiffs announce their plan, at the Seoul Central District Court on June 26, 2015, to appeal to a higher court after the court rejected claims made by a group of South Korean survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to seek compensation from the South Korean government. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese seek damages, apology over wartime forced labor

Zhang Guang Xun, a Chinese man who was forced to work in Japan during wartime, attends a press conference in Osaka on June 26, 2015, after filing a lawsuit with the Osaka District Court together with other Chinese plaintiffs to seek damages and an apology from the Japanese government over the forced labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese seek damages, apology over wartime forced labor

Zhang Guang Xun (2nd from L on front row), a Chinese man who was forced to work in Japan during wartime, attends a press conference in Osaka on June 26, 2015, after filing a lawsuit with the Osaka District Court together with other Chinese plaintiffs to seek damages and an apology from the Japanese government over the forced labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese seek damages, apology over wartime forced labor

Zhang Guang Xun (2nd from L on front row), a Chinese man who was forced to work in Japan during wartime, heads to the Osaka District Court on June 26, 2015, as he joined a lawsuit filed by other Chinese plaintiffs to seek damages and an apology from the Japanese government over the forced labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese seek damages, apology over wartime forced labor

Zhang Guang Xun, a Chinese man who was forced to work in Japan during wartime, heads to the Osaka District Court on June 26, 2015, as he joined a lawsuit filed by other Chinese plaintiffs to seek damages and an apology from the Japanese government over the forced labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court dismisses suit by elderly on right to survival

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs in a welfare payment case enter the Tokyo District Court on June 26. The court dismissed a lawsuit filed by 12 welfare recipients who sought to revive an extra welfare payment for the elderly aged 70 and up, citing their constitutional right to a minimum standard of cultured life. The extra payment was abolished in fiscal 2006 that ended in March 2007 due to financial constraints on the central and local governments. (Kyodo)

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Court rejects demand to stop helicopter flights at U.S. base

OKINAWA, Japan - Plaintiffs raise their fists in the air at the Okinawa branch of the Naha District Court on June 26 before the court hands a ruling on their demand to stop flights at U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. The court rejected the demand to stop helicopter takeoffs and landings in the early morning and evening. (Kyodo)

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State loses damages suit over lung disease for 4th time

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Plaintiffs head to the Tokushima District Court in Tokushima Prefecture on March 28. The court ordered the state to pay a total of 57.2 million yen in damages to 26 people who contracted pneumoconiosis during state-ordered tunnel construction projects. The decision marks the state's fourth straight loss in similar lawsuits filed with 11 district courts. (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki court rejects damages claim by Chinese forced laborers

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters arrives at the Miyazaki District Court on March 26 to hear a ruling on their lawsuit. The court later rejected a damages suit filed by a group of Chinese who sought compensation from the state and a Tokyo company for being forced to work as laborers in Japan during World War II, in another loss by plaintiffs in a series of such lawsuits. (Kyodo)

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Court rejects suit against collective enshrinement at Yasukuni

OSAKA, Japan - Ryuken Sugawara (L), who heads the group of plaintiffs in a Yasukuni Shrine-related lawsuit, speaks to reporters in Osaka on Feb. 26 after a court ruling. The Osaka District Court turned down the lawsuit by nine relatives that called for the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo to stop enshrining 11 servicemen and civilian employees of the former imperial Japanese forces. (Kyodo)

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Osaka court orders gov't to pay damages for asbestos hazards

OSAKA, Japan - Yoko Okada, one of a group of plaintiffs who filed a damages lawsuit against the government over asbestos hazards, wipes tears during a press conference in Osaka on May 19, 2010, after the Osaka District Court held the government responsible for failing to take measures against asbestos hazards. The court ordered the government to pay a total of 435 million yen in damages to 26 people, less than the 946 million yen in damages demanded by the plaintiffs. (Kyodo)

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Osaka court orders gov't to pay damages for asbestos hazards

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs who filed a damages lawsuit against the government over asbestos hazards walk to hear the Osaka District Court's ruling in Osaka on May 19, 2010. The court held the government responsible for failing to take measures against asbestos hazards, ordering it to pay a total of 435 million yen in damages to 26 people, less than the 946 million yen in damages demanded by the plaintiffs. (Kyodo)

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Osaka court orders gov't to pay damages for asbestos hazards

OSAKA, Japan - Miyoko Sato (C), one of a group of plaintiffs who filed a damages lawsuit against the government over asbestos hazards, wipes tears during a press conference in Osaka on May 19, 2010, after the Osaka District Court held the government responsible for failing to take measures against asbestos hazards. The court ordered the government to pay a total of 435 million yen in damages to 26 people, less than the 946 million yen in damages demanded by the plaintiffs. (Kyodo)

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Court rules election in 'state of unconstitutionality'

MATSUE, Japan - Plaintiffs and lawyers contesting the disparity in the weight of votes in the July 2009 House of Councillors election head to the Matsue branch of the Hiroshima High Court on Jan. 26, 2011, carrying signs reading ''0.8 vote is wrong.'' The court ruled the same day that the fivefold disparity in the weight of votes in the election was in a ''state of unconstitutionality.'' (Kyodo)

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(2)Court orders state, firm to compensate Chinese forced laborer

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs and their supporters rally in Niigata March 26 prior to a Niigata District Court ruling on their demand for compensation from the Japanese government and a Japanese company over their forced labor in Japan during World War II. (Kyodo)

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(1)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, who sued the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, hold up a paper telling of their court victory in front of the Niigata District Court on March 26. The court ordered the government and the Niigata-based company to pay 88 million yen in damages to the 12 plaintiffs including 10 former laborers who were forced to work at Niigata port during the war. (Kyodo)

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(1)Court orders state, firm to compensate Chinese forced laborer

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs and their supporters head to the Niigata District Court in Niigata Prefecture on March 26 seeking compensation from the Japanese government and a Japanese company over their forced labor in Japan during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Suit against security legislation filed

Residents of the western Japan prefecture Yamaguchi head to the Yamaguchi District Court on Dec. 26, 2016, to file a lawsuit against the nation's security legislation. The 116 plaintiffs seek 100,000 yen damages each, arguing the legislation violates their right to a peaceful life and personal rights. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

Hiroyuki Konno is moved to tears on Oct. 26, 2016, after the Sendai District Court ruled in favor of plaintiffs who lost their children in the 2011 disaster and sought damages from local authorities. Their children were among 74 students who died or remain unaccounted for after Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki was hit by a tsunami. Konno, who headed the plaintiffs' group, lost his 12-year-old son. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo