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International Criminal Court Rejects Appeal To Release Rodrigo Dutertev - The Hague

A woman walks past the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, the Netherlands, Nov. 28, 2025. The ICC rejected an appeal on Friday to release the former Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte on grounds of age and declining health. Photo by Shao Haijun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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International Criminal Court Rejects Appeal To Release Rodrigo Dutertev - The Hague

A woman walks past the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, the Netherlands, Nov. 28, 2025. The ICC rejected an appeal on Friday to release the former Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte on grounds of age and declining health. Photo by Shao Haijun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Court rejects Fukushima crisis damages order against ex-TEPCO execs

Plaintiffs and their lawyers gather in front of the Tokyo High Court in the Japanese capital on June 6, 2025, in protest over the court's decision earlier in the day to overturn a district court ruling ordering former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay the utility damages for failing to prevent the 2011 crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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S. Korea's Court Rejects President Yoon's Request for Release

This photo shows a view of the Gwacheon Government Complex Building, where the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) is located, in Gwacheon, South Korea, January 16, 2025. A South Korean court on Thursday rejected arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol's request for release, according to multiple media outlets. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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S. Korea's Court Rejects President Yoon's Request for Release

Police officers stand guard at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, South Korea, January 16, 2025. A South Korean court on Thursday rejected arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol's request for release, according to multiple media outlets. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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S. Korea's Court Rejects President Yoon's Request for Release

This photo shows a view of the Gwacheon Government Complex Building, where the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) is located, in Gwacheon, South Korea, January 16, 2025. A South Korean court on Thursday rejected arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol's request for release, according to multiple media outlets. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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S. Korea's Court Rejects President Yoon's Request for Release

Supporters of the arrested South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol gather outside the Seoul Detention Center during a rally in Uiwang, South Korea, January 16, 2025. A South Korean court on Thursday rejected arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol's request for release, according to multiple media outlets. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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S. Korea's Court Rejects President Yoon's Request for Release

Police officers stand guard in front of the Gwacheon Government Complex Building, where the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) is located, in Gwacheon, South Korea, January 16, 2025. A South Korean court on Thursday rejected arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol's request for release, according to multiple media outlets. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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[Breaking News]Court rejects lawsuit to halt Ikata nuclear reactor in western Japan

OITA, Japan, March 7 Kyodo - A court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit seeking to halt the operation of a nuclear reactor in western Japan amid safety concerns, finding that the earthquake and volcano risk assessments conducted by the plant operator were reasonable.(Kyodo)

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Court rejects gov't suit over penalties on Isahaya Bay dike

SAGA, Japan - Fishery workers celebrate on Dec. 12, 2014, in front of the Saga District Court in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the court dismissed the central government's demand for an annulment of a court order for it to pay penalties to fishermen until it opens the floodgates of the Isahaya Bay dike in the Ariake Sea.

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Court nixes request to halt injunction banning Takahama plant restart

OTSU, Japan, June 17 Kyodo - The Otsu District Court in Shiga Prefecture rejects Kansai Electric Power Co.'s request on June 17, 2016, to suspend an injunction barring operation of the company's two reactivated reactors, seen in this photo -- Nos. 3-4 units at the Takahama nuclear plant, posing another setback for the Japanese government's push to ramp up nuclear power generation.

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Court rejects appeal for retrial of 1961 wine poisoning case

NAGOYA, Japan - Lawyer Izumi Suzuki speaks during a press conference on Jan. 9, 2015, in the city of Nagoya, central Japan, after the Nagoya High Court rejected an appeal for a retrial filed by Masaru Okunishi, 88, who has been on death row since 1972 over the 1961 poisoning murders of five women in Mie Prefecture, central Japan. Suzuki, Okunishi's chief counsel, said the defense will file a special appeal with the Supreme Court.

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Court rejects appeal for retrial of 1961 wine poisoning case

NAGOYA, Japan - A group of lawyers attend a press conference on Jan. 9, 2015, in the city of Nagoya, central Japan, after the Nagoya High Court rejected an appeal for a retrial filed by Masaru Okunishi, 88, who has been on death row since 1972 over the 1961 poisoning murders of five women in Mie Prefecture, central Japan.

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Top court rejects petition to reopen 1986 murder case

FUKUI, Japan - Shoji Maekawa meets with reporters in the central Japan city of Fukui on Dec. 12, 2014, after the Supreme Court turned down his petition for a retrial over the 1986 murder of a junior high school student, for which he served a seven-year prison term. He said he will continue appealing his innocence.

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Top court rejects hospital's demotion of pregnant worker

TOKYO, Japan - Nami Shimonaka, a lawyer who represents a physical therapist filing a damages suit against a hospital for her demotion due to pregnancy, speaks at a news conference in Hiroshima on Oct. 23, 2014, after the Supreme Court's decision in favor of the therapist. The top court rejected a high court ruling that the hospital was within its rights to demote the therapist who sought a lighter workload due to her pregnancy.

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High court rejects appeal for retrial over 1979 murder case

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A lawyer holds a banner stating "Unfair Judgment" in front of the Miyazaki branch of the Fukuoka High Court on July 15, 2014, in Miyazaki city, capital of the southwestern Japan prefecture of the same name, after it rejected an appeal for a retrial filed by Ayako Haraguchi, who served a 10-year prison term for a 1979 murder.

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Court rejects appeal for retrial over 1979 murder case

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Ayako Haraguchi holds a press conference in the city of Kagoshima on March 6, 2013, after the Kagoshima District Court rejected an appeal for a retrial filed by Haraguchi, who was convicted and served a 10-year prison term for killing her brother-in-law in 1979 in Kagoshima Prefecture for insurance money.

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Court rejects suit to stop operating cellphone transmitter

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Plaintiffs and their lawyers hold a press conference in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2012, after the Nobeoka branch of the Miyazaki District Court rejected a lawsuit by citizens seeking to have mobile carrier KDDI Corp. stop operating a cellular transmitter that they claim has damaged their health.

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High court rejects appeal over 1961 murders

NAGOYA, Japan - Supporters of Masaru Okunishi, an 86-year-old death-row inmate convicted of poisoning five women by pesticide-laced wine and injuring 12 others in 1961 in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, hold up messages protesting a decision by the Nagoya High Court to reject an appeal for a retrial filed by Okunishi, in front of the court in Nagoya on May 25, 2012.

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High court rejects appeal over 1961 murders

NAGOYA, Japan - Supporters of Masaru Okunishi, an 86-year-old death-row inmate convicted of poisoning five women by pesticide-laced wine and injuring 12 others in 1961 in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, are left in shock in front of the Nagoya High Court on May 25, 2012, after the court decided to reject an appeal for a retrial filed by Okunishi.

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High court rejects appeal over 1961 murders

NAGOYA, Japan - Lawyer Izumi Suzuki, who heads the defense counsel for Masaru Okunishi, an 86-year-old death-row inmate convicted of poisoning five women by pesticide-laced wine and injuring 12 others in 1961 in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, answers reporters' questions in front of the Nagoya High Court in Nagoya on May 25, 2012, after the court decided to reject an appeal for a retrial filed by Okunishi.

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High court rejects appeal over 1961 murders

NAGOYA, Japan - Supporters of Masaru Okunishi, an 86-year-old death-row inmate convicted of poisoning five women by pesticide-laced wine and injuring 12 others in 1961 in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, raise their fists in front of the Nagoya High Court on May 25, 2012, after the court decided to reject an appeal for a retrial filed by Okunishi.

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High court rejects appeal over 1961 murders

NAGOYA, Japan - A lawyer for Masaru Okunishi, an 86-year-old death-row inmate convicted of poisoning five women by pesticide-laced wine and injuring 12 others in 1961 in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, shows a banner bearing the message ''unjust decision'' to Okunishi's supporters. Standing in front of the Nagoya High Court, he was informing them of the court's decision on May 25, 2012, to reject an appeal for a retrial filed by Okunishi.

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Court rejects suit by ex-JAL cabin attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Taeko Uchida (L), who heads a group of 72 former Japan Airlines cabin attendants dismissed by the company, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2012, after the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day ruled against a lawsuit filed by the group over the dismissals. In the trial, they argued that they had been dismissed unfairly during the course of the carrier's rehabilitation, and sought a court order directing the airline to reemploy them.

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Court rejects as evidence ex-Ozawa aide's depositions

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa is pictured in a car as he arrives at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2012. The court decided against admitting as evidence most of the depositions taken by prosecutors from one of the former aides to Ozawa over alleged false reporting of political funds.

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Court rejects suit against Yasukuni enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - One of the plaintiffs (front) of a suit against their relatives' enshrinement at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo makes an appeal in front of the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court in Okinawa Prefecture before the ruling on Sept. 6, 2011. The branch upheld the same day a lower court decision to reject the suit by five Okinawa Prefecture citizens, who asked the central government and the Shinto shrine to delist their 10 deceased relatives' enshrinement at the shrine and to pay a total of 500,000 yen in damages for mental pain they claim to have suffered from the enshrinement.

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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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Court rejects demand for immediate opening of Isahaya Bay dike gates

NAGASAKI, Japan - Hidenori Matsunaga, who led a group of 41 fishermen in Nagasaki and Saga prefectures in a lawsuit filed against the central government, is pictured during their gathering in Nagasaki on June 27, 2011, after the Nagasaki District Court rejected their demand for an immediate opening of two floodgates at the Isahaya Bay dike in the Ariake Sea. The fishermen claimed the shutting of the floodgates affected tidal currents and led to reduced fish catches.

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Appeals court rejects redress demand for Korean forced labor

KANAZAWA, Japan - A South Korean woman who was forced to work at Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp.'s plant in Toyama during World War II speaks to reporters in Kanazawa on March 8, 2010, after the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court rejected an appeal by a group of 23 South Korean former forced laborers and their relatives to seek compensation from the Japanese government and the company.

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Top court rejects claim on vote-value disparity in 2007 election

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a session of the Supreme Court on Sept. 30, 2009. The top court ruled in the session that the 2007 upper house election was valid, rejecting a claim by lawyers that a disparity in the relative weight of some votes in the election was large enough to violate the Constitution, which states all votes are equal.

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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 suit by families for extra welfare payments

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A lawyer holds up a banner in front of the Hiroshima District Court on Dec. 25, protesting against the court's rejection of a lawsuit filed by welfare recipients seeking to revive extra welfare payments for the elderly and fatherless families. The plaintiffs cited their constitutional right to maintain a minimum standard of living.

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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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Retrial for wartime speech crackdown case ends with no verdict

TOKYO, Japan - Supporters express dissatisfaction in front of the Supreme Court building in Tokyo on March 14 after the top court rejects an appeal against a lower court decision to terminate the retrial of five men convicted in the ''Yokohama Incident,'' a case involving wartime repression of free speech.

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Ex-AUM member Hayashi loses appeal against death sentence

TOKYO, Japan - The Supreme Court on Feb. 15 rejects an appeal against the death sentence for former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Yasuo Hayashi (file photo), who was convicted of murder for releasing deadly sarin gas in a Tokyo subway car in 1995 and involvement in another sarin attack in Nagano Prefecture.

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High court rejects redress appeal of WWII forced laborers from China

SAPPORO, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs and their supporters hold a protest rally in Sapporo on June 28 after the Sapporo High Court dismissed their appeal seeking compensation from the Japanese government and six companies for forcing them during World War II to work at coal mines and construction sites in Hokkaido.

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High court rejects redress appeal of WWII forced laborers from China

SAPPORO, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs and their lawyers arrive at the Sapporo High Court on June 28 to attend a trial on their appeal seeking compensation from the Japanese government and six companies for forcing them during World War II to work at coal mines and construction sites in Hokkaido.

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High Court rejects appeal by war-displaced Japanese in damages suit

TOKYO, Japan - Rumiko Nishida (C) and Noriko Suzuki (R) hold a press conference after their damages suit was dismissed by the Tokyo High Court on June 21. Along with Takeko Fujii, they filed the suit, arguing that the state failed to take swift action to repatriate them from China after World War II.

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Hiroshima court rejects war orphans' damages claim

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Hiroshima District Court in session on April 25, rejecting a damages suit filed by 61 war-displaced Japanese nationals seeking compensation from the state for failing to swiftly repatriate them from China after World War II and provide adequate support once they returned to Japan.

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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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Court rejects war orphans' damages claim

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - War-displaced Japanese nationals speak at a news conference in Tokushima on March 23 after the Tokushima District Court rejected their damages suit seeking compensation from the state for failing to swiftly repatriate them from China after World War II and provide adequate support after they returned to Japan.

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Court rejects war orphans' damages claim

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - War-displaced Japanese nationals speak at a news conference in Tokushima on March 23 after the Tokushima District Court rejected their damages suit seeking compensation from the state for failing to swiftly repatriate them from China after World War II and provide adequate support after they returned to Japan.

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Court rejects war orphans' damages claim

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - War-displaced Japanese nationals, who sued the state to seek compensation for failing to swiftly repatriate them from China after World War II and provide adequate support after they returned to Japan, head for the Tokushima District Court in Tokushima on March 23 to hear the court ruling on their suit.

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Court rejects appeal over fatal car accident caused in police chase

SENDAI, Japan - Plaintiffs walk to the Sendai High Court on Feb. 27. The court upheld a lower court ruling and rejected the 135 million yen damages suit filed against Iwate Prefecture by the bereaved families of a couple who were killed in 1999 when a car chased by the prefectural police crashed into their car.

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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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S. Korean court rejects damages suit by Korea workers

BUSAN, South Korea - Three of six South Korean plaintiffs come out of a court room after their damages suit was dismissed by the district court in Busan on Feb. 2. The Koreans who were affected by the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima while being forced to work as forced laborers in Japan during World War II, demanded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. pay them unpaid wages and compensation totaling 606 million won (about 78 million yen), or 101 million won to each. The court said the statute of limitations on their claims had already expired.

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Top court rejects Asahara appeal, finalizing death sentence

TOKYO, Japan - Fumihiro Joyu, the leader of AUM Shinrikyo, or Aleph, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 15 after the Supreme Court rejected a special appeal filed by the defense counsel for AUM founder Shoko Asahara. AUM renamed itself Aleph in January 2000. (Pool photo)

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Top court rejects Asahara appeal, finalizing death sentence

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoyuki Yokota (R), deputy prosecutor general at the Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 15 after the Supreme Court rejected a special appeal filed by the defense counsel for AUM founder Shoko Asahara. AUM renamed itself Aleph in January 2000.

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Top court rejects appeal by Asahara, finalizing death sentence

TOKYO, Japan - The Supreme Court rejected a special appeal filed by the defense counsel for AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara (in photo taken on Sept. 25, 1995) on Sept. 15, finalizing the death sentence against him over his involvement in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other charges.

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High court rejects state appeal, raises damages over base noise

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters applaud after the Tokyo High Court ordered the state to pay more than 4 billion yen in damages over aircraft noise to residents around Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture which is jointly used by the U.S. Navy and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force.