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Japan court rules disallowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

Supporters of same-sex marriage rejoice on May 30, 2023, after the Nagoya District Court in central Japan ruled that the lack of legal recognition of such marriage is unconstitutional.

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Japan court rules disallowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

Supporters of same-sex marriage rejoice on May 30, 2023, after the Nagoya District Court in central Japan ruled that the lack of legal recognition of such marriage is unconstitutional.

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32 women file damages suit over Kanebo's skin-whitening cosmetics

KYOTO, Japan - A woman (front) in her 50s holds a press conference in Kyoto on Dec. 1, 2014, after filing a damages suit against Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. with the Kyoto District Court. She is among 32 women in Japan who filed suits with district courts in Chiba, Nagoya and Kyoto the same day, seeking about 310 million yen in damages from Kanebo, saying their skin developed white blotches after using the company's skin-whitening products.

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1966 murder case

NAGOYA, Japan - Lawyers for Iwao Hakamada, who was sentenced to death over a 1966 multiple murder case, head for the Shizuoka District Court in Shizuoka Prefecture with his sister Hideko (far R) on Dec. 2, 2013, to submit a statement calling for a retrial. The lawyers said new evidence indicated their client was wrongfully convicted.

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Stripping adult wards of right to vote unconstitutional

TOKYO, Japan - Takumi Nagoya (front R), the 50-year-old plaintiff, heads to the Tokyo District Court on March 14, 2013. Later in the day the court ruled unconstitutional the provision in the public offices election law that strips the right to vote from adults with legal guardians.

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Honda ordered to pay compensation over asbestos-related case

TOKYO, Japan - Hidenari Hane, a former mechanic who worked at a factory of Honda Motor Co.'s subsidiary in Nagoya in the late 1960s, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2010, after the Tokyo District Court ordered Honda to pay 54 million yen in compensation to him over his claim that he suffered a cancer called mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working at the factory.

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Ex-sumo stablemaster given 6-yr prison over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - This Feb. 7, 2008 file photo shows the ring in the building in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, that the Tokitsukaze sumo stable used as a temporary lodging before a July 2007 tournament in Nagoya. The Nagoya District Court ruled May 29 that a former stablemaster was involved in fatal violence against a 17-year-old wrestler in the ring in June 2007.

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2 men sentenced to death for killing woman

NAGOYA, Japan - Fumiko Isogai, the mother of 31-year-old company employee Rie Isogai, speaks during a news conference in Nagoya on March 18 after the Nagoya District Court sentenced two men to death and one to life in prison for murdering Rie in 2007 in a crime that caught public attention as an Internet site was used to attract ''crime mates.''

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Ex-stablemaster denies conspiracy in fatal hazing of sumo wrestler

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito, the father of Takashi Saito, a teenage sumo wrestler who died from injuries in 2007 in a high-profile scandal that marred Japan's national sport, replies to questions from reporters in front of the Nagoya District Court on Feb. 12, holding a photo of his deceased son. Former sumo elder Junichi Yamamoto denied charges in court that he ordered wrestlers at his stable to haze and assault the 17-year-old grappler.

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3 wrestlers get suspended terms for fatal hazing of teen stablemate

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito answers questions from reporters outside the Nagoya District Court on Dec. 18 after the local court sentenced three sumo wrestlers, who were stablemates of his son, Takashi, also a sumo wrestler, to two-and-a-half to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for fatally hazing the 17-year-old last year in Aichi Prefecture.

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Wrestlers admit to hazing, causing teen wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito, father of Takashi Saito who died from hazing at the Tokitsukaze stable, enters the Nagoya District Court on Oct. 7 for the first session of a trial over his death. Three sumo wrestlers at the stable admitted to hazing the 17-year-old stablemate who later died from a multiple-trauma shock in June last year.

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Damages suit by war-displaced people rejected again

NAGOYA, Japan - One of plaintiffs puts her fingers on the face in disappointment after the Nagoya District Court on March 29 turned down a damages suit filed by a group of war-displaced people who claimed the Japanese government failed to swiftly repatriate them from China after the end of World War II and provide adequate support after they came home.

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Damages suit by war-displaced people rejected again

NAGOYA, Japan - Reiko Morimoto (front C) and other plaintiffs voice their disappointment at a press conference on March 29 after the Nagoya District Court turned down a damages suit filed by a group of war-displaced people who claimed the Japanese government failed to swiftly repatriate them from China after the end of World War II and provide adequate support after they came home.

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Damages suit by war-displaced people rejected again

NAGOYA, Japan - With plaintiffs and their supporters standing in the background, a member of the defense counsel puts up a ''unjust verdict'' banner outside the Nagoya District Court in Nagoya on March 29 after the court turned down a damages suit filed by a group of war-displaced people who claimed the Japanese government failed to swiftly repatriate them from China after the end of World War II and provide adequate support after they came home.

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6 Vietnamese sue Toyota subcontractor over working conditions

NAGOYA, Japan - A Vietnamese woman sobs at a news conference in Nagoya on March 27 after she and five other Vietnamese trainees filed a lawsuit claiming that a Toyota Motor Corp. subcontractor and others violated their human rights were violated in many ways while working as so-called trainees from 2003 and part of their wages remain unpaid. The plaintiffs' lawyers said the six, who came to Japan under a Japanese government-sponsored training program, hope to let the Japanese public know the reality of the labor conditions they experienced by filing the suit with the Nagoya District Court.

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Court acknowledges 2 of 4 plaintiffs as suffering A-bomb illness

NAGOYA, Japan - Teruko Nakamura, one of the four plaintiffs who sued the state to seek recognition of their diseases as caused by radiation from the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, sheds tears during a press conference in Nagoya on Jan. 31 after the Nagoya District Court rejected her claim.

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Lawsuit to stop Japanese troop deployment in Iraq rejected

NAGOYA, Japan - People protesting the deployment of Japanese troops in Iraq hold a banner in front of the Nagoya District Court April 14. The court rejected their lawsuit demanding Tokyo suspend the deployment of Japanese troops in Iraq and pay the plaintiffs about 32 million yen in total damages.

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Court rejects damages in suit filed by flood victims

NAGOYA, Japan - Plaintiffs arrive at the Nagoya District Court on Jan. 31 to attend a hearing on their lawsuit, which was later turned down. They had sought 769 million yen in compensation from Nagoya city for property damage caused by a massive flood in September 2004.

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Nagoya court says resident registry network constitutional

NAGOYA, Japan - Aichi Prefecture residents, who sued the state and prefectural governments over the national residency registry network, enter the Nagoya District Court in Nagoya on May 31 to hear a court ruling on their lawsuit.

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(3)Court rejects suit by Korean WWII forced laborers

NAGOYA, Japan - One of the South Korean women, who sued Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and the Japanese government over their forced labor during World War II, wipes away tears during a news conference Feb. 24 in Nagoya after the Nagoya District Court rejected their damages suit.

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(1)Court rejects damages to WWII Korean forced laborers

NAGOYA, Japan - South Korean women forced to work at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. munitions factory in Nagoya during World War II and their supporters hold a rally Feb. 24 before the Nagoya District Court issued a ruling on their demand for compensation. The plaintiffs held a banner saying ''Please do not distress the plaintiffs any more.'' The court later rejected the demand.

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(2)Court rejects damages to WWII Korean forced laborers

NAGOYA, Japan - One of seven South Korean plaintiffs cries and leaves the Nagoya District Court Feb. 24 after the court rejected damages to the women forced to work at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. munitions factory in Nagoya during World War II. They demanded the state and company pay 240 million yen in compensation and offer apology.

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Another lawsuit filed against SDF dispatch to Iraq

OSAKA, Japan - Writer Makoto Oda (R) and 19 others meet reporters after filing a suit with the Osaka District Court on April 30 claiming Japan's dispatch of its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops to Iraq is unconstitutional. Similar lawsuits have already been filed with the Sapporo, Tokyo and Nagoya district courts.

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1,200 sue gov't to seek suspension of SDF Iraq dispatch

NAGOYA, Japan - A group of people walk to the Nagoya District Court on Feb. 23 to file a lawsuit against the government seeking a halt to the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces troops to Iraq, insisting the deployment is unconstitutional. More than 1,200 people are involved in the lawsuit.

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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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(2)About 600 'war orphans' sue gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese separated from their parents in China at the end of World War II and their supporters march toward the Nagoya District Court on Sept. 24. Some 600 ''war orphans'' filed a suit against the government for its poor repatriation program.

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(2)A-bomb victims sue gov't

NAGOYA, Japan - Akira Kai (R) speaks at a news conference after filing a suit with the Nagoya District Court on April 17 against the state seeking compensation and the revoking of its decision not to recognize him as a radiation illness victim. Similar suits were filed on the day by six other A-bomb survivors in Sapporo and Nagasaki.

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(1)A-bomb victims sue gov't

NAGOYA, Japan - Akira Kai (R) and his supporters stage a demonstration near the Nagoya District Court on April 17 before filing a suit against the state seeking compensation and the revoking of its decision not to recognize him as a radiation illness victim. Similar suits were filed by six other A-bomb survivors in Sapporo and Nagasaki on the same day.

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(3)A-bomb victims sue gov't

NAGASAKI, Japan - Toshiko Aoyama (L), accompanied by her lawyers and supporters, walks to the Nagasaki District Court on April 17 to file a suit against the state seeking compensation and the revoking of its decision not to recognize her as a radiation illness victim. Similar suits were filed on the day by six other A-bomb survivors in Sapporo and Nagoya.

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Justice Ministry releases 3 Afghan asylum seekers temporarily

OSAKA, Japan - The Justice Ministry's West Japan Immigration Bureau on Oct. 29 temporarily released Abdul Aziz (R) and two other Afghan asylum seekers who have been detained at a facility in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, for violations of the immigration law. In September, Aziz had his refugee status recognized by the Hiroshima High Court. The two others have been denied refugee status by the ministry and are appealing their cases at district courts in Hiroshima and Nagoya.

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3 men given death sentence in murder for insurance

ICHINOMIYA, Jan. 30 Kyodo - Presiding Judge Hideo Niwa of Nagoya District Court Ichinomiya branch sentenced three men to death for murdering three people to get insurance money in Manila and Nagano Prefecture between December 1994 and May 1996.

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Court orders ministry to give 'free taxi' firm license

NAGOYA, Japan - Sadao Aoki (C), president of the Kyoto-based taxi firm MK Co., speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on Oct. 29 about a Nagoya District Court's ruling that ordered the transport ministry to cancel its decision not to issue license numbers for taxis used for promotional purposes. As part of a promotional campaign MK planned to have 25 taxis offering free rides for up to 1,500 yen in metered charges for one year in Nagoya.

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1 of 3 given death for murders committed as minors

NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya District Court sentenced one of three defendants to death July 9 for killing four men over 11 days in 1994 in Gifu, Aichi and Osaka prefectures when the defendants were minors, while giving the two others indefinite imprisonment. It was the third time since 1983 that the death penalty was given to a defendant who committed a crime when a minor.

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Victims of flooding sue Nagoya city gov't

NAGOYA, Japan - About 700 people march toward the Nagoya District Court on June 5 to file a lawsuit demanding the Nagoya city government pay 750 million yen in damages, claiming malfunction of city-installed pumps caused a serious flood in the city's Tempaku Ward in September 2000.

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Parents of slain girl speak after ruling

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Nagatani, carrying the picture of his slain daughter Hanae, and his wife Keiko, speak to reporters in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture on May 15 after the Nagoya District Court's Okazaki branch sentenced an 18-year-old male stalker to five-to-10 years in jail for killing Hanae, a former classmate.

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Thai boy sues Japanese man for alleged molestation

TOYOHASHI, Japan - A group of lawyers walk down to the Toyohashi branch of the Nagoya District Court on Dec. 16 to file a lawsuit against a Japanese man on behalf of a 15-year-old Thai boy, who was allegedly molested by the man in a Thai hotel room three years ago. The suit is the first in Japan alleging a Japanese national inflicted sexual abuse on children abroad, the boy's lawyers said.

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Forced laborers to publish court petition in S. Korea

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the Korean translation of a petition filed with the Nagoya District Court by five South Korean women forced to work at a munitions plant in Japan during World War II. The cover of the petition is in Japanese. By having the petition translated and published in South Korea, they hope to inform their compatriots about the conditions they suffered and seek understanding of their plight.

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3 men given death sentence in murder for insurance

ICHINOMIYA, Jan. 30 Kyodo - Presiding Judge Hideo Niwa of Nagoya District Court Ichinomiya branch sentenced three men to death for murdering three people to get insurance money in Manila and Nagano Prefecture between December 1994 and May 1996.

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Ex-minister Sato gets 16-month prison term for salary fraud

NAGOYA, Japan - Former home affairs minister Kanju Sato walks into the Nagoya District Court on Sept. 9. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison for defrauding the state of some 17 million yen paid as salary for a secretary who never worked for him. Sato later appealed the ruling. (Kyodo)

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(3)Court rejects suit by Korean WWII forced laborers

NAGOYA, Japan - One of the South Korean women, who sued Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and the Japanese government over their forced labor during World War II, wipes away tears during a news conference Feb. 24 in Nagoya after the Nagoya District Court rejected their damages suit. (Kyodo)

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Nagoya court says resident registry network constitutional

NAGOYA, Japan - Aichi Prefecture residents, who sued the state and prefectural governments over the national residency registry network, enter the Nagoya District Court in Nagoya on May 31 to hear a court ruling on their lawsuit. (Kyodo)

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(2)A-bomb victims sue gov't

NAGOYA, Japan - Akira Kai (R) speaks at a news conference after filing a suit with the Nagoya District Court on April 17 against the state seeking compensation and the revoking of its decision not to recognize him as a radiation illness victim. Similar suits were filed on the day by six other A-bomb survivors in Sapporo and Nagasaki. (Kyodo)

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(1)A-bomb victims sue gov't

NAGOYA, Japan - Akira Kai (R) and his supporters stage a demonstration near the Nagoya District Court on April 17 before filing a suit against the state seeking compensation and the revoking of its decision not to recognize him as a radiation illness victim. Similar suits were filed by six other A-bomb survivors in Sapporo and Nagasaki on the same day. (Kyodo)

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(2)About 600 'war orphans' sue gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese separated from their parents in China at the end of World War II and their supporters march toward the Nagoya District Court on Sept. 24. Some 600 ''war orphans'' filed a suit against the government for its poor repatriation program. (Kyodo)

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Trial over aging reactors starts

A group of people head to the Nagoya District Court on July 13, 2016, at the start of oral arguments over a lawsuit they filed. The plaintiffs seek to nullify a decision by the Nuclear Regulation Authority approving an additional 20 years of operation for two aging reactors -- Nos. 1 and 2 units of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant. The extension would put them beyond the government-mandated 40-year service period. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 reactors at Takahama plant

File photo taken Jan. 12, 2016, shows the Nos. 1 and 2 (R and L) reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. Oral arguments began on July 13 at the Nagoya District Court in a lawsuit filed by a group of people seeking to nullify a decision by the Nuclear Regulation Authority approving an additional 20 years of operation for the two aging reactors. The extension would put them beyond the government-mandated 40-year service period. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Death penalty sought for man over deaths of two women

Prosecutors sought the death penalty at the Nagoya District Court on June 22, 2016, for Keiji Hayashi, seen in an undated photo, who has been charged with murdering a woman in 2011, and causing his girlfriend to kill herself in 2009. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suit filed to seek suspension of old reactors

People stage a rally on April 14, 2016, in front of the Nagoya District Court to demand the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast not be operated as more than 40 years have passed since the start of their operations. They filed a lawsuit with the court the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court denies company executives' negligence in deadly tunnel collapse

Relatives of five of the nine people killed in the December 2012 Sasago Tunnel roof collapse on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture head to the Yokohama District Court in Yokohama on Feb. 16, 2016. Later in the day the court rejected their claim that negligence by executives of a Nagoya-based expressway operator and its road maintenance subsidiary contributed to the roof's collapse. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court orders operators to pay damages over tunnel collapse deaths

Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., bows in apology at a press conference in Nagoya on Dec. 22, 2015. The Yokohama District Court ordered the expressway operator earlier in the day to pay around 440 million yen ($3.62 million) in damages to the families of five of nine persons killed when the concrete ceiling in a tunnel on an expressway collapsed in December 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo