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Welfare ministry official acquitted in postal abuse case

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - Atsuko Muraki (L), former director general of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, holds a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 10, 2010, with her lawyer Junichiro Hironaka after the Osaka District Court acquitted her of instructing a subordinate to fabricate and issue an official document for an organization in an attempt to abuse a mail discount system for people with disabilities.(Kyodo)

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Court ruling on selective reduction

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Yahiro Netsu, a medical doctor who runs a maternity clinic in Nagano Prefecture, attends a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2020, after the Osaka District Court dismissed earlier in the day a damages lawsuit filed by a husband and wife who claimed that errors in selective reduction procedure carried out at an Osaka clinic when the woman was pregnant with quintuplets had led to her miscarriage, leaving her without any children. Netsu, who sides with the couple, calls for the central government to establish legal rules on multiple pregnancy to ensure selective reduction, or the practice of reducing the number of fetuses in a multiple pregnancy, is conducted safely.(Kyodo)

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Meta faces $2.8 mil lawsuits in Japan over fake ads

Lawyers attend a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2024, after filing a lawsuit with the Osaka District Court against Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. over advertisements that fraudulently solicited investments with fake celebrity endorsements. The U.S. technology giant and its Japanese arm are facing lawsuits filed with district courts in Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba and Saitama, with 30 plaintiffs seeking a total of 435 million yen ($2.8 million) in damages.

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Meta faces $2.8 mil lawsuits in Japan over fake ads

Lawyers head to the Osaka District Court in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2024, to file a lawsuit against Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. over advertisements that fraudulently solicited investments with fake celebrity endorsements. The U.S. technology giant and its Japanese arm are facing lawsuits filed with district courts in Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba and Saitama, with 30 plaintiffs seeking a total of 435 million yen ($2.8 million) in damages.

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Freed man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial begins

OSAKA, April 28 Kyodo - Tatsuhiro Boku (L), who served more than 20 years of a life term over an 11-year-old girl's death in a 1995 house fire, heads to the Osaka District Court with his lawyers on April 28, 2016, for a retrial to exonerate him. Boku later declared his innocence, and the court is expected to pronounce Boku not guilty in early August.

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Court rules Osaka "Kimigayo" ordinance constitutional

OSAKA, Dec. 21 Kyodo - Yasutaka Okuno, an Osaka public school teacher, looks disappointed on Dec. 21, 2015, after the Osaka District Court rejected his claim that an Osaka ordinance forcing teachers to stand up while the national anthem "Kimigayo" is sung during school ceremonies is against the constitutionally-guaranteed freedom of thought.

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Osaka city office's tattoo check on employees ruled illegal

OSAKA, Japan - Tadasu Yasuda, a 56-year-old Osaka city office worker, celebrates outside the Osaka District Court on Dec. 17, 2014, after the court upheld his complaint that the city office's investigation in 2012 into whether its workers had tattoos was illegal for privacy reasons.

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'Green owner' program plaintiffs meet press

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs meet the press in Osaka on Oct. 9, 2014, after the Osaka District Court ordered the government to pay 85 people a combined 91 million yen in damages for failing to sufficiently warn them of the risks of investment in state-owned forests. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit over the "green owner" program had sought about 500 million yen in compensation.

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Ruling against reactor restart

OSAKA, Japan - People stand in front of the headquarters of Kansai Electric Power Co. in Osaka on May 22, 2014, to protest against the restart of two reactors at the company's Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture. Kansai Electric said the same day, a day after the Fukui District Court ruled that it will not allow the restart, it has appealed the ruling to a higher court.

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Plaintiffs ask power co. to accept court ruling

OSAKA, Japan - A group of plaintiff opposing the restart of the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture rally in front of the utility's headquarters in Osaka on May 22, 2014, urging the company not to appeal the Fukui District Court ruling the previous day against the restart of the reactors due to safety concerns.

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Kansai Electric Power

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken May 21, 2014, shows the headquarters in Osaka of Kansai Electric Power Co. The Fukui District Court ruled the same day that it will not allow the restart of two reactors at the power company's Oi nuclear plant, now under safety examination by Japan's top nuclear watchdog.

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Ruling on Korean A-bombing sufferers

OSAKA, Japan - Lawyers and supporters for South Korean atomic bomb sufferers who have been receiving treatment in South Korea enter the Osaka District Court in western Japan on Oct. 24, 2013. The court the same day revoked the 2011 Osaka prefectural government's decision not to cover the medical costs of the sufferers.

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2005 train derailment

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows a train crash at an apartment building after a derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2005, in which 107 people were killed. On Sept. 27, 2013, the Kobe District Court found three former heads of West Japan Railway Co. not guilty over the derailment.

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Court interpreter in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Ryoji Kito, a Persian-language court interpreter, speaks about his job in front of the Osaka High Court and Osaka District Court on April 16, 2012.

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Ex-DPJ leader Ozawa found not guilty

OSAKA, Japan - A passer-by receives an extra edition of a newspaper with the headline ''Former (DPJ) leader Ozawa found not guilty,'' in Osaka's Umeda station on April 26, 2012, after the Tokyo District Court ruled he is not guilty of false political funds reporting.

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Arson-murder retrial

OSAKA, Japan - Lawyers (L) inform supporters of a decision by the Osaka District Court in Osaka on March 7, 2012, to grant a retrial to the mother of an 11-year-old girl and the woman's common-law husband, who were sentenced to life imprisonment for the girl's murder in Osaka in 1995.

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AstraZeneca ordered to pay damages over side-effects of Iressa

OSAKA, Japan - Supporters of plaintiffs hold up banners in front of the Osaka District Court on Feb. 25, 2011, declaring victory in their case after the court ordered the Japan unit of British drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC to pay a total of 60.5 million yen to nine of 11 plaintiffs who sought compensation over side-effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa.

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AstraZeneca ordered to pay damages over side-effects of Iressa

OSAKA, Japan - Hideki Shimizu (R), a plaintiff who demanded compensation over side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2011, together with Akio Chikazawa, a plaintiff in a similar suit filed in Tokyo. The Osaka District Court the same day ordered the Japan unit of British drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC to pay a total of 60.5 million yen to nine out of 11 plaintiffs, including Shimizu.

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Crime data altering

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehiko Maeda, the principal prosecutor in the case of Atsuko Muraki, walks into the Osaka District Court on Sept. 21, 2010. Maeda reportedly admitted to altering the date of update on a floppy disk seized in May 2009 in the case of Muraki's then-suspected involvement in abusing the postal discount system for handicapped people.

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Welfare official acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, smiles during a press conference in Osaka, after the Osaka District Court acquitted her of allegedly instructing a subordinate to fabricate and issue an official document for an organization to enable it to use a mail discount system for the disabled.

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Welfare official acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, enters the Osaka District Court on Sept. 10, 2010. The court acquitted her of fabricating and issuing an official document for an organization to enable it to use a mail discount system for the disabled.

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Welfare official acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, enters the Osaka District Court on Sept. 10, 2010. The court acquitted her of fabricating and issuing an official document for an organization to enable it to use a mail discount system for the disabled.

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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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Osaka prosecutors release comedian Kuroda

OSAKA, Japan - Comedian and TV personality Tamotsu Kuroda (L), who was arrested on Dec. 26, 2009, for allegedly assaulting and injuring a bar manager in a quarrel over a bill, attends a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2010, after the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office suspended his indictment and released him. Kuroda and the manager came to an out-of-court settlement.

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Osaka prosecutors release comedian Kuroda

OSAKA, Japan - Comedian and TV personality Tamotsu Kuroda (L), who was arrested on Dec. 26, 2009, for allegedly assaulting and injuring a bar manager in a quarrel over a bill, bows in apology during a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2010, after the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office suspended his indictment and released him. Kuroda and the manager came to an out-of-court settlement.

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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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Expoland files for court protection

OSAKA, Japan - Tadakazu Shimizu, president of The Expoland amusement park, speaks at a press conference in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 29 as the park filed for bankruptcy protection with the Osaka District Court.

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Osaka Gov. Hashimoto ordered to pay damages for TV comment

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (L) speaks to reporters at the Osaka prefectural government building in Osaka on Oct. 2 after the Hiroshima District Court ordered him to pay 8 million yen in damages to four lawyers for effectively calling for a campaign to seek their punishment for intentionally delaying the retrial of a man accused of killing a woman and her daughter in 1999 when he was a minor.

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Damages suit against Oe over Okinawa battle rejected

OSAKA, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe speaks at a news conference in Osaka on March 28 after the Osaka District Court rejected a damage suit filed against him and Iwanami Shoten Publishers over his 1970 essay ''Okinawa Notes.'' The court dismissed two plaintiffs' claim that Oe wrongly stated in his book that military officers ordered civilians in Okinawa Prefecture to commit mass suicide in the closing days of World War II.

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Damages suit against Oe over Okinawa battle rejected

OSAKA, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe arrives at the Osaka District Court on March 28 to hear a court ruling on a damage suit filed against him and Iwanami Shoten Publishers over his 1970 essay ''Okinawa Notes.'' The court rejected two plaintiffs' claim that Oe wrongly stated in his book that military officers ordered civilians in Okinawa Prefecture to commit mass suicide in the closing days of World War II.

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Union for ex-Nova teachers files report against new employer

OSAKA, Japan - A labor union for teachers who worked at the now-bankrupt language school chain Nova Corp. filed a report Feb. 15 with the Osaka District Court saying the teachers' current employer G.communication Co. has dismissed a number of staffers against its initial accord to rehire all. Photo shows foreign language teachers claiming in a gathering in Osaka the same day that G.communication has failed to write and sign employment contracts with the teachers in violation of the labor standards law.

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Nobel laureate Oe believes military order behind mass suicides

OSAKA, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe arrives at the Osaka District Court on Nov. 9 to testify in a hearing on a suit filed against him. Yutaka Umezawa, 90, who was the garrison commander on Zamami Island in the Okinawa island chain during World War II, is seeking to halt the publication of three books by Oe which Umezawa argues wrongly state that military officers on Zamami and Tokashiki islands in Okinawa Prefecture ordered civilians to commit mass suicide in 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa.

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Woman sues gov't over recognition as Minamata Disease patient

OSAKA, Japan - Yasuo Tanaka (R), a lawyer for an 81-year-old woman who filed a lawsuit on May 16 demanding the state and Kumamoto Prefecture recognize her as having Minamata Disease mercury poisoning, speaks to reporters in Osaka after filing the suit with the Osaka District Court

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High court overturns ruling on park as homeless man's address

OSAKA, Japan - Yuji Yamauchi, a homeless man who has lived in a pegged tent in Ogimachi Park in Osaka and received his mail there, faced an Osaka High Court ruling on Jan. 23 which overturned a lower court ruling that a park can be registered as an address of a homeless man. The ward office refused to register the park as his address in March 2004, prompting him to file the lawsuit with the Osaka District Court to demand the local government rescind the decision.

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Prosecutors demand 2 yrs in prison for lawyer-lawmaker Nishimura

OSAKA, Japan - Prosecutors demanded on Oct. 16 that the Osaka District Court sentence independent House of Representatives member Shingo Nishimura (in file photo) to two years in prison and fine him 1 million yen for allegedly lending his name as a lawyer for money in violation of the Lawyers Law.

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Suit filed to have Yasukuni annul enshrinement

OSAKA, Japan - Ryuken Sugawara (4th from R), a 66-year-old Buddhist monk from Shimane Prefecture, Yang Yuan-huang (3rd from R), 51, from Taiwan, and other plaintiffs attend a news conference on Aug. 11 after filing a lawsuit with the Osaka District Court asking Yasukuni Shrine to annul the enshrinement of their war-dead family members honored there.

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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 - A man holds a ''victory banner' in front of the Osaka District Court on June 21 after 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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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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8 asbestos victims in Osaka file damages suit against state

OSAKA, Japan - Eight asbestos victims in the Sennan district of southern Osaka Prefecture, home to many fiber spinning plants, file a damages suit against the state at the Osaka District Court on May 26. The 240 million yen lawsuit accuses the state of failing to implement protective measures for workers and nearby residents.

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8 asbestos victims in Osaka file damages suit against state

OSAKA, Japan - Eight asbestos victims in the Sennan district of southern Osaka Prefecture, joined by their lawyers and supporters, arrive at the Osaka District Court on May 26 to file a damages suit against the state.

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Court certifies 9 as A-bomb illness victims, but rejects damages

OSAKA, Jpan - Plaintiffs attend a meeting with their supporters on May 12 after the Osaka District Court certified them as victims of illnesses caused by atomic-bomb radiation, declaring illegal the government's earlier decisions not to grant such certification. The court, however, turned down their other demand for 3 million yen in damages per person.

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Court dismisses damages suit by war-displaced Japanese

OSAKA, Japan - A banner indicting an ''unfair ruling'' is shown to Japanese citizens who were displaced in China during World War II and repatriated decades later and their supporters after the Osaka District Court turned down a damages suit filed by the ''war orphans'' on July 6. The plaintiffs claimed the state failed to take prompt action to repatriate them from China and to provide sufficient support after they resettled in Japan.

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Court dismisses damages suit by war-displaced Japanese

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese citizens displaced in China during World War II and repatriated decades later enter the Osaka District Court on July 6. They claim the state failed to take prompt action to repatriate them and to provide sufficient support after they resettled in Japan, but the court rejected their suit.

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Court dismisses damages suit by war-displaced Japanese

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese citizens displaced in China during World War II and repatriated decades later rally July 6 in Osaka before the Osaka District Court turned down their damages suit. They claim the state failed to take prompt action to repatriate them from China and to provide sufficient support after they resettled in Japan.

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(2)Ex-meat packer chairman gets 7 years in prison on beef fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Osaka District Court on May 27 to attend the trial of Mitsuru Asada, former chairman of meat packer Hannan Corp., who was indicted for swindling the government out of more than 5 billion yen by abusing a state beef buyback program established to calm concerns over mad cow disease. The court sentenced Asada to seven years in prison.

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Sumitomo Metal ordered to compensate for sexual discrimination

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyoko Kitagawa (R) and three other plaintiffs meets the press after the Osaka District Court ordered Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. on March 28 to pay them 63 million yen in compensation for sexual discrimination in wages and promotions.

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(2)Tokyo court backs Livedoor, bars NBS share warrants

OSAKA, Japan - A pedestrian tries to get a copy of extras reporting a Tokyo District Court decision on a suit filed by Livedoor Co. to block Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. from issuing Fuji Television Network Inc. 15.87 billion yen in equity warrants near JR Osaka Station on March 11. The court ruled in favor of Livedoor's claim that Nippon Broadcasting's decision to issue the warrants is extremely unfair as it is aimed mainly at maintaining Fuji TV's control over the radio broadcaster.