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Court upholds rejection of call to halt Miyagi Pref. nuclear reactor

File photo taken Oct. 24, 2024, shows the No. 2 nuclear reactor (front) at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. The Sendai High Court on Nov. 27 upheld a lower court ruling rejecting local residents' call to halt the plant's No. 2 unit, which restarted in October as the first reactor to operate in northeastern Japan since the region was hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Court upholds rejection of call to halt Miyagi Pref. nuclear reactor

File photo taken Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. The Sendai High Court on Nov. 27 upheld a lower court ruling rejecting local residents' call to halt the plant's No. 2 unit, which restarted in October as the first reactor to operate in northeastern Japan since the region was hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Residents' call to halt reactors in southwest Japan rejected

FUKUOKA, April 6 Kyodo - Photo taken March 24, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan. The Fukuoka High Court on April 6 rejected a call by local residents for an injunction to halt the restart of the two units.

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Kindergarten OKs 60 mil. yen in damages over tsunami deaths

SENDAI, Japan - The relatives of four kindergarteners who died in a pickup bus that was swamped by high waves in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in March 2011, attend a press conference in Sendai in the prefecture on Dec. 3, 2014, holding the photos of the children, after a settlement at the Sendai High Court. The privately run Hiyori kindergarten admitted it did not take sufficient measures to deal with a tsunami, agreeing to pay 60 million yen in damages and offer an apology over their deaths.

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Court order over death of children in tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 17, 2013, shows a courtroom of the Sendai District Court in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, where the court ordered a kindergarten in the prefecture, hit hard by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, to pay 177 million yen in damages over the deaths of four children in a school bus that was swamped by high waves. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Court decision over vote disparity

AKITA, Japan - Lawyer Hidetoshi Masunaga (C) and other plaintiffs hold a press conference in the city of Akita on March 27, 2013, after the Sendai High Court's Akita branch ruled that a general election result in a northeastern Japan constituency was unconstitutional due to a significant disparity in the weight of votes. The ruling by the court was the last in 16 cases brought by two groups of lawyers over disparities in the weight of votes of up to 2.43 to 1 in the Dec. 16 general election.

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Life sentence for woman upheld for murder of daughter, boy

AKITA, Japan - The Sendai High Court on March 25 upheld the life sentence given to Suzuka Hatakeyama, 36, convicted of killing two children, including her own daughter, in Akita Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Ruling recognizing 2 people as A-bomb sufferers upheld

SENDAI, Japan - Mitsuo Niinuma (center R), 84, and Akemi Hatano (center L), 69, celebrate after the Sendai High Court on May 28 upheld a lower court ruling that recognized them as suffering from radiation illnesses caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, while dismissing their demand for compensation. Hatano was on a street about 1.8 kilometers from ground zero in Hiroshima when the bomb was dropped, and Niinuma was at barracks about 2 km away.

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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 upholds decision on uranium enrichment plant

SENDAI, Japan - Plaintiffs head for the Sendai High Court in Sendai's Aoba Ward on May 9 to hear the court's ruling in their lawsuit demanding a revocation of the government's approval for the operations of Japan's sole commercial uranium enrichment plant in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture. The court upheld a lower court decision rejecting their demands.

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Court upholds life sentence for ex-nurse over clinic murder

SENDAI, Japan - The Sendai High Court on March 22 upheld a life sentence for a former male nurse convicted of killing a patient and attempting to kill four others at a clinic in Sendai in 2000 by intravenously injecting them with a muscle relaxant. Photo shows defense lawyers and supporters protesting against the decision. Mori and his four lawyers were ordered to leave the courtroom as they repeatedly demanded they be allowed again to present their arguments.

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DPJ lawmaker Konno submits resignation to lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Azuma Konno (L) hands a letter of resignation to House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono on April 28, a day after the Sendai High Court invalidated his victory in the 2003 general election because one of his campaign managers had been found guilty of illegal electioneering for the polls.

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High court turns down suspension of nuke plant

The file photo shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant of Tohoku Electric Power Co. in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The Sendai High Court on March 31 upheld a lower court ruling and dismissed an appeal by a group of residents seeking suspension of operations at the plant.

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4th court rules Oct. election vote gap in unconstitutional state

A Japanese court ruled Tuesday that the vote weight disparity in last October's lower house election was "in a state of unconstitutionality" but stopped short of nullifying the outcome, becoming the fourth court to make such a decision. The ruling by the Akita branch of the Sendai High Court in northeastern Japan was the eighth to be handed down in a slew of lawsuits filed by groups of lawyers at 14 high courts and their branches nationwide over the 2.08-fold vote weight disparity in the Oct. 31 House of Representatives election. Among the seven high court rulings handed down by Monday, three ruled the results were "in a state of unconstitutionality" but stopped short of nullifying the outcome, while four dismissed the suits, saying the election was constitutional. All the high court rulings will be completed by March 9, after which the Supreme Court is expected to make a unified decision.

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DPJ lawmaker Konno submits resignation to lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Azuma Konno (L) hands a letter of resignation to House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono on April 28, a day after the Sendai High Court invalidated his victory in the 2003 general election because one of his campaign managers had been found guilty of illegal electioneering for the polls. (Kyodo)

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Appeal over reactor restarts in southwest Japan rejected

Photo taken April 6, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Satsumasendai shows the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant. The Fukuoka High Court on April 6 rejected an appeal by local residents against a lower court decision that allowed the two units to be restarted in the previous year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Residents' call to halt reactors in southwest Japan rejected

Photo taken March 24, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan. The Fukuoka High Court on April 6 rejected a call by local residents for an injunction to halt the restart of the two units. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Residents' call to halt reactors in southwest Japan rejected

Photo taken March 24, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan. The Fukuoka High Court on April 6 rejected a call by local residents for an injunction to halt the restart of the two units. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court upholds ruling endorsing restart of Sendai reactors

Lawyers hold banners, reading "An unjust decision" and "We will not give in," in front of the Fukuoka High Court's Miyazaki branch in the southwestern Japan city on April 6, 2016, to protest the court's decision to reject an appeal by local residents against a 2015 ruling that allowed the restart of two reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court upholds ruling endorsing restart of Sendai reactors

A security guard stands in front of the Nos. 1 (L) and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan on April 6, 2016. The Fukuoka High Court's Miyazaki branch rejected the same day an appeal by local residents against a 2015 ruling that allowed the restart of the two reactors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court upholds damages payment over SDF intelligence activities

Officials hold up banners in front of the Sendai High Court in the northeastern Japan city on Feb. 2, 2016, showing that while the court ordered the state to pay damages to one of 91 plaintiffs who were monitored by the Self-Defense Forces following their participation in a rally against the SDF's dispatch to Iraq, it rejected their call to stop the intelligence activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court upholds damages payment over SDF intelligence activities

Plaintiffs who sued after being monitored by the Self-Defense Forces following their participation in a rally against the SDF's dispatch to Iraq make their way to the Sendai High Court in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on Feb. 2, 2016. The high court later ordered the state to pay damages to one of the 91 plaintiffs, but rejected their call for a suspension of the intelligence activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another court ruling questions constitutionality of 2014 election

Plaintiffs' lawyers hold a banner in front of the Sendai High Court in northeastern Japan on April 9, 2015, after the court ruled that the last general election was "in a state of unconstitutionality" due to disparities in the weight of votes between constituencies, but it rejected the plaintiffs' demand to nullify the poll results. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another court ruling questions constitutionality of 2014 election

Photo shows a courtroom at the Sendai High Court in northeastern Japan on April 9, 2015, shortly before the court ruled that the last general election was "in a state of unconstitutionality" due to disparities in the weight of votes between constituencies, but it rejected the plaintiffs' demand to nullify the poll results. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court delivers ruling on voting weight disparity

Lawyers hold a banner reading "one person one vote" on Oct. 19, 2016, in front of the Akita branch of the Sendai High Court, which ruled the maximum vote weight disparity in the July 2016 upper house election was "in a state of unconstitutionality." The court, however, rejected the lawsuit seeking that the election be invalidated. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court upholds decision on uranium enrichment plant

SENDAI, Japan - Plaintiffs head for the Sendai High Court in Sendai's Aoba Ward on May 9 to hear the court's ruling in their lawsuit demanding a revocation of the government's approval for the operations of Japan's sole commercial uranium enrichment plant in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture. The court upheld a lower court decision rejecting their demands. (Kyodo)

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Ruling recognizing 2 people as A-bomb sufferers upheld

SENDAI, Japan - Mitsuo Niinuma (center R), 84, and Akemi Hatano (center L), 69, celebrate after the Sendai High Court on May 28 upheld a lower court ruling that recognized them as suffering from radiation illnesses caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, while dismissing their demand for compensation. Hatano was on a street about 1.8 kilometers from ground zero in Hiroshima when the bomb was dropped, and Niinuma was at barracks about 2 km away. (Kyodo)

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Life sentence for woman upheld for murder of daughter, boy

AKITA, Japan - The Sendai High Court on March 25 upheld the life sentence given to Suzuka Hatakeyama, 36, convicted of killing two children, including her own daughter, in Akita Prefecture. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Court upholds life sentence for ex-nurse over clinic murder

SENDAI, Japan - The Sendai High Court on March 22 upheld a life sentence for a former male nurse convicted of killing a patient and attempting to kill four others at a clinic in Sendai in 2000 by intravenously injecting them with a muscle relaxant. Photo shows defense lawyers and supporters protesting against the decision. Mori and his four lawyers were ordered to leave the courtroom as they repeatedly demanded they be allowed again to present their arguments. (Kyodo)

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Court rejects appeal over fatal car accident caused in police ch

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. (Kyodo)

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Kindergarten OKs 60 mil. yen in damages over tsunami deaths

SENDAI, Japan - The relatives of four kindergarteners who died in a pickup bus that was swamped by high waves in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in March 2011, attend a press conference in Sendai in the prefecture on Dec. 3, 2014, holding the photos of the children, after a settlement at the Sendai High Court. The privately run Hiyori kindergarten admitted it did not take sufficient measures to deal with a tsunami, agreeing to pay 60 million yen in damages and offer an apology over their deaths. (Kyodo)

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Sendai High Court

File photo taken May 27, 2021, shows the Sendai High Court in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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