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Ruling on secret Okinawa return deal

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama, a former reporter for major Japanese daily The Mainichi Shimbun, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 14, 2014, after he and other plaintiffs lost a lawsuit against the state over the disclosure of secret diplomatic documents concerning the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japan from U.S. control. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court's acknowledgement that the government may have surreptitiously destroyed the documents, but rejected the plaintiffs' appeal over the Tokyo High Court decision not to order the government to disclose them.

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Ex-reporter Nishiyama, U.S. expert Halperin in symposium

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (L), the former Mainichi Shimbun reporter who uncovered the existence of a secret pact on the U.S. return of Okinawa, and Morton Halperin (R), former director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department, attend a symposium in Tokyo on May 10, 2014.

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Court overturns ruling on disclosure of Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama (L) and other plaintiffs hold a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2011, after the Tokyo High Court overturned a landmark lower court ruling that had ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japan from U.S. control.

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (L), a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, and other plaintiffs arrive at the Tokyo District Court on April 9, 2010. The court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing the plaintiffs in a suit.

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (C), a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, beams at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2010, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing him and 24 other plaintiffs in a suit.

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (R), a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, beams at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2010, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing him and 24 other plaintiffs in a suit.

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Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, a former chief of the old Treaties Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. Sitting behind Togo are (from L) former lower house member Hajime Morita, former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama and former vice foreign minister Kunihiko Saito.

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Ex-Mainichi reporter Nishiyama speaks at lower house panel

TOKYO, Japan - Former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama speaks as an unsworn witness during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. The panel was held to investigate the so-called Japan-U.S. secret pacts and summoned Nishiyama, who was convicted of instigating a leak of state secrets after writing an article in 1971 that suggested the existence of one of the pacts, and three others.

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Suit over secret Okinawa pact argument rejected again

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (L), a former reporter of Mainichi Newspapers Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20 after the Tokyo High Court rejected his damages suit seeking 33 million yen in compensation and an apology from the state. Nishiyama, who was convicted for his news-gathering activities on Okinawa's reversion to Japan in 1972, has claimed his career was ruined after he was illegally convicted of urging a Foreign Ministry secretary to bring him classified documents about the negotiation process between Japan and the United States over the reversion.

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Suit over secret Okinawa pact argument rejected

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama, 75, expresses his anger at a press conference after the Tokyo District Court rejected his damages suit on March 27. The former Mainichi Shimbun reporter argued his career was ruined by an illegal indictment over his report about a secret agreement between Japan and the United States over the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japan.

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Suit over secret Okinawa pact argument rejected

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama, 75, expresses his anger at a press conference after the Tokyo District Court rejected his damages suit on March 27. The former Mainichi Shimbun reporter argued his career was ruined by an illegal indictment over his report about a secret agreement between Japan and the United States over the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Suit over secret Okinawa pact argument rejected again

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (L), a former reporter of Mainichi Newspapers Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20 after the Tokyo High Court rejected his damages suit seeking 33 million yen in compensation and an apology from the state. Nishiyama, who was convicted for his news-gathering activities on Okinawa's reversion to Japan in 1972, has claimed his career was ruined after he was illegally convicted of urging a Foreign Ministry secretary to bring him classified documents about the negotiation process between Japan and the United States over the reversion. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Mainichi reporter Nishiyama speaks at lower house panel

TOKYO, Japan - Former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama speaks as an unsworn witness during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. The panel was held to investigate the so-called Japan-U.S. secret pacts and summoned Nishiyama, who was convicted of instigating a leak of state secrets after writing an article in 1971 that suggested the existence of one of the pacts, and three others. (Kyodo)

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Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, a former chief of the old Treaties Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. Sitting behind Togo are (from L) former lower house member Hajime Morita, former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama and former vice foreign minister Kunihiko Saito. (Kyodo)

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Court overturns ruling on disclosure of Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama (L) and other plaintiffs hold a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2011, after the Tokyo High Court overturned a landmark lower court ruling that had ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japan from U.S. control. (Kyodo)

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (C), a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, beams at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2010, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing him and 24 other plaintiffs in a suit. (Kyodo)

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama, a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2010, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing him and 24 other plaintiffs in a suit. (Kyodo)

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (R), a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, beams at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2010, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing him and 24 other plaintiffs in a suit. (Kyodo)

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (L), a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, and other plaintiffs arrive at the Tokyo District Court on April 9, 2010. The court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing the plaintiffs in a suit. (Kyodo)

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Ruling on secret Okinawa return deal

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama, a former reporter for major Japanese daily The Mainichi Shimbun, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 14, 2014, after he and other plaintiffs lost a lawsuit against the state over the disclosure of secret diplomatic documents concerning the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japan from U.S. control. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court's acknowledgement that the government may have surreptitiously destroyed the documents, but rejected the plaintiffs' appeal over the Tokyo High Court decision not to order the government to disclose them. (Kyodo)