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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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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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Japan court rules same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 30 Kyodo - Plaintiffs rejoice outside the Tokyo High Court on Oct. 30, 2024, after it ruled that Japan's lack of legal recognition for same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED: Japan court rules same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional

Plaintiffs rejoice outside the Tokyo High Court on Oct. 30, 2024, after it ruled that Japan's lack of legal recognition for same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

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CORRECTED: Japan court rules same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional

Plaintiffs rejoice outside the Tokyo High Court on Oct. 30, 2024, after it ruled that Japan's lack of legal recognition for same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

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CORRECTED: Japan court rules same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional

Plaintiffs rejoice outside the Tokyo High Court on Oct. 30, 2024, after it ruled that Japan's lack of legal recognition for same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

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Damages suit over Japan's same-sex marriage ban

Plaintiffs head to the Tokyo High Court on Oct. 30, 2024, to hear the court's ruling on their claim for damages over Japan's same-sex marriage ban.

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Damages suit over Japan's same-sex marriage ban

Plaintiffs head to the Tokyo High Court on Oct. 30, 2024, to hear the court's ruling on their claim for damages over Japan's same-sex marriage ban.

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Damages suit over Japan's same-sex marriage ban

Plaintiffs head to the Tokyo High Court on Oct. 30, 2024, to hear the court's ruling on their claim for damages over Japan's same-sex marriage ban.

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Japan seeks dissolution of Unification Church

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 12 Kyodo - Japan's education and culture minister Masahito Moriyama attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, after revealing his ministry's decision to seek to strip the scandal-hit Unification Church of religious corporation status. (Kyodo)

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Top court acquits professor of groping girl on train

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiro Nagura, a 63-year-old professor at the National Defense Medical College, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 14. The Supreme Court acquitted him the same day of groping a high school girl on a train in the first instance of the apex court overturning previous guilty rulings in a molestation case.

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Cult-slain victim's son speaks after high court hearing

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, son of Tokyo notary Kiyoshi Kariya who was abducted and killed by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in 1995, meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2014, after the first appeal court hearing on former senior AUM member Makoto Hirata's alleged involvement in this and other criminal cases. The Tokyo High Court is set to hand down a ruling on March 4, 2015.

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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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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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Pro-Pyongyang group's Tokyo building to be vacated

TOKYO, Japan - The headquarters building of Chongryon, a pro-Pyongyang Korean group, in Tokyo is photographed in March 2014. The Tokyo High Court rejected the group's appeal against the sale of the building and land to a Japanese real estate company on May 12, 2014.

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MSDF seaman's suicide

TOKYO, Japan - The mother of a crewmember of a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer answers a reporter's question in front of the Tokyo High Court in Tokyo on April 23, 2014, after the court ordered the Japanese government and a former MSDF officer to pay some 73 million yen in damages for the seaman's suicide in 2004, significantly more than the 4.4 million yen awarded in a lower court ruling. The high court said the suicide was predictable and could have been avoided, based on investigation documents, which detailed the assaults and threats on the seaman.

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Chinese activist Xu

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese legal activist. The Beijing Municipal High People's Court on April 11, 2014, rejected an appeal by Xu, who was earlier in the year convicted of disrupting public order by organizing anti-corruption protests, finalizing his four-year jail sentence that has drawn international criticism.

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Destroyer-boat collision case

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the stern of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru (front), after a collision with the Aegis destroyer Atago (back) of the Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Pacific just outside Tokyo Bay in February 2008. Seen in the middle is a patrol boat of the Japan Coast Guard. The Tokyo High Court upheld on June 11, 2013, a lower court acquittal of two MSDF sailors over the collision that killed two fishermen.

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Top court declares woman Minamata disease victim

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiff Akio Mizoguchi raises his arms in celebration in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on April 16, 2013. The top court upheld a high court ruling that posthumously recognized his mother Chie as a victim of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, one of the country's worst outbreaks of disease linked to industrial pollution.

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Top court declares woman Minamata disease victim

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiff Akio Mizoguchi raises his arms in celebration in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on April 16, 2013. The top court upheld a high court ruling that posthumously recognized his mother Chie as a victim of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, one of the country's worst outbreaks of disease linked to industrial pollution.

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Vote disparity

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers who filed a lawsuit over the 2.34 times disparity in the weight of votes seen in the Tokyo No. 1 single-seat constituency in the House of Representatives election December 2012, stand in front of the Tokyo High Court on March 6, 2013, after it ruled the disparity was unconstitutional.

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Ex-DPJ leader Ozawa acquitted over political funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, leaves the Tokyo High Court in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2012, after the court acquitted him over allegations of false political funds reporting.

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Ex-DPJ leader Ozawa acquitted over political funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Court-appointed lawyers acting as public prosecutors in the appeal trial of Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, arrive at the Tokyo High Court in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2012. The court acquitted Ozawa later that day over allegations of false political funds reporting.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali gives a news conference in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Nov. 7, 2012, after the Tokyo High Court acquitted him the same day of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he spent 15 years in prison.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (front) gives a news conference in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Nov. 7, 2012, after the Tokyo High Court acquitted him the same day of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he spent 15 years in prison.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali gives a news conference in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Nov. 7, 2012, after the Tokyo High Court acquitted him the same day of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he spent 15 years in prison.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - Govinda Prasad Mainali (2nd from R) makes a victory sign on the balcony of his Kathmandu residence on Nov. 7, 2012, shortly after being informed by his supporters in Japan that the Tokyo High Court had acquitted him of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he had been sentenced to life in prison.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kamiyama (C), who heads the defense counsel for Govinda Prasad Mainali, and other members of the counsel smile during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2012, after the Tokyo High Court exonerated the Nepalese man of a 1997 murder. The court acquitted Mainali, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of a Japanese woman.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - A supporter (R front) for Govinda Prasad Mainali holds a sheet of paper bearing the message "Acquitted in retrial," in front of the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 7, 2012, shortly after the Nepalese man was exonerated of the 1997 murder of a Japanese woman. The court acquitted Mainali, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the killing.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors enter the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 7, 2012, to hear a ruling in a retrial of a Nepalese man over a high-profile 1997 murder case. The court acquitted Govinda Prasad Mainali, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of a Japanese woman.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali smiles on the balcony of his Kathmandu residence on Nov. 7, 2012, shortly after being informed by his supporters in Japan that the Tokyo High Court had acquitted him of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he had been sentenced to life in prison.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali smiles on the balcony of his Kathmandu residence on Nov. 7, 2012, shortly after being informed by his supporters in Japan that the Tokyo High Court had acquitted him of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he had been sentenced to life in prison.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the defense counsel for Govinda Prasad Mainali enter the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 7, 2012, to hear a ruling in a retrial of the Nepalese man over a high-profile 1997 murder case. The court acquitted Mainali, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of a Japanese woman.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - A supporter (C front) for Govinda Prasad Mainali holds a sheet of paper bearing the message "Acquitted in retrial," in front of the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 7, 2012, shortly after the Nepalese man was exonerated of the 1997 murder of a Japanese woman. The court acquitted Mainali, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the killing.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - Supporters for Govinda Prasad Mainali distribute handbills in front of the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 7, 2012, ahead of a ruling in a retrial of the Nepalese man over a high-profile 1997 murder case. The court acquitted Mainali, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of a Japanese woman.

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Prosecutors say convicted Nepalese not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers defending Govinda Prasad Mainali smile during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012, after prosecutors said in a retrial at the Tokyo High Court earlier the same day that the 46-year-old Nepalese man convicted of killing a Japanese woman in 1997 is not guilty, making his acquittal certain.

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Convicted Nepalese to be acquitted

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali and his wife Radha wave at their home in Kathmandu on Oct. 29, 2012, as his retrial in a high-profile murder case began the same day at the Tokyo High Court. Japanese prosecutors said at the court in the retrial that the Nepalese man convicted of killing a Japanese woman in 1997 is not guilty, making his acquittal certain.

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Convicted Nepalese to be acquitted

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali waves at his home in Kathmandu on Oct. 29, 2012, as his retrial in a high-profile murder case began the same day at the Tokyo High Court. Japanese prosecutors said at the court in the retrial that the Nepalese man convicted of killing a Japanese woman in 1997 is not guilty, making his acquittal certain.

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Ozawa's appeal trial

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, arrives at the Tokyo High Court in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012. An appeal trial started that day in a false political funds reporting case involving Ozawa.

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Sentence over 2008 Akihabara rampage

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on June 8, 2008, shows police examining the site of a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district. The Tokyo High Court on Sept. 12, 2012, upheld the death sentence given to Tomohiro Kato, a 29-year-old man, for killing seven people and injuring 10 others in the rampage.

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Sentence over 2008 Akihabara rampage

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 9, 2012, shows an intersection in Tokyo's Akihabara district, site of a stabbing rampage in 2008. The Tokyo High Court on Sept. 12, 2012, upheld the death sentence given to Tomohiro Kato, a 29-year-old man, for killing seven people and injuring 10 others in the rampage.

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Damages suit against Google over Street View service nixed

FUKUOKA, Japan - File photo shows a camera on a vehicle believed to be taking images for Google Inc.'s Street View service in Tokyo's Minato Ward in 2009. The Fukuoka High Court on July 13, 2012, upheld a lower court decision that turned down a Japanese woman's 600,000 yen damages suit against the Japan subsidiary of the U.S. search engine operator for allegedly infringing on her privacy through photo shots and their release on the Street View service.

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Damages suit against Google over Street View service nixed

FUKUOKA, Japan - File photo shows a vehicle believed to be taking images for Google Inc.'s Street View service in Tokyo's Minato Ward in 2009. The license plate is made obscure. The Fukuoka High Court on July 13, 2012, upheld a lower court decision that turned down a Japanese woman's 600,000 yen damages suit against the Japanese subsidiary of the U.S. search engine operator for allegedly infringing on her privacy through photo shots and their release on the Street View service.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) Radha Mainali and her second daughter Alisha and eldest daughter Mithila are interviewed in Yokohama on June 8, 2012, after meeting Radha's husband, and Alisha and Mithila's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali, at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Radha Mainali (R, front row) and her daughters Mithila (L, front row) and Alisha (C, front row) leave the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, after meeting Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) Radha Mainali and her daughters Mithila and Alisha visit the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, to meet Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Radha Mainali (R, front row) and her daughters Mithila (L, front row) and Alisha (C, front row) visit the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, to meet Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.