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Inter-Union Mobilization in Toulouse - France

Two placards, as many lawsuits for Sarkozy as there are prime ministers. Even I can see that it's all going to hell. Third day of protests and strikes in a month. Nationwide strike and protest organized by the inter-union coalition (UNSA, CFDT, CGT, FO, CGC, CFTC, Solidaires, FSU) against budgetary austerity policies and in favor of social and fiscal justice. France, Toulouse, October 2, 2025. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate Colorado ruling over his ballot eligibility

STORY: Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate Colorado ruling over his ballot SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: Jan. 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:04 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court (file) 2. various of protestors gathering outside U.S. Capitol (file) 3. various of Trump departing the White House (file) STORYLINE: Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate a recent ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court, which removed him from the state's 2024 presidential primary ballot. Two weeks ago, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump, who is the 2024 Republican frontrunner, isn't an eligible presidential candidate, with a vote of 4-3. The ruling cited a U.S. constitutional provision prohibiting people who have engaged in "insurrection" from federal office. Lawsuits in Colorado, as well as some other states, argue that Trump should be disqualified from ballots because he engaged in inciting the Capito

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NIKE Store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 22, 2023 - Customers shop at a NIKE store in Shanghai, China, May 22, 2023. Nike could face fines of "more than $530 million" for misclassifying independent contractors, according to reports. The documents show that workers in the US and Western Europe were misclassified, which could expose the shoemaker to fines or even lawsuits, The Guardian reported on Friday. According to the report, temporary workers from the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium are misclassified in the European market. Nike did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the allegations.

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NIKE Store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 22, 2023 - Customers shop at a NIKE store in Shanghai, China, May 22, 2023. Nike could face fines of "more than $530 million" for misclassifying independent contractors, according to reports. The documents show that workers in the US and Western Europe were misclassified, which could expose the shoemaker to fines or even lawsuits, The Guardian reported on Friday. According to the report, temporary workers from the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium are misclassified in the European market. Nike did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the allegations.

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First settlement reached in hepatitis damages suits against state

FUKUOKA, Japan - A total of 29 hepatitis C sufferers suing the state and drugmakers for damages settled suits with the state in Osaka and Fukuoka on Feb. 4, the first such settlement among a series of similar lawsuits filed by about 240 people nationwide since 2002. Photo shows plaintiffs smiling during a news conference the same day after the settlement of their suit at the Fukuoka High Court.

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Lawyers make final plea to nullify 2013 poll results

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 29, 2014, shows the grand bench of Japan's Supreme Court in Tokyo, at which two groups of lawyers made their final plea over lawsuits they have filed to nullify the results of the 2013 upper house election because of the disparity in the weight of votes.

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S. Koreans, Chinese hold rally over wartime forced labor

SHIJIAZHUANG, China - A South Korean woman makes a speech during a rally on April 1, 2014, in Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province in northern China, in support of Chinese people set to file a lawsuit the next day against a Japanese company over forced labor during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The former Chinese forced laborers and deceased laborers' family members invited South Koreans, who have filed similar lawsuits in South Korea, to deepen cooperation and share experiences.

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Court voids poll in western Japan constituency

OKAYAMA, Japan - Lawyers smile outside the Okayama branch of the Hiroshima High Court on Nov. 28, 2013, after the court ruled that the result in the Okayama constituency in July's House of Councillors election should be invalidated due to an unconstitutional disparity in the weight of votes. The decision is the first ruling among 14 similar lawsuits filed with high courts across Japan by groups of lawyers, who have argued the disparity up to 4.77-fold in the July 21 upper house election is against the equal-protection clause under the Constitution.

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Top court convenes grand bench

TOKYO, Japan - Grand bench of the Supreme Court convenes in Tokyo on July 10, 2013, to consider lawsuits over a Civil Code provision sanctioning the awarding of less inheritance to illegitimate children. The top court convenes the grand bench when it plans to change its interpretation of the Constitution or reverse a legal precedent.

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Court rules Dec. election invalid over vote disparity

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Tetsuya Kanao, one of the lawyers who filed a lawsuit claiming the general election held in December 2012 was invalid due to significant disparities in the weight of votes, holds a press conference in Hiroshima on March 25, 2013, after the local high court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. The Hiroshima High Court ruled the same day that the results of the election in Hiroshima's No. 1 and 2 districts were invalid, becoming the first court in Japan to declare an election result void amid a series of lawsuits over disparities in the weight of votes.

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Suits against state, TEPCO

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prospective plaintiffs hold a press conference in Fukushima City on Feb. 8, 2013, as residents of Fukushima and neighboring prefectures including evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear disaster will file lawsuits against the state and Tokyo Electric Power Co.

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Hepatitis B sufferers to accept court proposal

TOKYO, Japan - Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs suffering from hepatitis B, speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2011. The plaintiffs decided the same day to accept a court-proposed settlement plan for lawsuits against the government on condition that the state offers an apology and blanket compensation.

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Hepatitis B sufferers, gov't seek settlement of lawsuits

SAPPORO, Japan - Hepatitis B sufferers enter the Sapporo District Court in Hokkaido on May 14, 2010, for a hearing of a lawsuit demanding the state compensate them for failing to take steps to avert the risks posed by shared needles during mass vaccinations. The government formally announced that day it will enter into talks to settle a string of such lawsuits.

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Hepatitis B sufferers, gov't seek settlement of lawsuits

SAPPORO, Japan - Hepatitis B sufferers enter the Sapporo District Court in Hokkaido on May 14, 2010, for a hearing of a lawsuit demanding the state compensate them for failing to take steps to avert the risks posed by shared needles during mass vaccinations. The government formally announced that day it will enter into talks to settle a string of such lawsuits.

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Bill to set up fund for A-bomb sufferers enacted

TOKYO, Japan - A plenary session of the House of Representatives approves a bill to establish a fund for atomic bomb sufferers in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009, although the members of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party abstained from voting. The bill will establish a 300 million yen fund to compensate people who are suffering from radiation-linked illnesses due to the 1945 atomic bombings and have lost compensation lawsuits against the state.

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Bill to set up fund for a-bomb sufferers clear lower house panel

TOKYO, Japan - Health minister Akira Nagatsuma bows in appreciation after the House of Representatives' Health, Labor and Welfare Committee approved a bill to establish a fund for atomic bomb suffers in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. The bill, expected to clear a plenary session of the lower house later in the day, will establish a 300 million yen fund to compensate people who are suffering from radiation-linked illnesses due to the 1945 atomic bombings and have lost compensation lawsuits against the state.

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Tunnel workers sue firms for lung disease redress

SAPPORO, Japan - Former tunnel construction workers from Hokkaido speak at a press conference in Sapporo on Nov. 27 as they filed a lawsuit with a local court demanding compensation for lung disease they contracted while working on state-ordered projects. More than 100 former tunnel construction workers filed lawsuits with courts across Japan.

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Gov't, hepatitis C patients sign accord to end legal battle

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe (L) bows before the representatives of the plaintiffs in hepatitis C damages lawsuits against the state and drugmakers, at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15 after the two sides signed a basic accord to end the protracted legal battle. The agreement is based on a law enacted last week offering blanket relief to those who contracted the liver illness through contaminated blood products such as fibrinogen which were administered to stop bleeding.

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Gov't, hepatitis C patients sign accord to end legal battle

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe (R) shakes hands with Michiko Yamaguchi, leader of the plaintiffs in hepatitis C damages lawsuits against the state and drugmakers, at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15 after the two sides signed a basic accord to end the protracted legal battle. The agreement is based on a law enacted last week offering blanket relief to those who contracted the liver illness through contaminated blood products such as fibrinogen which were administered to stop bleeding.

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Fukuda offers apologies to plaintiffs in hepatitis C case

TOKYO, Japan - Two combined photos shows Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) offering apologies to representatives (L) of the plaintiffs, who filed damages lawsuits against the state and drug makers over their contraction of hepatitis C through tainted blood products.

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Fukuda apologizes to Japanese war orphans from China, 1st by PM

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R, standing) apologizes to Japanese nationals formerly war-displaced in China (L side) on Dec. 5 at his office in Tokyo, making it the first apology by a prime minister to the so-called ''war orphans.'' The move followed the Diet's enactment of new support measures last week for those displaced in World War II to settle lawsuits.

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Court urges gov't to settle suits with hepatitis C patients

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on Nov. 7 after the Osaka High Court called on the government and drug makers to reach a negotiated settlement of damages lawsuits filed by people infected with hepatitis-C through tainted blood products.

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Court urges gov't to settle suits with hepatitis C patients

OSAKA, Japan - Plaintiffs seeking damages over hepatitis-C diseases enter the Osaka High Court to attend a court session on Nov. 7. The court called on the government and drug makers for a negotiated settlement of damages lawsuits filed by people who were infected with hepatitis-C through tainted blood products.

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War-displaced Japanese to settle lawsuits

TOKYO, Japan - Sumie Ikeda, representative of formerly war-displaced Japanese nationals, speaks to reporters after her meeting with Yoshiyuki Inoue, secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at the prime minister's office on July 9. Members of Ikeda's group have decided to accept the government's new support plan for them and settle their lawsuits.

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Tokyo tunnel workers, state settle lung disease lawsuit

TOKYO, Japan - Relatives of former tunnel construction workers, stricken by lung disease after working on state-ordered projects, rejoice June 20 after formally reaching a settlement with the state at the Tokyo High Court. They are the first among around 970 people who have filed lawsuits throughout Japan to seek compensation and have settled by giving up their claim to compensation in exchange for the state pledging to step up measures for workers against pneumoconiosis.

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Tunnel workers, state agree to settle lung disease lawsuits

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoe Funayama, the lead counsel for the plaintiffs in civil lawsuits filed by former tunnel construction workers against the state seeking damages for pneumoconiosis, waves a settlement accord he signed with the chief counsel for the government in the lawsuits on June 18. The signing ceremony took place at the No. 1 Diet Members Building in Tokyo.

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Tunnel workers, state to settle damages suits over lung disease

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shake hands with one of former tunnel construction workers stricken by lung disease after working on state-ordered projects at his office on June 18. They are expected to reach a negotiated settlement with the government on their civil lawsuits later in the day.

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State loses damages suit over lung disease for 4th time

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Plaintiffs head to the Tokushima District Court in Tokushima Prefecture on March 28. The court ordered the state to pay a total of 57.2 million yen in damages to 26 people who contracted pneumoconiosis during state-ordered tunnel construction projects. The decision marks the state's fourth straight loss in similar lawsuits filed with 11 district courts.

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State loses damages suit over lung disease for 4th time

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Supporters rejoice in front of the Tokushima District Court on March 28 after the court ordered the state to pay a total of 57.2 million yen in damages to 26 people who contracted pneumoconiosis during state-ordered tunnel construction projects. The decision marks the state's fourth straight loss in similar lawsuits filed with 11 district courts.

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Miyazaki court rejects damages claim by Chinese forced laborers

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters arrives at the Miyazaki District Court on March 26 to hear a ruling on their lawsuit. The court later rejected a damages suit filed by a group of Chinese who sought compensation from the state and a Tokyo company for being forced to work as laborers in Japan during World War II, in another loss by plaintiffs in a series of such lawsuits.

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Contradictory rulings on ex-Taiwan, S. Korean leprosy patients

TOKYO, Japan - Former Taiwanese and South Korean leprosy patients arrive at the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 25 to hear the court's rulings on their lawsuits seeking compensation from the Japanese government for segregation at leprosariums in Taiwan and South Korea during Japan's colonial rule.

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(1)High court denies redress to Chinese forced laborers

FUKUOKA, Japan - Liu Qian (2nd from L), 82, and Zhang Baoheng (3rd from L), 81, stand before supporters May 24 outside the Fukuoka High Court. The court denied redress from the state and Mitsui Mining Co. to them and 13 other Chinese men forced to work in Japanese coal mines during World War II in the first-ever ruling at the high court level on a series of lawsuits former Chinese forced laborers have filed across Japan.

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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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(2)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Zhang Wenbin, one of 12 Chinese who filed a lawsuits to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, speaks to reporters in Niigata on March 26 after the Niigata District Court ordered the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to pay 88 million yen in damages.

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Kokuro agrees to drop suits in JNR dismissal dispute

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the National Railway Workers Union (Kokuro) protest a proposal by union leadership that pending lawsuits against the Japan Railway (JR) companies be dropped during an extraordinary union convention in Tokyo on May 27. After heated debate, representatives at the meeting eventually endorsed the leadership's proposal to scrap the litigation.

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State ordered to pay 810 mil. yen for ASDF base noise

KANAZAWA, Japan - Residents in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, who filed lawsuits over noise from the Air Self-Defense Force Komatsu base, welcome their victory March 6 at the Kanazawa District Court. The court ordered the government to pay about 810 million yen in compensation to the local residents.

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Gov't accepts court settlement in CJD lawsuits

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi announces at the Diet on March 1 that the government accepts a court-brokered settlement of lawsuits filed by on behalf of 20 people who contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) from transplants of infected dura mater. The first CJD lawsuit was filed at the Otsu District Court in 1996 and the second the following year at the Tokyo District Court.

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CJD families, supporters stage protest for quick settlement

TOKYO, Japan - Families and supporters of victims of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) stage a sit-in in front of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 6 to urge the government to quickly reach a settlement in two CJD lawsuits.

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Health minister meets with CJD plaintiffs

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (R) meet with plaintiffs in lawsuits filed by patients and bereaved families of victims of the fatal Creutsfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) at his ministry Jan. 15. Standing to address Sakaguchi is Sanichi Tani, 52, who heads the suit filed with the Otsu District Court. The plaintiffs are seeking a total of around 3 billion yen in damages in two suits that are pending at the Otsu and Tokyo district courts.

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Group asks ministry to expand medical care for HIV/AIDS

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of a group of HIV/AIDS patients and their relatives who filed lawsuits in Tokyo and Osaka several years ago speak to reporters after talks with Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi in Tokyo on March 13. They called on the minister to expand medical services for AIDS and increase personnel and facilities at the Osaka National Hospital and the Tokyo-based AIDS Clinical Center (ACC), a center for Japan's AIDS medical services.

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-SUPREME COURT-COLLEGE ADMISSION-ARGUMENT

(221101) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 31, 2022 shows the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the use of affirmative action in college admissions on Monday. The lawsuits were brought forward by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a nonprofit membership group, against admissions policies at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Harvard. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-SUPREME COURT-COLLEGE ADMISSION-ARGUMENT

(221101) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 31, 2022 shows the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the use of affirmative action in college admissions on Monday. The lawsuits were brought forward by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a nonprofit membership group, against admissions policies at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Harvard. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-SUPREME COURT-COLLEGE ADMISSION-ARGUMENT

(221101) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 31, 2022 shows the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the use of affirmative action in college admissions on Monday. The lawsuits were brought forward by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a nonprofit membership group, against admissions policies at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Harvard. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-SUPREME COURT-COLLEGE ADMISSION-ARGUMENT

(221101) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 31, 2022 shows the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the use of affirmative action in college admissions on Monday. The lawsuits were brought forward by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a nonprofit membership group, against admissions policies at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Harvard. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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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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Health minister meets with CJD plaintiffs

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (R) meet with plaintiffs in lawsuits filed by patients and bereaved families of victims of the fatal Creutsfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) at his ministry Jan. 15. Standing to address Sakaguchi is Sanichi Tani, 52, who heads the suit filed with the Otsu District Court. The plaintiffs are seeking a total of around 3 billion yen in damages in two suits that are pending at the Otsu and Tokyo district courts.

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Fukuda apologizes to Japanese war orphans from China, 1st by PM

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R, standing) apologizes to Japanese nationals formerly war-displaced in China (L side) on Dec. 5 at his office in Tokyo, making it the first apology by a prime minister to the so-called ''war orphans.'' The move followed the Diet's enactment of new support measures last week for those displaced in World War II to settle lawsuits. (Kyodo)

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Fukuda offers apologies to plaintiffs in hepatitis C case

TOKYO, Japan - Two combined photos shows Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) offering apologies to representatives (L) of the plaintiffs, who filed damages lawsuits against the state and drug makers over their contraction of hepatitis C through tainted blood products. (Kyodo)