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Top court repeals order for registry of surrogate-born twins

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Japanese TV personality Aki Mukai (L) and former professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada are pictured during a press conference on April 11, 2007, after the Supreme Court repealed in March a lower court ruling ordering a Tokyo ward office to accept on its registry twins born to the couple through an American surrogate mother. The decision by the top court finalized Shinagawa Ward's rejection to register the 2003 births of the boys.(Kyodo)

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19 plaintiffs recognized as A-bomb radiation disease sufferers

KUMAMOTO, Japan - The plaintiffs and their supporters celebrate outside the Kumamoto District Court on July 30 after the court repealed most of the state decision not to recognize 21 people in Kumamoto Prefecture who suffered in the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as radiation casualties. The court recognized 19 of 21 plaintiffs as radiation disease sufferers. Of 250,000 people certified under Japanese law as atomic bomb victims as of March 31, only 2,242 have been recognized as suffering from illnesses caused by radiation from the atomic bombings, according to Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry data.

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Top court repeals order for registry of surrogate-born twins

TOKYO, Japan - Files photos show TV personality Aki Mukai (L) and former professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada. The Supreme Court on March 23 repealed a lower court ruling ordering a Tokyo ward office to accept on its registry twins born to the couple through an American surrogate mother. The decision by the top court's No. 2 petty bench finalizes Shinagawa Ward's rejection to register the births of the boys, now aged 3.

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Top court repeals order for registry of surrogate-born twins

TOKYO, Japan - Files photos show TV personality Aki Mukai (L) and former professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada. The Supreme Court on March 23 repealed a lower court ruling ordering a Tokyo ward office to accept on its registry twins born to the couple through an American surrogate mother. The decision by the top court's No. 2 petty bench finalizes Shinagawa Ward's rejection to register the births of the boys, now aged 3. (Kyodo)

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Protesters rally against restarting nuclear reactor at Takahama plant

Protesters demonstrate in the town of Takahama in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on May 17, 2017, against the imminent restart of a local nuclear reactor. Kansai Electric Power Co. restarted the reactor later in the day after a high court repealed the decision by a district court to suspend its operation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protesters rally against restarting nuclear reactor at Takahama plant

Protesters demonstrate in the town of Takahama in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on May 17, 2017, against the imminent restart of a local nuclear reactor. Kansai Electric Power Co. restarted the reactor later in the day after a high court repealed the decision by a district court to suspend its operation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protesters rally against restarting nuclear reactor at Takahama plant

Protesters rally in front of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on May 17, 2017, against the company's imminent restart of a reactor at the plant. The reactor restarted later in the day after a high court repealed the decision by a district court to suspend its operation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protesters rally against restarting nuclear reactor at Takahama plant

Protesters rally in front of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on May 17, 2017, against the company's imminent restart of a reactor at the plant. The reactor restarted later in the day after a high court repealed the decision by a district court to suspend its operation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo