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JAPAN

Jul 1, 2003

Foreigners' war-redress battles rage on

For many elderly foreigners who were victims of Japanese prewar and wartime aggression and occupation, the fighting continues.

JAPAN

Jun 27, 2003

Iranian to get 600,000 yen for prison guard abuse

The Tokyo District Court ordered the central government Thursday to pay 600,000 yen to an Iranian former inmate at Fuchu Prison for abuse at the hands of guards.

JAPAN

Jun 27, 2003

Iranian to get 600,000 yen for prison guard abuse

The Tokyo District Court ordered the central government Thursday to pay 600,000 yen to an Iranian former inmate at Fuchu Prison for abuse at the hands of guards.

JAPAN

Jun 27, 2003

Iranian to get 600,000 yen for prison guard abuse

The Tokyo District Court ordered the central government Thursday to pay 600,000 yen to an Iranian former inmate at Fuchu Prison for abuse at the hands of guards.

JAPAN

Jun 22, 2003

Japan's communists to sing a different tune -- at last

The Japanese Communist Party is finally making moves to update its 42-year-old party platform in an attempt to better reflect the reality of modern Japanese society and the world.

JAPAN

Jun 18, 2003

Ministry to replace dreaded prison device

The Justice Ministry announced Tuesday it will replace a controversial leather restraining device -- which has been criticized as an instrument of torture -- with leather manacles lined with felt on the inside.

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JAPAN

Jun 18, 2003

Ministry to replace dreaded prison device

The Justice Ministry announced Tuesday it will replace a controversial leather restraining device -- which has been criticized as an instrument of torture -- with leather manacles lined with felt on the inside.

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JAPAN

Jun 18, 2003

Ministry to replace dreaded prison device

The Justice Ministry announced Tuesday it will replace a controversial leather restraining device -- which has been criticized as an instrument of torture -- with leather manacles lined with felt on the inside.

JAPAN

Jun 14, 2003

Guard abuse evident in only two of 1,566 deaths: ministry

The Justice Ministry said Friday that a special probe into suspicious prisoner deaths between 1993 and 2002 has found evidence of abuse by guards in just two of the 1,566 cases under scrutiny.

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JAPAN

Jun 13, 2003

Korean vets sue government over forced labor in Siberia

A group of former South Korean soldiers and civilian workers of the Imperial Japanese Army, forced into laborer by the Soviet Union for years after World War II, sued the government Thursday for 300 million yen in unpaid wages and compensation.

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JAPAN

Jun 13, 2003

Korean vets sue government over forced labor in Siberia

A group of former South Korean soldiers and civilian workers of the Imperial Japanese Army, forced into laborer by the Soviet Union for years after World War II, sued the government Thursday for 300 million yen in unpaid wages and compensation.

JAPAN

Jun 13, 2003

Korean vets sue government over forced labor in Siberia

A group of former South Korean soldiers and civilian workers of the Imperial Japanese Army, forced into laborer by the Soviet Union for years after World War II, sued the government Thursday for 300 million yen in unpaid wages and compensation.

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JAPAN

Jun 7, 2003

Chino Shoho's quirks pose no threat: cultist

On a quiet hill dotted with summer cottages in the village of Oizumi, Yamanashi Prefecture, with Mount Fuji soaring above the southern Alps, a pair of geodesic domes are going up.

JAPAN

Jun 6, 2003

Transsexuals' SOS answered

A group of ruling coalition lawmakers is preparing legislation that would allow transsexuals to switch their gender on their family register after having sex-change surgery.

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JAPAN

Jun 4, 2003

Former prosecutor, out on parole, goes back on offensive

A public prosecutor arrested last year renewed his charges against his former colleagues Tuesday, repeating his claim that money meant to pay off informants is instead going toward wining and dining.

JAPAN

Jun 4, 2003

Public weight to balance scales of justice?

Unlike Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's administrative and economic reform initiatives, which have seen slow going, his efforts to overhaul the judiciary have made steady progress.

JAPAN

Jun 4, 2003

Public weight to balance scales of justice?

Unlike Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's administrative and economic reform initiatives, which have seen slow going, his efforts to overhaul the judiciary have made steady progress.

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JAPAN

Apr 23, 2003

Aum flailing amid vacuum left by Asahara

In early February, a 37-year-old former member of Aum Shinrikyo launched a Web site featuring transcripts of past lectures by the cult's founder, Shoko Asahara.

JAPAN

Apr 17, 2003

Drive to amend Prison Law gathers steam

Recent revelations concerning the fatal abuse of inmates by guards at Nagoya Prison have prompted the Justice Ministry to pursue amendments to the near century-old Prison Law -- or even its complete abolition in favor of new legislation.

JAPAN

Apr 15, 2003

Transsexuals given ministry approval

The home affairs ministry has told the Tokyo Metropolitan Election Administration Commission that local election commissions should accept a candidate's application even if it is filed showing a gender different from that in the candidate's family register, it was learned Monday.

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