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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 4, 2022
Nissan won’t appeal ruling that carmaker hid Carlos Ghosn’s pay
Meanwhile, lawyers for Nissan's former director, Greg Kelly, said they will appeal a ruling that saw him given a suspended sentence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 2, 2022
KKR-owned Marelli to file for debt reorganization in Japan
Marelli, a key supplier for automakers Nissan Motor Co. and Stellantis NV, had at least u00a51.1 trillion ($9.5 billion) in total debt as of September, sources said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2022
Biden introduces ‘brilliant’ Ketanji Brown Jackson as U.S. Supreme Court pick
U.S. President Joe Biden introduced federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to be the first Black woman on the court Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Feb 5, 2022
Inside Johnson & Johnson’s secret plan to cap litigation payouts to cancer victims
If J&J succeeds, some experts argue, it could provide a blueprint for corporate America on how to circumvent jury trials involving allegations of defective products or misconduct.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2022
As a Supreme Court justice pondered retirement, Biden bet on a hands-off strategy
The president believed pressuring Stephen Breyer, the court's oldest justice, to retire might backfire. A chorus of liberals took a different approach.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2022
Biden considers Judge J. Michelle Childs for Supreme Court nomination
Other names expected to be on Biden's list include Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal judge; Leondra Kruger, of the California Supreme Court; and Sherrilyn Ifill, a civil rights lawyer.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2022
Cleanup of Fukushima nuclear plant hit by leak of ice-wall coolant
The leakage has had no impact on the wall or the environment, plant operator Tepco said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2022
Ahmaud Arbery’s killers get life behind bars in racially charged U.S. case
The three white men convicted of murder in the shooting death of Arbery while he jogged through their quiet Georgia neighborhood were sentenced to life in prison.

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