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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2016
Japanese Supreme Court hears its first case on dementia liability
The family of a 91-year-old man with dementia who was killed by a train after wandering onto railway tracks argued Tuesday before the Supreme Court that holding them liable for disrupting train services would essentially deny that healthy and disabled people can coexist in society.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2016
Court rejects demand for injunction against Abe visits to Yasukuni Shrine
The Osaka District Court on Thursday dismissed a demand by plaintiffs in Japan and Taiwan for an injunction to prevent Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from making future visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 27, 2016
Kagoshima man freed after wrongful rape conviction; police DNA tests called into question
A ruling by the Fukuoka High Court acquitting a man of the rape of a teenage girl in 2012 was finalized Wednesday after prosecutors did not appeal it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 26, 2016
Hyogo's 'crying politician' appears in court, pleads not guilty to fraud
A former prefectural assemblyman who gained notoriety for weeping hysterically at a 2014 news conference over his dubious spending of political funds pleaded not guilty Tuesday to fraud charges stemming from his alleged misuse of the money.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 22, 2016
In guardedly key win, appeals court lets Obama's EPA carbon emissions plan stand
In a big victory for the Obama administration, a U.S. federal court on Thursday rejected a bid by 27 states to block its Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of its strategy to combat climate change by reducing carbon emissions from power plants.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2016
U.S., three other nations pen joint statement against Japan's whaling in Antarctic Sea
The United States, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands reiterated their opposition to Japan's whaling operation in the Antarctic Sea following the government's recent decision to resume the hunt.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jan 10, 2016
A year in the life of Japan's Supreme Court
Grand rulings hogged the headlines in 2015 while the Petty Benches sweated the small stuff and big issues were kicked down the line.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 9, 2016
Different-names ruling leaves door open to possibility of same-sex marriages
While the Supreme Court ruling said there is nothing unconstitutional about compelling married couples to register under one name, they didn't expressly limit marriage to a man and a woman.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 2, 2016
In Abe's Japan, a woman's place is on the margins
On Dec. 16, Japan's Supreme Court struck a blow for patriarchy by refusing to strike down the law requiring married couples to adopt one surname, a regulation that weighs disproportionately on women since in almost all cases they adopt their husband's family name. For career women, this requirement burdens...
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Dec 28, 2015
Let's discuss the law on surnames
Plaintiffs contesting family laws that require spouses to choose a single surname expressed shock and anger at Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling, saying it will force more women to suffer the misery of having to change their name upon marriage.
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2015
Kansai Electric to begin fuel loading for Fukui nuclear restart
Kansai Electric Power Co. said Friday it has started loading nuclear fuel into a reactor on the Sea of Japan following a court decision to lift an injunction against the move, paving the way for its restart in late January, which would be the country's third reactor to go online.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 25, 2015
The scourge of conformism besetting Japanese society
The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the law requiring married couples to use the same surname is rooted in a society that stifles those outside the norm.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 22, 2015
Court orders operators to pay damages over 2012 tunnel collapse deaths
A Nagoya-based expressway operator and a subsidiary are ordered to pay around ¥440 million in damages to the families of five of the nine people killed when the concrete ceiling in the Sasago Tunnel collapsed three years ago.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 21, 2015
Japan's married-name law isn't just about names
The Supreme Court's ruling on surnames raises a fascinating question: How much should a constitution reflect the distinctive values of a society and how much should it express universal rights?
EDITORIALS
Dec 21, 2015
Supreme Court's surname ruling
The Supreme Court's ruling upholding the constitutionality of requiring a married couple to use the same surname included a call on the Diet to examine the issue — which lawmakers should follow.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2015
U.S. gender experts slam Supreme Court ruling backing same surname for spouses
U.S. gender equality experts on Wednesday criticized a ruling by Japan's Supreme Court upholding a law requiring spouses to use the same surname, describing the law as outdated.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2015
Experts say surname verdict reflects top court's gender, age makeup
Questions have been raised as to whether a better gender balance among the top court's 15 justices might have resulted in a different outcome.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 16, 2015
Plaintiffs express shock at bad precedent set by court's decision on shared surnames
Plaintiffs contesting family laws that require spouses to choose a single surname expressed shock and anger at Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling, saying it sets a bad precedent and will force more women to suffer the misery of having to change their name upon marriage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 16, 2015
Japan's top court upholds same-name rule for married couples, overturns remarriage moratorium for women
The Supreme Court confirms the constitutionality of a controversial law requiring married couples to use the same surname in official matters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 15, 2015
Spouses await court ruling on retaining maiden name in marriage
Tears welled up in Kaori Oguni's eyes as she recalled the heartache she felt at what was supposed to be one of the happiest moments of her life — that is, when she and her husband registered their marriage at a Tokyo ward office in 2006.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Harry Kewell fired by Yokohama F. Marinos
Yokohama F. Marinos coach Harry Kewell before an Asian Champions League match against Ulsan Hyundai, in Ulsan, South Korea, on April 17
Statue of A-bombed Japanese girl in Seattle stolen
The Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes statue in Seattle's Peace Park. The statue was reported missing on Friday by the city government of Seattle.
'Super spicy' potato chips land Japan students in hospital
High school students were taken to hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday after eating "super spicy" potato chips.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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