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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2018
Chinese rights activists fearful as former police official takes charge of legal affairs
Chinese rights lawyers and activists say the Monday promotion of former police official Fu Zhenghua to head China's justice ministry signals an even deeper freeze on attempts to use the country's legal system to defend against rights abuses.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2018
TSA says it does not search travelers' devices for content
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said on Tuesday in response to a lawsuit that it does not search electronic devices of air travelers for content.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 20, 2018
Internal documents reveal that 90% of secret Japanese government funds were spent without receipts
The spending documents mark the first public release of details about the covert funds, which are used for intelligence gathering and other activities deemed to be in the national interest.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 20, 2018
Syrian asylum-seekers' bid for refugee status rejected by Tokyo court
The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit filed by two Syrian asylum-seekers — echoing the Immigration Bureau's decision not to grant them refugee status — in the first such court challenge in Japan since civil war broke out in the Middle Eastern nation in 2011.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 20, 2018
U.S. plaintiffs involved in Fukushima disaster relief seek $1 billion in damages over nuclear meltdowns
About 200 U.S. residents have filed a lawsuit against Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and a U.S. firm, seeking at least $1 billion (about ¥106 billion) to cover medical expenses related to radiation exposure suffered during the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, the utility has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2018
Saga District Court rejects bid to suspend restart of nuclear reactors at Genkai plant
The plaintiffs had questioned the plant's safety standards and cited the risk of a volcanic eruption in the region.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2018
U.S. unlikely to pay family of woman slain by civilian base worker in Okinawa
The U.S. military appears unlikely to compensate the family of a Japanese woman slain in Okinawa Prefecture in 2016 by a civilian U.S. base worker, it has been learned.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 16, 2018
Government and Tepco again ordered to pay damages to Fukushima evacuees
Following a similar ruling on Thursday, a court on Friday again ordered the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay damages to residents who fled Fukushima due to the nuclear meltdowns at a power plant in 2011.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 16, 2018
Japan to allow plea bargaining from June amid overhaul of criminal justice system
The government on Friday decided to introduce the right to plea bargain on June 1 by putting into force a revised law on criminal proceedings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 15, 2018
India's top court reinstates marriage, overturning lower court ruling, in alleged case of ‘love jihad’
India's Supreme Court has overturned an order by a lower court and permitted a Hindu woman who had converted to Islam to live with her Muslim husband, a man federal investigators accused of being a recruiter for militant group Islamic State in an incident authorities had called "Love Jihad."
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
Death penalty sought for 25-year-old man over 2016 dagger attack on Osaka family that killed one
Prosecutors have sought the death penalty for a 25-year-old man who allegedly stabbed a man to death with a dagger and injured his three children at their home in Osaka Prefecture in 2016.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
Third ruling orders government and Tepco to pay damages to Fukushima disaster evacuees
The Kyoto District Court on Thursday ordered the state and the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to pay damages to evacuees over the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 14, 2018
Duterte to withdraw Philippines from International Criminal Court
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will withdraw from the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Rome Statute, officials said on Wednesday, due to what he said were attacks by U.N. officials and violations of due process by the ICC.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2018
Tokyo High Court acquits three over fatal elevator accident
The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday acquitted an elevator maintenance company chairman and two others over a 2006 accident that killed a 16-year-old boy, scrapping a lower court ruling.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 14, 2018
Kobe Steel and Toyota sued over the steel-makers' fabricated data
Kobe Steel Ltd. said Wednesday that two U.S. consumers have filed a class-action lawsuit against the steel-maker and Toyota Motor Corp., seeking compensation for substandard metals used in vehicles.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2018
Japan restaurant chain ordered to pay damages over raw-meat food poisoning deaths
The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday ordered restaurant chain operator Foods Forus Co. to pay ¥169 million ($1.58 million) to the families of three victims who died from food poisoning after eating raw meat at one of its barbecue restaurants in 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2018
Saitama man handed nine-year prison term for holding girl captive for two years
Kabu Terauchi's defense lawyers claimed their client was not able to take full responsibility for his actions, but the judge saw things differently.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2018
Duterte says International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to indict him over killings in drug war
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said there is no chance of him going on trial at the International Criminal Court because "not in a million years" would it have jurisdiction to indict him.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 2, 2018
Lawyers move to settle with MRI International in Japan and U.S. over alleged Ponzi scheme
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 1, 2018
Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing three at Kawasaki nursing home
Prosecuting counsel said Hayato Imai, 25, had committed “cruel and despicable” crimes and that he has made “highly credible confessions” to police, but Imai maintains his innocence.
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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