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US COURTS

JAPAN
Oct 22, 2014
Tokyo court sees growing petitions against Internet postings
The Tokyo District Court has seen a sharp increase in petitions for injunctions against malicious Internet postings in recent years, court sources said on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2014
Google to comply with Japan court order to remove search results
Google Inc. has decided to comply with a Japanese court order to remove some online search results found to infringe on a man's privacy rights, company officials said on Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2014
Florida man gets life in jail for loud rap music murder
Michael Dunn, a middle-aged white man, was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 90 years, by a Florida judge on Friday for killing an unarmed black teenager in an argument over loud rap music.
WORLD / Society
Oct 18, 2014
Courts knock down gay marriage bans in Arizona, Alaska, Wyoming
Barriers to gay marriage fell in Arizona, Alaska and Wyoming on Friday following a series of federal court actions in the latest in a series of legal victories for supporters of same-sex matrimony in America.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 15, 2014
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Texas abortion restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked certain restrictions on abortion contained in a Texas state law.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Oct 8, 2014
Biased pamphlet bodes ill for left-behind foreign parents outside Japan
A pamphlet about the Hague Convention provides valuable insights into the Foreign Ministry's slanted mind-set towards the child abduction issue.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2014
Bahrain prince does not enjoy immunity over torture claims, U.K. court rules
A British court ruled on Tuesday that Bahraini Prince Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa, who has been accused of torturing detainees in Bahrain, does not enjoy immunity from prosecution in Britain.
WORLD / Society
Oct 8, 2014
Gay marriage bans fall in Idaho, Nevada after high court decision
Legal momentum for extending U.S. marriage rights to same-sex couples accelerated as a federal appeals court struck down bans on gay matrimony in Idaho and Nevada on Tuesday, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand similar rulings for five other states.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 7, 2014
U.S. Supreme Court dodges gay marriage, effectively allowing same-sex weddings in five more states
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to decide once and for all whether states can ban gay marriage, a surprising move that will allow gay men and women to get married in five additional states, with more likely to follow quickly.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2014
For Obama, Holder exit leaves void on civil rights issues
The departure of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder deprives the Obama administration of a powerful voice on civil rights at a time when riots in Ferguson, Missouri, have thrust the issue into the spotlight.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2014
China must close suicide 'loophole' for rotten officials: scholar
China must close the "judicial loophole" of suicide for corrupt officials in its ongoing battle against graft, a well-known scholar said in the official China Daily on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2014
Former Chinese official with ties to Japan goes on trial for corruption
A former deputy chief of China's powerful economic planning agency appeared in court on Wednesday to face charges of peddling influence to a variety of companies, including a Sino-Japanese joint venture involving Toyota Motor Corp.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Sep 24, 2014
Job insecurity among Japan's university teachers is a recipe for further decline
Increasing the number of academic working poor hired as part-time teachers flies in the face of the education ministry's call to build universities that 'can compete on the world stage.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 21, 2014
With crash probe, China turns up heat on ex-security chief Zhou
Little is known about the exact circumstances in which Wang Shuhua was killed. What has been reported, in the Chinese media, is that she died in a road accident sometime in 2000, shortly after she was divorced from her husband. And that at least one vehicle with a military license plate may have been...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2014
Man loses lawsuit against Google to have arrest record removed from search results
The Kyoto District Court has rejected a suit filed against the Japanese unit of U.S. Internet giant Google Inc. by a man who wanted to have his arrest record removed from online search results.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 13, 2014
Three get death sentence for China train station attack
A Chinese court sentenced three people to death and one to life in prison on Friday for an attack at a train station that triggered a sweeping crackdown on what Beijing calls militant violence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2014
Pop star Aska gets off with suspended sentence for drug use
The Tokyo District Court hands disgraced pop star Aska a suspended prison term for possession and use of illegal stimulants.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2014
Faster trials of Xinjiang terrorism cases urged by China prosecutor
A call by China's top prosecutor for swifter trials of "terrorists, religious extremists and makers of firearms and explosives" in the troubled region of Xinjiang threatens to fuel abuse of suspects' rights, a human rights group said Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2014
Nightclubs should be allowed to operate all night with proper lighting, NPA panel says
Nightclubs should be allowed to operate past midnight so long as they follow lighting standards set by authorities, a report by a National Police Agency panel of experts says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2014
Tepco won't appeal civil ruling on evacuee's suicide
The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex has decided not to appeal a court decision last month ordering the utility to pay damages over a suicide case linked to the nuclear disaster.

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