Japan Oct. lower house vote weight disparity ruled constitutional
A Japanese high court ruled Thursday that the disparity in the weight of votes of up to 2.06-fold in the House of Representa ...
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Japan's Supreme Court overturns man's acquittal for fatal 2015 hit-and-run
Japan's Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court's acquittal of a man charged with committing a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of a middle school student in 2015, citing his failure to ...
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Tokyo High Court upholds compensation order over interrogation abuse
The Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court's ruling that the state must pay compensation to a former lawyer over the verbal ...
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Court nixes Finance Ministry decision against document disclosure
The Finance Ministry has said that public disclosure in a document-tampering case would impede investigations.
AI cannot be recognized as inventor in patent cases: Japan IP court
The Intellectual Property High Court has upheld a May 2024 Tokyo District Court decision dismissing an appeal by AI ...
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Ex-lawmaker gets suspended sentence for raping junior high school girl
A Japanese court on Monday sentenced a former member of the House of Representatives to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for sexually assaulting a junior high school girl at a karaoke ...