The legal system in Japan runs a strict protocol to help ensure fairness. Rules must be followed to the letter without bias, even if there are times when bias is usually screaming at you to stop in ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un isn't expected to appear in court for the Oct. 14 hearing, but the judge's decision to summon him is a rare instance in which a foreign leader was not granted ...

A Japanese court has summoned Kim Jong-un to face demands for compensation by several ethnic Korean residents of Japan who say they suffered human rights abuses in North Korea after joining a ...

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rejected the idea of a summit with Japan, saying a meeting can’t be held because Tokyo has “no courage” to take the first step to ...

A mother and daughter who escaped North Korea are pursuing a lawsuit against leader Kim Jong Un in the Japanese courts. Sora Li’s mother was one of more than 90,000 people, mostly of Korean ...

Family members of Japanese kidnapping victims are filing a petition to take North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (pictured) to court. They are heading to the International Criminal Court next week. GETTY ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said an elevated US security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed to bolster his nuclear weapons program further ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seen here in an image provided by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, has been summoned by a Japanese court to answer for alleged human rights abuses. (KCNA) ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent 287.02 million yen ($2.01 million) in educational aid and scholarships to the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, also known as Chongryon, to ...

The court, after three years of pretrial discussions, agreed to summon Kim Jong Un to its first hearing on Oct. 14, said Fukuda, their lawyer. Fukuda said he is not expecting Kim to appear, or provide ...