Society
Crime & Courts
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Operator of restaurant review site Tabelog ordered to pay damages
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered the operator of Tabelog, a custome...
June 17, 2022
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Japan’s government not liable for damages to refugees over Fukushima nuclear disaster, top court rules
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the central government is not responsible for paying damages to ...
June 17, 2022
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Victims hail Penal Code revision
A revision to the Penal Code that includes tougher penalties for internet abuse has been hailed by p...
June 14, 2022
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Penal Code revised to create ‘confinement’ sentence
A bill to revise the Penal Code passed the Diet on Monday, introducing the first change to the law’s...
June 13, 2022
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70% of Japan COVID-subsidy fraud suspects younger than 30
About 70% of the people suspected of committing coronavirus-related subsidy fraud are younger than 3...
June 10, 2022
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Justice Ministry getting tougher on illegally obtained crypto-assets
The Justice Ministry is planning legal revisions to ensure the confiscation of crypto-assets illegal...
June 8, 2022
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Tax official, 6 others nabbed over COVID-19 aid fraud in Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo police arrested a group of seven, including a 24-year-old official of th...
June 2, 2022
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Japanese Red Army figure Shigenobu leaves prison after 20 years
Fusako Shigenobu, a former leader of the Japanese Red Army terrorist group, was released from prison...
May 28, 2022
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Former agriculture minister Yoshikawa found guilty of accepting bribes
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo District Court on Thursday found former agriculture minister Takamori Yos...
May 26, 2022
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Not allowing justice review by Japanese abroad ruled unconstitutional
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a law unconstitutional for not allowing Ja...
May 26, 2022
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Ex-Tenma officials indicted for bribery in Vietnam
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo public prosecutors indicted three former executives at plastic goods mak...
May 24, 2022
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Tokura to become Japan Supreme Court Chief Justice
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government is planning to appoint Supreme Court Justice Saburo Tok...
May 20, 2022
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Lebanon receives Interpol notice for auto tycoon Ghosn
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon received from Interpol a wanted notice for disgraced auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn ...
May 20, 2022
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Man held for using part of mistakenly paid COVID-19 funds
YAMAGUCHI (Jiji Press) — A 24-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly using part of the CO...
May 19, 2022
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Papers sent to prosecutors over illegal money transfers to North Korean IT developer
The Kanagawa prefectural police sent papers to prosecutors Wednesday on a Japan-based South Korean m...
May 18, 2022
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