Fuji TV is suing its former president, Koichi Minato, and former executive vice president, Toru Ota, for ¥5 billion over their mishandling of a “sexual violence” scandal involving former TV personality Masahiro Nakai. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/crime-legal/fuji-tv-sues-former-execs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fujitv #japanesecourts #koichiminato #toruota
A Kyoto court has ruled the founder of video-sharing service FC2 guilty of hosting obscene videos on the platform, sentencing him to a suspended jail term of three years and a fine of ¥2.5 million. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/crime-legal/japan-video-platform-founder-guilty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #fc2 #video #socialmedia
Lawyers for Iwao Hakamata, who was acquitted in a retrial after being detained for 47 years and seven months, has said they plan to seek around ¥600 million in damages from the central and prefectural governments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-damages-governments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #shizuoka #falseconvictions #japanesecourts
A Tokyo court on Friday fined a policy secretary of LDP lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda for violating the political funds control law, amid fallout from a ruling party scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/koichi-hagiuda-secretary-fined/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politicalfunds #ldp#koichihagiuda #japanesecourts
Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, one of the world's biggest by circulation, is suing U.S.-based AI firm Perplexity for allegedly "free-riding" on its content on its search engine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/japan/crime-legal/yomiuri-sues-free-riding-ai-firm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #yomiuri #newspapers #media #ai #perplexity #japanesecourts
The chief of Shiga Prefectural Police department has apologized to a former assistant nurse who was acquitted of murdering a patient in a retrial after serving her prison term. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-apology-false-conviction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #shiga #mikanishiyama #nurses
A high court ruling that acquitted a 60-year-old man in a high-profile retrial over a 1986 murder of a 15-year-old junior high school girl in the Japanese city of Fukui has been finalized — 38 years after his arrest. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/crime-legal/shoshi-maekawa-acquittal-finalized/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts#fukui #falseconvictions
The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling ordering advertising giant Dentsu Group to pay ¥300 million in fines over bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/crime-legal/dentsu-bid-rigging-uphold/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #dentsu#2020tokyoolympics #advertising #corruption #japanesecourts #2020tokyoparalympics
Japanese AI developer Alt, which revealed accounting irregularities recently, has filed for bankruptcy protection with the Tokyo District Court under the civil rehabilitation law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/ai-developer-bankruptcy-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ai #fraud #bankruptcy #japanesecourts
The Tokyo District Court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings on Wednesday to pay about ¥100 million ($675,000) in damages over the 2011 accident at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/crime-legal/tepco-ordered-to-pay-damages-nuclear-disaster/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fukushimano1 #311 #earthquakes #tsunami #futaba #fukushima #japanesecourts
Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a senior member of the "JP Dragon" crime ring based in the Philippines to three years and six months in prison for fraud. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/crime-legal/jp-dragon-senior-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jpdragon #fraud #japanesecourts #philippines #tokyo #organizedcrime
A Justice Ministry expert panel has called for establishing a new forum to discuss an update to the criminal procedure law, including expanding the scope of cases subject to video and audio recordings of interrogations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/crime-legal/interrogation-recordings-expansion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #japanesepolice #japanesecourts
The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced a senior member of a Philippines-based Japanese crime ring to 20 years in prison for his involvement in a nationwide robbery scheme. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/crime-legal/luffy-senior-member-prison-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #fraud #theft #philippines #luffy
A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit with Osaka High Court on Tuesday to nullify the results of Sunday's House of Councilors election in six electoral districts, claiming that it was unconstitutional. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/crime-legal/vote-disparity-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #osaka #votedisparity #2025upperhouseelection
Five former executives at brokerage SMBC Nikko Securities were found guilty for their roles in a market manipulation case, marking the culmination of a scandal that rocked Japan’s financial industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/crime-legal/smbc-nikko-guilty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #smbcnikko #brokerages #japanesecourts
A Japanese high court branch on Friday acquitted a 60-year-old man in a high-profile retrial over the 1986 murder of a 15-year-old junior high school girl in the city of Fukui. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/18/japan/crime-legal/man-acquitted-over-1986-fukui-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts#fukui #falseconvictions
A district court ordered the Shiga Prefectural Government to pay about ¥31 million in damages to a former assistant nurse who served a 12-year prison sentence before being acquitted of murdering a patient. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/18/japan/crime-legal/shiga-nurse-compensation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shiga #japanesecourts #japanesepolice #falseconvictions #hospitals #nurses
Public prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 23-year prison term for a senior member of the Philippines-based "Luffy" Japanese crime ring that allegedly masterminded a series of robbery and fraud cases across Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/crime-legal/luffy-sentence-request/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #philippines #japanesecourts #fraud #gangs #socialmedia
A court in Osaka detained a man for three weeks under the law on human protection after he failed to have his son appear at a hearing in a legal dispute with his wife over the child. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/crime-legal/osaka-man-detention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #osaka #constitution
Inappropriate interrogation practices by police and prosecutors continue to be reported in Japan, with cases involving verbal abuse and the use of leading or coercive methods. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/japan/crime-legal/inappropriate-interrogation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #falseconvictions