Otsu District Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by residents of Osaka and Shiga prefectures to shut down three Kansai Electric Power nuclear plants in Fukui Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/japan/crime-legal/court-dismissal-fukui-nuclear-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shiga #otsu #osaka #fukui #nuclearenergy #japanesecourts #kepco
The Japanese government has adopted an ordinance to enforce a revised Civil Code that will introduce joint parental custody of children after divorce, starting on April 1, 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/japan/society/japan-joint-custody-april-start/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #civilcode #divorce #parenthood #children #japanesecourts
Hundreds of people across Japan have sued the central government seeking damages for "unconstitutional" inaction on climate change, saying the country's "grossly inadequate" response jeopardizes health and livelihoods. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/crime-legal/climate-change-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #climatechange #environment #emissions #un #parisagreement
Prosecutors demanded a 45-year-old man charged with fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 be sentenced to life in prison, according to media reports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/crime-legal/prosecutors-yamagami-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #shinzoabeassassination #nara
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A Japanese-French same-sex couple married in France is asking a Japanese family court to recognize their marriage, saying Japan’s ban is preventing them from starting a family in France. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/japan/same-sex-french-couple/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesecourts #samesexmarriage #coralieprosper #reiwatanabeprosper #lgbtq
The Finance Ministry disclosed a fifth set of Moritomo Gakuen papers to the widow of a regional official who died by suicide after being ordered to tamper with official records on the sale. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/politics/moritomo-papers-widow/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #akieabe #corruption #financeministry #japanesecourts #osaka #shinzoabe #moritomogakuen
Japan's Justice Ministry unveiled a draft plan to revise the retrial system at a meeting of a subgroup of the Legislative Council on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-review-draft/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #japanesecourts #falseconvictions #shizuoka #iwaohakamata
Tomihiro Tanaka, Japan head of the Unification Church, resigned from his post on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/japan/unification-church-japan-head-resign/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #unificationchurch #shinzoabeassassination #japanesecourts
A Japanese-French same-sex couple married in France is asking a Japanese family court to recognize their marriage, saying Japan’s ban is preventing them from starting a family in France. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/japan/same-sex-french-couple/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesecourts #samesexmarriage #coralieprosper #reiwatanabeprosper #lgbtq
Actor Hiroya Shimizu pleaded guilty to violating the narcotics control law, at the first hearing of his trial at Tokyo District Court on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/japan/crime-legal/japan-actor-drug-pleads-guilty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #drugs #marijuana #hiroyashimizu #film #celebrities
The wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, who is charged with murdering Abe, for the first time on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/japan/crime-legal/akie-abe-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #nara #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #unificationchurch #shinzoabeassassination #akieabe
Marriage equality campaigners urged Japan's top court on Wednesday to rule the country's failure to recognize same-sex unions "unconstitutional," following a recent setback at the Tokyo High Court. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/japan/crime-legal/same-sex-marriage-supreme-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tokyo #samesexmarriage #marriage #constitution #lgbtq #humanrights
A Japanese high court branch on Friday rejected injunctions by local residents seeking to halt the operations of aging nuclear power reactors run by Kansai Electric Power in Fukui Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/crime-legal/court-rejection-injunctions-mihama-takahama/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kepco #japanesecourts #fukui #mihama #takahama #nuclearenergy #earthquakes
The Tokyo High Court has ruled that Japan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriages is constitutional, in a departure from five other high courts that had ruled otherwise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/crime-legal/same-sex-marriage-ruling-tokyo-constitutional/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tokyo #samesexmarriage #marriage #constitution #lgbtq
A man standing trial for the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the Nara District Court that the attack was triggered by “despair and a sense of crisis.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/crime-legal/yamagami-trial-abe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #nara #japanesecourts
The Hiroshima High Court ruled on Tuesday that the July election for the House of Councilors was held in an unconstitutional state. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/crime-legal/hiroshima-court-upper-house-poll-unconstitutional-state/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #2025upperhouseelection #japanesecourts #votedisparity
A court on Monday ordered publisher Kodansha and the chief editor of its weekly magazine Friday to pay ¥2.2 million in damages to a comedian over defamatory reporting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/crime-legal/kodansha-comedian-damages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kodansha #japanesecourts #hitoshimatsumoto #tokyo #japanesemagazines #magazines
“I should not have lived this long,” said Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as he took the stand for the first time during his trial at the Nara District Court. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/21/japan/crime-legal/yamagami-speaks-first-time/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #nara #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #unificationchurch
The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, on trial in connection with the 2022 killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, told a court she wants to keep her faith in the Unification Church, a controversial religious group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/crime-legal/yamagami-trial-mother/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #shinzoabe #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabeassassination #guns
A welfare ministry expert panel has broadly approved a draft revision to the reduction rate for basic welfare payments, following a Supreme Court ruling that found the government's cuts to welfare benefits unlawful. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/japan/welfare-payments-smaller-reduction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesecourts #socialwelfare #poverty #mhlw