Japanese Court Awards $1.4 Million to Exonerated Man
Iwao Hakamada, 89, who is believed to have been the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, was exonerated last year of a ...
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Japanese Supreme Court: Building a System That Includes a Server Located Outside Japan Constitutes Patent Infringement
On March 3, 2025, the Japanese Supreme Court held that building a network-based system comprised of a server located in the United States, ...
What is the Unification Church and why did a Japanese court order it dissolved?
A controversial South Korean church with powerful political connections faces dissolution in Japan after a Tokyo court issued ...
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Japan’s retrial system under scrutiny as son fights for death row mother’s case
Since his teenage years, Koji Hayashi has dreaded one thing: his stubborn, once-vivacious mother being hanged for murder ...
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Japan's same-sex marriage ban: 3 things to know
TOKYO -- Pressure is building on the Japanese government to extend marriage rights to LGBTQ couples after the Osaka High Court said Tuesday that failure to do so was unconstitutional, the fifth such ...
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Dwango case ends with court backing Japan’s patent holders
Under a strict interpretation, simply hosting servers abroad could allow companies to bypass Japanese patent protections. However, the Supreme Court took a more flexible approach, considering the ...