On March 3, 2025, the Japanese Supreme Court held that building a network-based system comprised of a server located in the United States, connected via a network to user terminals in Japan ...

He retracted his confession soon after making it. Japan’s Supreme Court sentenced him to death in 1980. In 2014, Mr. Hakamada’s lawyers won a retrial and his release after testing showed that ...

The judgments are expected to provide a tailwind when the legal battle is decided by the Supreme Court. Japanese lawmakers have been reluctant to codify marriage equality but would be obliged to ...