The Japan Times<p>The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will begin a search for the birth parents of a 67-year-old man accidentally switched as a newborn at a now-closed maternity hospital. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/25/japan/crime-legal/toyko-search-newborn-switch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">25/japan/crime-legal/toyko-search-newborn-switch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tokyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satoshiegura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satoshiegura</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yurikokoike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yurikokoike</span></a></p>
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The Japan Times<p>The Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered Amazon Japan to pay ¥35 million in damages to a Japanese medical device seller, ruling that the platform’s failure to remove Chinese counterfeit products led to a loss in sales. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/25/japan/crime-legal/amazon-compensation-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">25/japan/crime-legal/amazon-compensation-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amazonjapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazonjapan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tryande" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tryande</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/excelplan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>excelplan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecommerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecommerce</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The Tokyo District Court has ordered the government to pay ¥4.4 million ($30,850) in damages to a former female journalist who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a now-deceased secretary of a member of the parliament. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/24/japan/crime-legal/sexual-assault-journalist-damage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">24/japan/crime-legal/sexual-assault-journalist-damage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sexcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexcrimes</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The Osaka District Court has dismissed a damages lawsuit filed by a woman left with cerebral palsy after consuming in the 1950s arsenic-tainted formula made by Morinaga Milk Industry. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/23/japan/crime-legal/morinaga-poisoned-milk-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">23/japan/crime-legal/morinaga-poisoned-milk-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osaka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/morinagamilkindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morinagamilkindustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foodpoisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foodpoisoning</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>A government advisory panel held its first meeting Monday to review the country's retrial system, following the acquittal of Iwao Hakamata after decades on death row. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/crime-legal/panel-meeting-retrial-system/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">22/japan/crime-legal/panel-meeting-retrial-system/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iwaohakamata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iwaohakamata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/falseconvictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>falseconvictions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>A Japanese court has ordered the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to trace the birth parents of a man subjected to a mix-up as a newborn at a hospital nearly 70 years ago. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/21/japan/crime-legal/baby-mixup-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">21/japan/crime-legal/baby-mixup-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satoshiegura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satoshiegura</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tokyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokyometropolitangovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tokyometropolitangovernment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The Osaka District Court on Monday acquitted a 35-year-old mother of charges of habitual assault and fraud after she was accused of hospitalizing her daughter, then 8, by not feeding her properly for mutual aid money. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/21/japan/japan-child-abuse-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">21/japan/japan-child-abuse-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osaka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/childabuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>childabuse</span></a></p>
Alo Japan<p><a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1250830/japan-bus-driver-steals-7-loses-84000-pension/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alojapan.com/1250830/japan-bus</span><span class="invisible">-driver-steals-7-loses-84000-pension/</span></a> Japan bus driver steals $7, loses $84,000 pension <a href="https://channels.im/tags/buses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buses</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapaneseCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseCourts</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyoto</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/KyotoNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KyotoNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/pensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pensions</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/smoking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smoking</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>京都</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%BA%9C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>京都府</span></a> A bus driver with 29 years of service lost his retirement package worth $84,000 after being fired for stealing $7 from passengers’ fares. The city of Kyoto sacked the man, who was not named, after he was filmed by a bus security camera taking ¥1,000 ($7) in 2022. After he was denied his retirem…</p>
The Japan Times<p>The Osaka High Court overturned a lower court ruling, judging that the government should pay about ¥6 million to the bereaved family of a man who suffered from pneumoconiosis after working in an asbestos factory. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/crime-legal/asbestos-high-court-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">18/japan/crime-legal/asbestos-high-court-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osaka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mhlw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mhlw</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>A bus driver with 29 years of service lost his retirement package worth $84,000 after being fired for stealing $7 from passengers' fares. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/crime-legal/bus-driver-steal-pension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">18/japan/crime-legal/bus-driver-steal-pension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kyoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/supremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supremecourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buses</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pensions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smoking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smoking</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>A government advisory panel will start discussions Monday to review the country's retrial system for criminal cases in which guilty verdicts have become final, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Friday. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-review-start/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">18/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-review-start/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iwaohakamata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iwaohakamata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deathpenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deathpenalty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/falseconvictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>falseconvictions</span></a></p>
Alo Japan<p><a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1241729/court-orders-deletion-of-disparaging-portrayal-of-osaka-area/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alojapan.com/1241729/court-ord</span><span class="invisible">ers-deletion-of-disparaging-portrayal-of-osaka-area/</span></a> Court orders deletion of disparaging portrayal of Osaka area <a href="https://channels.im/tags/BURAKUMIN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BURAKUMIN</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapaneseCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseCourts</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Osaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Osaka</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/OsakaTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OsakaTopics</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/%E5%A4%A7%E9%98%AA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>大阪</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/%E5%A4%A7%E9%98%AA%E5%BA%9C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>大阪府</span></a> Osaka – Osaka District Court has upheld a petition from an Osaka Prefecture resident in his 70s seeking the deletion of online comments disparaging the area where he lives, which has historically suffered discrimination. Presiding Judge Naoya Inoue, in a decision dated May 1, ordered the o…</p>
The Japan Times<p>The Unification Church has filed an appeal at the Tokyo High Court against a district court ruling stripping it of its religious corporation status. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/07/japan/crime-legal/unification-church-appeals-dissolution-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">07/japan/crime-legal/unification-church-appeals-dissolution-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unificationchurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unificationchurch</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Lawyers for Iwao Hakamata, an ex-boxer who spent over 47 years in detention over a 1966 murder case who was acquitted last year, plan to sue the central and prefectural governments for damages in August. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-damage-suit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">03/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-damage-suit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iwaohakamata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iwaohakamata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shizuoka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shizuoka</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Since his teenage years, Koji Hayashi has dreaded one thing: his stubborn, once-vivacious mother being hanged for murder after failing to win her long campaign for a retrial. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/japan/crime-legal/japan-familiy-death-row-retrial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">02/japan/crime-legal/japan-familiy-death-row-retrial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/masumihayashi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masumihayashi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kenjihayashi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kenjihayashi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deathpenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deathpenalty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Japan's justice minister has asked a legal panel to review the country's retrial system after the acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row prisoner last year heightened scrutiny of the system. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/29/japan/crime-legal/japan-retrial-system-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">29/japan/crime-legal/japan-retrial-system-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iwaohakamata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iwaohakamata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deathpenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deathpenalty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/falseconvictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>falseconvictions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shizuoka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shizuoka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massmurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massmurder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesepolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesepolice</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamata, won compensation from Japan this week after almost five decades in jail — and he owes his freedom to a judge with steely determination. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/crime-legal/japan-judge-retrial-system/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">27/japan/crime-legal/japan-judge-retrial-system/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iwaohakamata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iwaohakamata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deathpenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deathpenalty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hiroakimurayama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiroakimurayama</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Opposition parties have demanded the ruling Liberal Democratic Party reinvestigate its members' ties with the Unification Church, following a court order to strip the group of its religious corporation status. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/politics/reinvestigation-urge-ties-moonies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">27/japan/politics/reinvestigation-urge-ties-moonies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shinzoabeassassination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shinzoabeassassination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unificationchurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unificationchurch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mext</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ldp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ldp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday found a former judge guilty of insider trading by using information obtained during his work on loan at the Financial Services Agency. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/crime-legal/ex-judge-guilty-insider-trading/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">26/japan/crime-legal/ex-judge-guilty-insider-trading/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/investments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fsa</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Victims who suffered from having given large donations to the Unification Church have expressed joy over the Tokyo District Court's decision to revoke its religious corporation status. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/crime-legal/unification-church-victims-reactions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">26/japan/crime-legal/unification-church-victims-reactions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesecourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japanesecourts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mext</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unificationchurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unificationchurch</span></a></p>
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