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2021.07.01 (Thu)

【#807】Same-Surname System Is Not Discrimination against Women

June 28, 2021 　 On June 23, Japan’s Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Code’s Article 750 stipulating "a husband and wife shall adopt the surname of the husband or wife in accordance with that which...

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2021.03.25 (Thu)

【#777】Comment on Court’s Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage

March 22, 2021 　 On March 17, the Sapporo District Court issued a ruling on the same-sex marriage issue. Three male and one female couples failed to have their respective same-sex marriage registrat...

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2020.05.20 (Wed)

【#680】Objecting to Complaint against Revision of Prosecutors Office Act

May 18, 2020 　 A bill to revise the Public Prosecutors Office Act to raise the mandatory retirement age for prosecutors has been submitted to the National Diet in Japan and come under fire in the In...

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2020.03.05 (Thu)

【#659】Enhance Transparency of School Textbook Screening

March 2, 2020 　 On December 25 last year, the education ministry disapproved Jiyusha Publishing’s junior high school history textbook prepared by the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform tha...

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2017.12.14 (Thu)

【#484】Unreasonable Court Ruling on NHK Reception Fee

December 11, 2017 　　　　　On December 6, Grand Bench of the Supreme Court made a ruling on a contract with Japan Broadcasting Corporation, better known as NHK, for receiving television transmission. ...

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2016.03.15 (Tue)

【#363】Two Otsu Incidents

March 14, 2016 　　　　　On March 9, Otsu District Court Presiding Judge Yoshihiko Yamamoto ordered the suspension of the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama Nuclear Power Sta...

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2013.12.04 (Wed)

【#224】Warning against Biased NHK Programs

December 2, 2013 　　　　　　On November 28, the Tokyo High Court ordered public broadcaster NHK to pay damages to an indigenous Taiwanese woman for defaming her through a television program broadcast ...

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2012.05.18 (Fri)

#141 Chunichi Has Forgotten Missions of Press

May 14, 2012 The paper once accepted opinion ad The Chunichi Shimbun has refused to carry an opinion advertisement of a “National Movement to Support (Nagoya Mayor Takashi) Kawamura’s Remarks an...

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