Japan's top court rejects lawsuit over enshrinement of S. Korean man at Yasukuni Shrine
The Supreme Court on Jan. 17 dismissed a bereaved family's lawsuit demanding compensation in connection with a South Korean ...
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Okinawa loses final appeal in lawsuit over future Marine Corps airfield
Japan’s Supreme Court recently denied the governor of Okinawa’s final challenge to stop construction at a future Marine Corps ...
Japanese court’s ruling over Koreans enshrined in Yasukuni reopens wartime wounds
A group of 27 South Koreans fought to have their relatives’ names removed from the highly controversial shrine in Tokyo.
California observing Fred Korematsu Day, honoring man who defied Japanese internment
Korematsu received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1998. He died in 2005 at age 86.
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Korean plaintiffs protest as Japanese court rejects request to remove families' names from Yasukuni Shrine
Japan's Supreme Court delivered the final decision earlier in the day on a request filed in 2013 by 27 family members seeking to eliminate their relatives' names from Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.
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Supreme Court rejects appeal from oil giants in Honolulu climate case
The justices left intact a Hawaii Supreme Court decision allowing the lawsuit to proceed under state law. The Japanese Sanju Pagoda of Nuuanu sits next to a group of residential towers on Saturday ...
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Japan's top court rejects lawsuit over enshrinement of Korean man at Yasukuni Shrine
The decision marked the first time the Supreme Court of Japan has ruled on the liability of the government for providing a list of war dead to Yasukuni Shrine. According to the ruling, Yasukuni ...