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. Read more
Presiding Judge Yuko Shintani deemed Amazon’s response to the issue to be “indicative of willful misconduct, or at the very least, gross negligence.” Read more
A Tokyo court ordered the ¥4.4 million ($30,850) payment to a former female journalist who was allegedly assaulted by the now-deceased government-paid secretary. Read more
The mix-up in 1958 at the now-defunct Sumida Maternity Hospital led to plaintiff Satoshi Egura being raised by another couple. Read more
Kasumi Nawata, 35, was found guilty of attempted coercion and sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years. Read more
The group argued that the district court order was decided as a foregone conclusion and ignored law and the facts. Read more
Lawyers for the ex-boxer — who was acquitted of a 1966 murder case last year — plan to file the lawsuits on Aug. 18, the date he was arrested 59 years ago. Read more
The move comes after the acquittal of the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner last year heightened scrutiny of the system. Read more
The move comes following a court order to strip the group of its religious corporation status. Read more
Soichiro Sato was given two years in prison, suspended for four years, fined ¥1 million and ordered to pay an additional ¥10.2 million penalty. Read more
