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Suicide Increase and the Prevention Law in Japan
News – "According to statistics released by the National Police Agency, 33,093 people committed suicide last year, marking the 10th consecutive year that the number exceeded 30,000. It is the second-largest such figure since the NPA began tabulating data on suicides 30 years ago, after the 34,427 recorded in 2003."
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Voted for on June 22, 2008 10:41am
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NHK Censorship Ruling Reversed
News – "The Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling Thursday, dismissing a suit filed by a women's rights group that demanded NHK and two production companies pay compensation for altering the content of a documentary on Japan's wartime sexual slavery."
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Voted for on June 13, 2008 11:41am
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Loan Sharks and the Japanese Supreme Court
News – "The Supreme Court overturned a high court ruling and ordered a convicted former gangster and illegal moneylending group boss Tuesday to compensate plaintiffs not only for extortionate interest charged, but also the principal of the loans."
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Voted for on June 11, 2008 12:17am
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Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and the Constitution
News – "On April 17, the Nagoya High Court ruled that the dispatch of the Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) to Iraq violates Article 9 of the Constitution. As far as cases on Article 9 are concerned, it was the first time in 35 years for a court to rule against the SDF's constitutionality."
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Voted for on June 09, 2008 04:04am
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Civil Service Reform Law
News – "A basic bill on civil service reform was passed into law Friday after the ruling coalition parties and the Democratic Party of Japan approved it during the plenary session of the opposition-controlled House of Councillors."
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Voted for on June 09, 2008 04:02am
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Japanese Supreme Court Strikes Down Nationality Law
News – "TOKYO (AP) ââ;¬" Japan's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday against a law that denied citizenship to children born out of wedlock to Japanese fathers and foreign mothers, a court official said."
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Voted for on June 04, 2008 06:08am
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Death Penalty and Democracy
News – "In sentencing to death the killer of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, the Nagasaki District Court accepted the prosecution's argument that the murder constituted "terrorism against the democratic process," giving this more weight than the fact that only one person was killed."
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Voted for on June 03, 2008 09:52am
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Permanent SDF overseas deployment law endangers democracy
News – "PHILADELPHIA ââ;¬" The Japanese government wants permanent legal authority to send military forces overseas. Letting it have it would be a mistake for many reasons, but one seldom raised is the impact the move would have on the nature of Japan's democracy. A law conferring permanent authority to deploy troops
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Voted for on June 03, 2008 09:50am
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Karoshi: Death by overwork in Japan
News – "The Tokyo High Court has acknowledged an appeal filed by a woman in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, seeking workers compensation for the death of her husband who died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage after taking 10 overseas business trips, totaling 183 days, during a one-year period."
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Voted for on May 24, 2008 10:03am
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Japanese Law Schools Reduce the Number of Students
News – "At least 10 of the 74 law schools that began operating in April 2004 are planning to cut their quota of students, a Yomiuri Shimbun survey has found."
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Voted for on May 21, 2008 08:15pm
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Lawyer Shortage and the Lay Judge System in Japan
News – "At least five of the nation's 52 bar associations think it will be difficult to secure enough defense lawyers when the lay judge system is introduced on May 21 next year, according to a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey."
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Voted for on May 21, 2008 08:13pm
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"Ghost Citizen" and the Japanese Family Register System
News – "A 27-year-old woman who was left with no family register records because her birth registration was refused in connection with a law on children born within 300 days of a divorce is pregnant and expecting a child in June, it has been learned."
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Voted for on May 20, 2008 07:51pm
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Compensation for Convicted War Criminals
News – "A group of lawmakers plans to submit a bill to the Diet mandating government financial compensation for Korean and Taiwanese former Class B and Class C war criminals and their surviving families."
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Voted for on May 20, 2008 07:49pm
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Japan's New Space Law and National Security
News – "It is a matter of course that space be developed and utilized from the perspective of helping protect national security. A basic law on space should be established during the current Diet session, and the nation's strategy on space should be reexamined at the initiative of political leaders."
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Voted for on May 10, 2008 01:43pm
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Japan: Audio of an Execution
News – "The audio is scratchy and the voice of the protagonist has been altered to hide his identity. Those minor failings aside, the broadcast today of the execution of a man more than 50 years ago is the first time most Japanese have been confronted by the grim reality of their country's use of the death penalty."
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Voted for on May 07, 2008 12:05pm
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