Zentoshin, an Osaka-based credit card payment processor, filed for bankruptcy on Monday, according to reports from Japanese news outlets. The company’s collapse leaves merchants who relied on its processing services …
Japanese courts
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Public Prosecutors Drop Conviction Bid in Decades-Old Japanese Murder Case Public prosecutors in Japan have decided not to pursue a conviction in the retrial of Hiromu Sakahara, a man who …
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Japan Moves to Limit Prosecutor Appeals in Retrial Cases In a significant step toward judicial reform, a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) panel has approved a government proposal to restrict the …
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Ainu Group Files Lawsuit to Recover Ancestral Remains from State Facility A group of Ainu indigenous people in Hokkaido is taking legal action against the Japanese government to reclaim the …
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The Tokyo Summary Court on Friday fined a policy secretary of Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda for violating the political funds control law, amid fallout from the ruling party’s …