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A high court judge was dismissed on April 3 in an impeachment trial after being indicted for posting offensive social media messages, the first to be removed for such cause in Japan.
A Japanese high court judge is impeached for posting on social media in 2017 messages that were found offensive to the bereaved family of a high school girl murdered two years earlier, marking the first time a judge has been dismissed over the expression of views.
A Japanese high court judge was impeached Wednesday for posting on social media in 2017 messages that were found offensive to the bereaved family of a high school girl murdered two years earlier, marking the first time a judge has been dismissed over the expression of views. The Judge Impeachment…