A man who ate red pickled ginger directly from a communal container at a Yoshinoya beef bowl chain, with a video of the malicious incident subsequently spread online, has been sentenced to prison for 2 years and 4 months.
SENDAI A same-sex couple here plans to ask a court to order city officials to accept their marriage registration form, calling for recognition of same-sex marriages.
Two individuals, including Ritsumeikan University Law School Professor Koichi Oda, who was the defense attorney for one of the executed death row inmates, have filed a lawsuit against the government at the Osaka District Court seeking disclosure of documents related to the execution of six former death row inmates.
OSAKA A court here has allowed an 86-year-old woman to remain in the aging wooden “nagaya” (row house) she has lived in most of her life, although she is the last remaining tenant.
A Japanese court fines an American livestreamer 200,000 yen ($1,400) for playing loud music at a beef bowl restaurant in Osaka and obstructing its operations.