The Supreme Court ruling regarding bathroom use for a transgender woman at her office sent a positive message to society on the treatment of sexual minorities in the workplace, according to the plaintiff.
Japan's top court rules unanimously against the trade ministry's imposition of restrictions on the use of women's restrooms by a transgender official, marking the first judgment by the court on workplace environments for sexual minorities.
The Supreme Court’s Third Petty Bench on March 1 rejected an appeal from fishermen to open floodgates installed at the Isahaya Bay land reclamation project in Nagasaki Prefecture.
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Japan top court sends back 1966 murder case to lower court over retrial
Japan s top court has sent back to a lower court a 1966 quadruple murder case in which a former professional boxer was sentenced to death, rejecting a high court s refusal to reopen the case, his lawyers said Wednesday.
Based on the top court decision dated Tuesday, the Tokyo High Court will again examine whether to reopen the case of Iwao Hakamada, 84, who was freed in 2014 after spending nearly half a century on death row. He has been struggling to clear his name over the murder in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.