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A Japanese court rejected a request to suspend two nuclear reactors operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. on Friday, a day after the country marked the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
Plaintiffs including local residents had demanded that the utility halt operation of the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, amid safety concerns.
Plaintiffs also lost in a separate case seeking to have the government s approval of operating the Genkai plant reactors revoked. Both rulings were handed down by the Saga District Court.
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A gate and the main hall of Kume Shisei-byou, a temple dedicated to ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, in Matsuyama Park in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12 (Shohei Okada)
NAHA The Supreme Court on Feb. 24 ruled that the Naha city government violated the constitutional separation of politics and religion by not collecting rent from a Confucian temple on public land.
The top court’s Grand Bench said the city’s act “deserved to be judged as giving a helping hand to a particular religion.”
Of the 15 justices, Keiichi Hayashi was the only one who viewed the city’s act as “constitutional.”
At the center of lawsuit was Kume Shisei-byou, a temple dedicated to ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, located in Matsuyama Park in the Okinawa prefectural capital of Naha.
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The waiver of land usage fees for a Confucian temple in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, was found to have violated the constitutional separation of religion and state. | KYODO
Kyodo Feb 24, 2021
Japan’s top court on Wednesday ruled that an Okinawa city government’s offer of a land lot to a Confucian temple free of charge was unconstitutional as it violated the principle of the separation of religion and state.
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