OSAKA Plaintiffs expressed long-sought-after vindication on Sept. 27 that a district court finally acknowledged that they were also victims of Minamata disease and entitled to relief from the government.
KYOTO The Kyoto municipal government plans to impose a tax on vacant homes to prevent young people from fleeing the city due to skyrocketing apartment prices.
OSAKA Same-sex couples were left stunned by a June 20 court ruling that took the opposite position to a landmark decision last year that said the central government’s failure to recognize marriages between those of the same sex was unconstitutional and discriminatory.
OSAKA Carbon monoxide from a fire set inside a clinic in a multitenant building here spread so quickly that escape was nearly impossible, according to a computer simulation conducted by a fire safety expert.