Top court rules in favor of hepatitis B relapse sufferers Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
A plaintiff and his lawyers with banners saying victory outside the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Monday | KYODO
Jiji Apr 26, 2021
The Supreme Court overturned on Monday a high court ruling in 2019 that denied damages to hepatitis B patients who have relapsed citing the expiration of the 20-year eligibility period.
The top court’s Second Petty Bench judged that the 20-year countdown for claims begins when the two plaintiffs had relapses, sending the case back to the Fukuoka High Court for damages to be calculated on that basis.
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Top court orders Japan to pay damages over U.S. base noise pollution Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
A CV-22 Osprey flies near U.S. Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in April 2018. | KYODO
Jiji Dec 12, 2020
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against a high court ruling that ordered the state to pay damages over aircraft noise pollution near the U.S. military’s Yokota base in western Tokyo, while rejecting the plaintiffs’ demand for flights to be suspended.