Japan News Review > Japanese National News > Japanese Society News

Saturday, December 22, 2007 3:10 am

Print This Post

Supreme Court hints at change in NHK sex-slave censorship ruling

The Supreme Court said Thursday it will hold a hearing in April on an appeal made against a lower court decision that ordered NHK and two TV producers to compensate a women’s rights group over the censorship of a 2001 TV documentary about the wartime use of sex slaves by the Japanese military.

[THE JAPAN TIMES] Full story

Related posts

 Supreme Court decision kills Ritto Shinkansen station plan
 Supreme Court to hold appeal hearing over nude book seizure
 Supreme Court nixes transsexuals’ bid to have gender officially altered
 Top court turns down govt’s dam project appeal
 Top court says recycled Canon ink cartridges violate patent


Japan News Review
© All rights reserved

Leave a comment

Name

Most read articles on Japan News Review today

  • No posts viewed yet.


Most commented

None found



Latest in Society


Latest in Business


Latest in Politics


Latest in Entertainment


Latest in Sports


Latest in Technology


Latest in Sports



AUTUMN LEAVES

Autumn leaves in Matsudo city, Chiba Prefecture.

Photo: Juyo Tanaka. Used under a Creative Commons license.



Featured content

Photo: Takayuki Saito. Creative Commons

Low-cost airlines making their way to Japan

FEATURE While low-cost carriers have since long been successfully operating throughout the U.S., Europe, and southern Asia, Japan has seen very little of the low-price action. Read more...