Related Cases (4)
State Funeral Damages Resident Lawsuit
- Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-06-15)
- Original Case: 「国葬」損害賠償等請求事件(住民訴訟)
- DefendantsState of JapanPlaintiffsResidents' Group Against the State Funeral for Shinzo AbeCitizens' Coalition Opposing the State FuneralDefense AttorneysAttorney representing the Government of JapanPlaintiff AttorneysKuniaki YamaguchiYoshio KunimatsuJudgesPresiding Judge of the Supreme Court of JapanInstitutionsSupreme Court of JapanTokyo District CourtGovernment of Japan
- Case Tags: State Funeral Lawsuit;Resident Lawsuit;Constitutional Violation;Post-Abe Era
The Retrial Request Case (Comfort Women Compensation Retrial)
- Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-05-12 (Supreme Court ruling on the retrial request filed on 2026-02-03))
- Original Case: 再審請求事件 (재심청구 사건)
- Key Figures: Lee Yong-soo and five other surviving Korean "comfort women" (Retrial Applicants); The State of Japan (Respondent)
- Case Tags: Sexual Slavery;War Crimes;Crimes Against Humanity;State Immunity
Resident Lawsuit over the State Funeral for Shinzo Abe (Japan-Korea Context)
- Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-06-05)
- Original Case: 「国葬」損害賠償等請求事件(住民訴訟)
- Key Figures: Plaintiffs: Hiroshi Kamiwaki (constitutional scholar and lead plaintiff), Kim Young-soo (representative of Zainichi Korean residents' group), and other residents; Defendant: Government of Japan (represented by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba)
- Case Tags: Resident Lawsuit (Jūmin Soshō);Unconstitutional State Funeral;Japan-Korea Relations;Public Expenditure Challenge
Japan Supreme Court Rejects Compensation Claims by Korean Wartime Sex Slaves and Forced Laborers
- Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-04-10)
- Original Case: 損害賠償請求事件
- Key Figures: Plaintiffs: Korean wartime sex slaves (comfort women) and former Korean soldiers forced to serve the Imperial Japanese Army; Defendant: Government of Japan
- Case Tags: Wartime Sexual Slavery;Forced Labor;State Compensation;Japan-Korea Relations