Japan Korear Cases

In-depth adaptations of famous Japanese and Korean mysteries and trials, exploring criminal psychology in an Eastern context.

1. Case of Injury (Reiwa 6 (Wa) No. 280)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和6(わ)280 傷害被告事件
4. VictimsAnonymous Male in his 40sDefendantsAnonymous Male in his 30sPlaintiffsNoneInvestigatorsTokyo Metropolitan Police DepartmentProsecutorsTokyo District Public Prosecutors OfficeDefense AttorneysCourt-Appointed Defense AttorneyPlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesPresiding Judge of the Tokyo District CourtInstitutionsTokyo District Court
5. Case Tags: Japanese Criminal Law;Assault Case;Suspended Sentence;Self-Defense Debate

1. Reiwa 4 (Wa) 410 Damages Claim Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和4(ワ)410 損害賠償等請求事件
4. VictimsNoneDefendantsNonePlaintiffsNoneInvestigatorsNoneProsecutorsNoneDefense AttorneysNonePlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesNoneInstitutionsTokyo District Court
5. Status or Result: None
6. Case Tags: International Law;State Immunity;Reparations Litigation;Human Rights

1. Reiwa 4 (Ne) 1675 Damages Appeal Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和4(ネ)1675 損害賠償請求控訴事件
4. InstitutionsTokyo High Court
5. Case Tags: Civil Appeal;Damages Claim;Japan-Korea Relations;Tokyo High Court

1. Reiwa 4 (Gyo-U) No. 9 Claim for Revocation of Administrative Decision

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025-03-12)
3. Original Case: 令和4(行ウ)9 裁定取消請求事件
4. VictimsKarim AhmadiDefendantsMinister of Justice of JapanPlaintiffsKarim AhmadiDefense AttorneysKenji TanakaPlaintiff AttorneysYuki SatoJudgesHiroshi NakamuraInstitutionsTokyo District CourtTokyo Regional Immigration Services Bureau
5. Case Tags: Administrative Litigation;Refugee Status Denial;Judicial Review of Discretion;Human Rights & Immigration

1. Case of Claim for Unpaid Wages, etc., Reiwa 4 (Gyo-U) No. 36

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和4(行ウ)36 未払賃金等請求事件
4. DefendantsTokyo Metropolitan GovernmentInstitutionsTokyo District Court
5. Case Tags: Unpaid Wages;Administrative Litigation;Foreign Workers' Rights;Japan-Korea Relations

1. The Shinjuku Korean Student Murder Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025-03-12)
3. Original Case: 令和6(わ)846
4. VictimsKim Min-sooDefendantsSato TaroPlaintiffsKim Young-sooInvestigatorsDetective Hayashi KenjiProsecutorsProsecutor Nakamura YukiDefense AttorneysAttorney Ito ShinichiPlaintiff AttorneysAttorney Park Jae-hyunJudgesJudge Tanaka HiroshiInstitutionsTokyo Metropolitan Police DepartmentTokyo District Public Prosecutors OfficeTokyo District Court
5. Case Tags: Murder;Hate Crime;Japan-South Korea Relations;Criminal Trial Verdict

1. Case for Revocation of Denial of Survivor Compensation Pension (Reiwa 5 (Gyo-U) No. 3)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和5(行ウ)3 遺族補償年金等不支給処分取消請求事件
4. VictimsKim Cheol-sooDefendantsGovernment of JapanPlaintiffsKim MisookInvestigatorsNoneProsecutorsNoneDefense AttorneysKenji NakamuraPlaintiff AttorneysYoshihiro TakahashiJudgesMakoto TanakaInstitutionsTokyo District CourtMinistry of Health, Labour and Welfare
5. Case Tags: Administrative Law;Constitutional Discrimination;Zainichi Koreans;Survivor Pension

1. Reiwa 6 Special (Wa) 3846 Financial Instruments and Exchange Act Violation Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: Reiwa 6 Special (Wa) 3846 Financial Instruments and Exchange Act Violation
4. DefendantsHiroshi TanakaInvestigatorsTokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation SquadProsecutorsKenji SuzukiDefense AttorneysHanako YamadaJudgesTaro ItoInstitutionsTokyo District CourtTokyo District Public Prosecutors OfficeFinancial Services Agency
5. Case Tags: Insider Trading;Financial Regulation;Tokyo District Court;Special Investigation Squad

1. Reiwa 6 (Wa) No. 27 Fraud Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025-03-14)
3. Original Case: Reiwa 6 (wa) 27 Sagi Hikoku Jiken
4. VictimsNoneDefendantsPark Jin-hoPlaintiffsNoneInvestigatorsDetective Sato KenichiProsecutorsProsecutor Yamamoto TakuyaDefense AttorneysAttorney Nakamura RiePlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesJudge Yoshida HiroshiInstitutionsTokyo District CourtTokyo Metropolitan Police Department
5. Case Tags: Transnational Fraud;Telephone Scam;Criminal Organization;Digital Evidence

1. Chuo Shinkansen Construction Injunction and Damages Lawsuit

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2021 (filed), final ruling in 2025)
3. Original Case: Reiwa 3 (Wa) 18684, Chuo Shinkansen Koji Sashitome Tou Seikyu Jiken
4. DefendantsCentral Japan Railway Company (JR Central)PlaintiffsShizuoka Prefecture (Governor Heita Kawakatsu)InstitutionsTokyo District CourtTokyo High CourtSupreme Court of JapanCentral Japan Railway CompanyShizuoka Prefecture
5. Case Tags: Environmental Litigation;Chuo Shinkansen;Injunction Lawsuit;Water Resource Protection

1. Reiwa 5 (Gyo-U) 165 Case for Return of Governmental Activity Expenses (Resident Lawsuit)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和5(行ウ)165 政務活動費返還請求事件(住民訴訟)
4. VictimsNoneDefendantsIchiro SuzukiPlaintiffsTaro YamadaHanako SatoInvestigatorsNoneProsecutorsNoneDefense AttorneysKenji TanakaPlaintiff AttorneysYuki WatanabeJudgesJudge Akira KobayashiInstitutionsTokyo District CourtXX City Government
5. Case Tags: Resident Lawsuit;Government Activity Expenses;Administrative Litigation;Local Autonomy

1. 令和4(ワ)11327 損害賠償請求事件

2. Jurisdiction: 日本 (2025)
3. Case Tags: 日韩案;损害赔偿请求

1. Reiwa 6 (Gyo-U) No. 10 - Action to Revoke Health Facility Closure Order

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和6(行ウ)10 保健施設閉鎖処分決定取消等請求事件
4. Case Tags: Japanese Administrative Law;Health Facility Closure;Revocation of Administrative Disposition;Public Health Law

1. Reiwa 6 (Wa) No. 2218 Fraud Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和6刑(わ)2218 詐欺
4. InstitutionsTokyo Metropolitan Police DepartmentTokyo District Public Prosecutors OfficeTokyo District CourtFinancial Services Agency
5. Case Tags: Japanese Fraud Case;SNS Investment Scam;Tokyo District Court Ruling;Cryptocurrency Fraud Japan

1. 2023 (Gyo-Ko) No. 237 Appeal Case Seeking Revocation of the Unconstitutional Reduction of Public Assistance Standards, and Appeal Case Seeking Revocation of Public Assistance Change Decision

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和5(行コ)237 各生活保護基準引下げ違憲処分取消等請求控訴事件、生活保護変更決定取消請求控訴事件
4. DefendantsGovernment of Japan (Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare)PlaintiffsMultiple public assistance recipients including representative plaintiff Endo MikioJudgesPresiding Judge of Tokyo High CourtInstitutionsTokyo High Court
5. Case Tags: Constitutional Litigation;Administrative Appeal;Social Welfare Law;Right to Survival

1. Immediate Appeal Case Regarding the Dismissal of a Provisional Injunction Petition for the Construction of the Saga Airport Self-Defense Forces Garrison

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和6(ラ)171 佐賀空港自衛隊駐屯地建設工事差止仮処分命令申立却下決定に対する即時抗告事件
4. VictimsNoneDefendantsNonePlaintiffsNoneInvestigatorsNoneProsecutorsNoneDefense AttorneysNonePlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesNoneInstitutionsSaga District CourtFukuoka High CourtMinistry of Defense of JapanResidents' Group Opposing the JSDF Garrison at Saga Airport
5. Case Tags: Japan-Korea Case;Japan Self-Defense Forces;Provisional Injunction;Constitutional Litigation

1. Reiwa 6 (Wa) 188 Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law Violation Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2024-2025)
3. Original Case: 令和6(わ)188 廃棄物の処理及び清掃に関する法律違反
4. DefendantsGreen Earth Co., Ltd.Kenichi SatoInvestigatorsTokyo Metropolitan Police Department Environmental Crime UnitSaitama Prefectural PoliceProsecutorsTokyo District Public Prosecutors OfficeDefense AttorneysShigeru ItoJudgesPresiding Judge Akira YoshidaInstitutionsTokyo District CourtTokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Environment
5. Case Tags: Illegal Waste Dumping;Corporate Environmental Crime;Japan Waste Management Law;Suspended Sentence

1. Reiwa 4 (Wa) No. 17536 Damages Claim Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025-03-27)
3. Original Case: 令和4(ワ)17536 損害賠償等請求事件
4. DefendantsFamily Federation for World Peace and UnificationPlaintiff AttorneysMasaki KitoInstitutionsTokyo District Court
5. Case Tags: Damages Claim;Unification Church;Spiritual Sales;Japan-South Korea Relations

1. Reiwa 7 (Gyo-Ku) No. 7 - Application for Stay of Execution

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和7(行ク)7 執行停止の申立て
4. DefendantsMinister of Justice of JapanPlaintiffsKim Sung-sooInstitutionsTokyo District CourtMinistry of Justice of Japan
5. Case Tags: Stay of Execution;Deportation and Immigration;Administrative Litigation;Japan-Korea Relations

1. Reiwa 6 (Hi) 3 Application for Permission to Inspect and Copy Board Minutes, etc.

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2024)
3. Original Case: 令和6(ヒ)3 取締役会議事録閲覧謄写許可申立事件等
4. InstitutionsTokyo District Court
5. Case Tags: Shareholder Inspection Rights;Board Minutes;Non-Contentious Case;Corporate Governance