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3. Sept. 2004 -- Tokyo High
Court orders Masatomo Yamazaki to pay 300,000 yen to former
Komei party city council member:Court condems him two
days in a row for infringements on human rights |
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On September 14th [2004],
the Tokyo High Court dismissed Masatomo Yamazaki’s
appeal and supported the lower court decision for the
libel case against him by Takao Yokota, a former Omiya
City council member. The plaintiff claimed that his privacy
was infringed upon in a book written by Yamazaki in 2001.
The first decision in the case made by Saitama District
court condemned Yamazaki and concluded that his book was
“unlawful and constituted illegal actions.”
The Tokyo High Court concluded that “the verdict
on first instance was reasonable and there is no reason
[for Yamazaki] to appeal” and dismissed the appeal
and ordered Yamazaki to pay 300,000 yen to the former
city council member, as compensation.
On the previous day, September 13th, Yamazaki was also
condemned by the Tokyo High Court in another defamation
lawsuit involving the same false rumor book. Moreover,
Yamazaki was also condemned for the trial against which
the husband of his extramarital affair partner had appealed;
and Yamazaki received order for payment of 3 million yen
for consolation money. Likewise, severe sanctions are
imposed on him one after another for his antisocial, illegal
act.
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(From Seikyo Shimbun,
September 17, 2004)
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