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4. Sept. 2005: Masatomo Yamazaki
Apologizes Defeated in an unscrupulous libel incident |
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Convicted embezzler and former
lawyer for the Soka Gakkai, Masatomo Yamazaki has made
an “official apology” as a result of losing
a lawsuit for libel.
On September 9th, a hearing was held regarding a libel
and invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by a former Komeito
municipal assemblyman as a result of groundless content
found in a book published by Yamazaki. The following mutual
settlement was decided before Osaka district court, which
ruled on the case:
1) Yamazaki will apologize to the former municipal assemblyman;
2) Yamazaki will not quote the former assemblyman’s
name of in any of his writings, and 3) Yamazaki will pay
100,000 yen.
In the book that Yamazaki published in 2001, Yamazaki
quoted this former municipal assemblyman’s name
in a vicious article defaming his character. In it, he
described this assemblyman as though he had used his influence
to receive money when employing staff at the municipal
office.
Yamazaki admitted to the mistakes he had made and made
an official apology, including the fact that he had mentioned
the actual name of the former assemblyman.
Yamazaki was also convicted two days in a row in another
lawsuit court case held in September 2004 by the Tokyo
Higher Court regarding the same book. He also made another
“official apology” in November 2004 to another
former Komeito municipal assemblyman in a mutual settlement
made before the court.
In addition to this, Yamazaki was convicted in a lawsuit
filed against him by a woman with whom he had past love
affairs. He was ordered to pay 3 million yen for consolation.
He has been strictly condemned in court for his continuous
illegal acts.
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(From Seikyo Shimbun, September
21, 2005)
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