https://www.alojapan.com/1241729/court-orders-deletion-of-disparaging-portrayal-of-osaka-area/ Court orders deletion of disparaging portrayal of Osaka area #BURAKUMIN #discrimination #HumanRights #internet #JapaneseCourts #Osaka #OsakaTopics #大阪 #大阪府 Osaka – Osaka District Court has upheld a petition from an Osaka Prefecture resident in his 70s seeking the deletion of online comments disparaging the area where he lives, which has historically suffered discrimination. Presiding Judge Naoya Inoue, in a decision dated May 1, ordered the o…

Japan's Supreme Court has finalized a lower court ruling ordering a publisher to delete its lists of areas where people discriminated against as descendants of the country's feudal outcasts live or had lived. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/06/japan/crime-legal/supreme-court-feudal-outcast-finalization/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #supremecourt #publishers #discrimination #burakumin #japanesecourts #feudal