A very busy day at the courthouses. I didn't have the main part in either of the trials as I was working on other concerns...
The largest one of them all...
they did win... but they will have the disease forever... (pic from Jiji)
裁判所ではかなり忙しい１日だった。他の懸案事項に携わっていたからどの裁判も主の担当者ではなかったけど…
その中でも最大だったのが…
写真：勝った…でも病気はずっと持ち続けないと行けない…（写真は時事）
（以下、共同の記事：和訳は略
１つ目はＣ型肝炎訴訟で国と製薬会社に損害賠償を命じた判決
２つ目はライブドア会計士の有罪判決
３つ目はライブドアが元執行役員らを提訴するという発表
４つ目は向井亜紀らの代理出産についての最高裁決定
についての記事）
◆Gov't again ordered to pay damages over hepatitis C virus infection
TOKYO, March 23 KYODO
The Tokyo District Court joined two other district courts Friday in ordering the government to pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products.
Presiding Judge Atsuo Nagano, acting on a 1,353 million yen damages suit, ordered the state of Japan and three drugmakers to pay a total of 259 million yen to 13 out of the 21 plaintiffs.
Last year, the Osaka and Fukuoka district courts ruled similarly, saying the government failed to implement necessary regulations against infections.
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne, infectious viral disease. The hepatitis C virus can cause liver inflammation that is often asymptomatic, but ensuing chronic hepatitis can result later in cirrhosis and liver cancer. An estimated 2 million people have been infected with the hepatitis C virus.
The defendants in the suit were the state, Mitsubishi Pharma Corp., its subsidiary Benesis Corp. and Nihon Pharmaceutical Co. Mitsubishi Pharma is the successor to the now-defunct major blood product maker, Green Cross Corp.
The three-judge panel at the Tokyo court found that the plaintiffs were given hepatitis C virus-tainted blood products -- fibrinogen, christmassin or PPSB-Nichiyaku -- from 1980 to 1988 to stop bleeding when they underwent surgical operations or gave birth to babies.
Fifteen of the 21 plaintiffs were given fibrinogen, four christmassin and the remaining two PPSB-Nichiyaku. Three of them developed cancer, of whom two have died.
Of the remaining 18, 13 people have been suffering from chronic liver inflammation while the other five have yet to develop any diseases.
During the court battle, the plaintiffs argued that the government failed to take any regulatory measures after approving the production of the tainted blood products which they said were useless and dangerous.
The defendants contended that the blood products were useful and that the 20-year statute of limitations has run out for the plaintiffs to demand damages.
A total of about 160 people have filed damages suits against the state and drugmakers at Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sendai district courts seeking a combined 9.8 billion yen.
In June last year, the Osaka District Court ordered the state and drugmakers to pay a total of 256 million yen in damages to nine out of 13 plaintiffs.
Two months later, the Fukuoka District Court ordered the defendants to pay a combined 168 million yen in damages to 11 of 18 plaintiffs.
==Kyodo
And the lst two trials of the Livedoor cases. One of the accountants was sentenced to prison without suspension! A surprise!
And Livedoor Co. was ordered to pay a fine of 280,000,000 yen!
◆Accountants found guilty over Livedoor case
TOKYO, March 23 KYODO
The Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced a certified accountant to 10 months in prison for being involved in accounting fraud by Livedoor Co. while giving another a suspended term.
The accountant, Taishin Hisano, who has been charged with approving Livedoor's financial statements despite knowing of its illicit profit-padding, had pleaded not guilty. The court also sentenced his supervisor, Motoshi Kobayashi, to one year in prison, suspended for four years.
==Kyodo
◆Livedoor eyes damages suit against Horie, other ex-execs
TOKYO, March 23 KYODO
Livedoor Co. emphasized its willingness Friday to seek damages from its convicted founder Takafumi Horie and other former top executives as a court has made a series of judgments condemning accounting fraud by the once high-flying Internet and financial services company.
Livedoor's current management will finalize whether to sue the former leadership after reading a final report to be compiled by an outside investigation panel by the end of next month, President Kozo Hiramatsu said at a news conference.
==Kyodo
And in the evening, came a decision by the Supreme Court!
◆Top court repeals order for registry of surrogate-born twins
TOKYO, March 23 KYODO
The Supreme Court on Friday repealed a lower court ruling ordering a Tokyo ward office to accept on its registry twins born to a Japanese couple through an American surrogate mother.
The decision by the top court's No. 2 petty bench finalizes Shinagawa Ward's rejection to register the births of the boys, now aged 3, to TV personality Aki Mukai and former professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada.
==Kyodo
裁判所ではかなり忙しい１日だった。他の懸案事項に携わっていたからどの裁判も主の担当者ではなかったけど…
その中でも最大だったのが…
写真：勝った…でも病気はずっと持ち続けないと行けない…（写真は時事）
（以下、共同の記事：和訳は略
１つ目はＣ型肝炎訴訟で国と製薬会社に損害賠償を命じた判決
２つ目はライブドア会計士の有罪判決
３つ目はライブドアが元執行役員らを提訴するという発表
４つ目は向井亜紀らの代理出産についての最高裁決定
についての記事）
◆Gov't again ordered to pay damages over hepatitis C virus infection
TOKYO, March 23 KYODO
The Tokyo District Court joined two other district courts Friday in ordering the government to pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis C virus after being treated with tainted blood products.
Presiding Judge Atsuo Nagano, acting on a 1,353 million yen damages suit, ordered the state of Japan and three drugmakers to pay a total of 259 million yen to 13 out of the 21 plaintiffs.
Last year, the Osaka and Fukuoka district courts ruled similarly, saying the government failed to implement necessary regulations against infections.
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne, infectious viral disease. The hepatitis C virus can cause liver inflammation that is often asymptomatic, but ensuing chronic hepatitis can result later in cirrhosis and liver cancer. An estimated 2 million people have been infected with the hepatitis C virus.
The defendants in the suit were the state, Mitsubishi Pharma Corp., its subsidiary Benesis Corp. and Nihon Pharmaceutical Co. Mitsubishi Pharma is the successor to the now-defunct major blood product maker, Green Cross Corp.
The three-judge panel at the Tokyo court found that the plaintiffs were given hepatitis C virus-tainted blood products -- fibrinogen, christmassin or PPSB-Nichiyaku -- from 1980 to 1988 to stop bleeding when they underwent surgical operations or gave birth to babies.
Fifteen of the 21 plaintiffs were given fibrinogen, four christmassin and the remaining two PPSB-Nichiyaku. Three of them developed cancer, of whom two have died.
Of the remaining 18, 13 people have been suffering from chronic liver inflammation while the other five have yet to develop any diseases.
During the court battle, the plaintiffs argued that the government failed to take any regulatory measures after approving the production of the tainted blood products which they said were useless and dangerous.
The defendants contended that the blood products were useful and that the 20-year statute of limitations has run out for the plaintiffs to demand damages.
A total of about 160 people have filed damages suits against the state and drugmakers at Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sendai district courts seeking a combined 9.8 billion yen.
In June last year, the Osaka District Court ordered the state and drugmakers to pay a total of 256 million yen in damages to nine out of 13 plaintiffs.
Two months later, the Fukuoka District Court ordered the defendants to pay a combined 168 million yen in damages to 11 of 18 plaintiffs.
==Kyodo
And the lst two trials of the Livedoor cases. One of the accountants was sentenced to prison without suspension! A surprise!
And Livedoor Co. was ordered to pay a fine of 280,000,000 yen!
◆Accountants found guilty over Livedoor case
TOKYO, March 23 KYODO
The Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced a certified accountant to 10 months in prison for being involved in accounting fraud by Livedoor Co. while giving another a suspended term.
The accountant, Taishin Hisano, who has been charged with approving Livedoor's financial statements despite knowing of its illicit profit-padding, had pleaded not guilty. The court also sentenced his supervisor, Motoshi Kobayashi, to one year in prison, suspended for four years.
==Kyodo
◆Livedoor eyes damages suit against Horie, other ex-execs
TOKYO, March 23 KYODO
Livedoor Co. emphasized its willingness Friday to seek damages from its convicted founder Takafumi Horie and other former top executives as a court has made a series of judgments condemning accounting fraud by the once high-flying Internet and financial services company.
Livedoor's current management will finalize whether to sue the former leadership after reading a final report to be compiled by an outside investigation panel by the end of next month, President Kozo Hiramatsu said at a news conference.
==Kyodo
And in the evening, came a decision by the Supreme Court!
◆Top court repeals order for registry of surrogate-born twins
TOKYO, March 23 KYODO
The Supreme Court on Friday repealed a lower court ruling ordering a Tokyo ward office to accept on its registry twins born to a Japanese couple through an American surrogate mother.
The decision by the top court's No. 2 petty bench finalizes Shinagawa Ward's rejection to register the births of the boys, now aged 3, to TV personality Aki Mukai and former professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada.
==Kyodo
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