Japan Korear Cases

Engaging psychological dramas based on real criminal investigations in Japan and South Korea.

1. Theft, Trespassing, and Drug Violations Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (February 2026)
3. Original Case: 窃盗、住居侵入、覚醒剤取締法違反、麻薬及び向精神薬取締法違反被告事件
4. Key Figures: Kenji Suzuki (defendant, 42-year-old former construction worker)
5. Case Tags: Theft;Residential Trespassing;Stimulant Drug Offense;Narcotics and Psychotropics Violation

1. Damages Claim and Succession Participation Application Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-04-15)
3. Original Case: 損害賠償請求、承継参加申出事件
4. Key Figures: Plaintiffs: Descendants of Korean forced laborers; Defendant: Nippon Steel Corporation; Intervenor: A foundation backed by the South Korean government
5. Case Tags: Forced Labor;Wartime Reparations;Succession of Claims;Japan-South Korea Relations

1. Fatal Negligent Driving Incident of 2026

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-03-15)
3. Original Case: 過失運転致死被告事件
4. Key Figures: Defendant: Kenji Tanaka (47-year-old truck driver); Victim: Yui Nakamura (24-year-old cyclist)
5. Case Tags: Negligent Driving Causing Death;Article 211 of the Penal Code of Japan;Professional Driver Liability;Road Traffic Law Violation

1. Japan-Korea AI Manga Piracy Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-05-12)
3. Original Case: 日韓AI漫画著作権侵害事件 (令和8年)
4. Key Figures: Defendant 1: NexaMind AI (South Korean tech startup), CEO Park Joon-young; Defendant 2: Kenzo Tanaka (Japanese systems engineer); Plaintiff: Kodansha Ltd., Shueisha Inc., and a coalition of manga artists represented by the Japan Cartoonists Association
5. Case Tags: Cross-Border IP Crime;Generative AI Regulation;Digital Piracy;Japan-Korea Relations

1. Murder and Violation of the Firearms and Swords Control Law Case (2026)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (March 15, 2026)
3. Original Case: 殺人、銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法違反
4. Key Figures: Kim Jae-hyun (defendant), Tanaka Hiroshi (victim), Sato Kenji (injured party)
5. Case Tags: Homicide;Firearms Offense;Japan-Korea Diplomatic Tensions;Death Penalty Debate

1. Compensation Claim Case (Forced Labor)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (April 15, 2026)
3. Original Case: 損害賠償請求事件
4. Key Figures: Plaintiff: Kim Soon-ja (South Korean forced labor survivor); Defendant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
5. Case Tags: Forced Labor;War Reparation;Japan-Korea Relations;Private International Law

1. The Shibuya Home Invasion Murder Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-02-14)
3. Original Case: 住居侵入、殺人
4. Key Figures: Defendant: Kenji Takahashi (32, unemployed); Victim: Yuki Nakamura (28, office worker)
5. Case Tags: Home Invasion;Homicide;Criminal Trespass;Life Imprisonment

1. Semiconductor Ultra-Pure Water Technology Leak Case

2. Jurisdiction: South Korea (2026-05-15)
3. Original Case: 中 이직위해 '반도체용 초순수 기술' 유출…대법 "산업기술"
4. Key Figures: Chinese national (former employee of a Korean semiconductor supplier), Korean Supreme Court
5. Case Tags: Industrial Technology Leakage;Trade Secret Misappropriation;Unfair Competition Prevention;National Core Technology Protection

1. Snow Crab Smuggling and Customs Fraud Case

2. Jurisdiction: South Korea (2026-05-15)
3. Original Case: 통관 전 대게 62톤 '밀실'로 빼돌린 업자… 징역 6년 확정
4. Key Figures: Unnamed seafood importer (defendant)
5. Case Tags: Customs Fraud;Smuggling;Tax Evasion;Organized Economic Crime

1. Supreme Court Rules Jeonjangyeon Subway Sticker Protest as Criminal Property Damage

2. Jurisdiction: South Korea (2026-05-20)
3. Original Case: 전장연 ‘지하철역 스티커 시위’…대법 “재물손괴”
4. Key Figures: Jeonjangyeon (National Disability Discrimination Elimination Solidarity) and its activist members
5. Case Tags: Property Damage;Criminal Mischief;Freedom of Expression;Disability Rights Activism

1. Supreme Court Remands Ra Deok-yeon Case, Recognizing CFD Orders as Market Manipulation

2. Jurisdiction: South Korea (2026-05-20)
3. Original Case: 대법, 'SG발 주가조작' 라덕연 파기환송..."CFD 주문도 시세조종"
4. Key Figures: Ra Deok-yeon (principal manipulator), unnamed co-conspirators
5. Case Tags: Market Manipulation;Securities Fraud;CFD Trading Abuse;Stock Price Rigging

1. Supreme Court Confirms Conviction of Husband and Son for Killing Wife After 10 Years of Caregiving

2. Jurisdiction: South Korea (May 20, 2026)
3. Original Case: 대법, '10년 간병 끝 아내 살해' 남편ㆍ아들 유죄 확정
4. Key Figures: Husband (defendant), Son (defendant), Deceased wife/mother (victim)
5. Case Tags: Homicide;Mercy Killing;Familicide;Caregiver Stress

1. Supreme Court Ruling on Industrial Accident Disability Benefits Calculation Date and Survivor Inheritance

2. Jurisdiction: South Korea (2026-05-20)
3. Original Case: 대법 “산재 장해급여, 지급결정일 기준 산정해야...유족 숨지면 자식에게 ...”
4. Key Figures: Appellant: Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service; Appellee: Children of the deceased survivor (original claimant's family)
5. Case Tags: Industrial Accident Compensation;Disability Benefits Dispute;Supreme Court Precedent;Survivor Inheritance Rights

1. Lime Fund Mis-selling Supreme Court Decision

2. Jurisdiction: South Korea (2026-05-20)
3. Original Case: Bank Recommendation of ‘Lime Fund’ Leads to Loss; Supreme Court: “Insufficient Explanation but Not Deception”
4. Key Figures: Plaintiff: Group of individual investors; Defendant: Major commercial banks (including Woori Bank and Shinhan Bank) and Lime Asset Management Co., Ltd.
5. Case Tags: Breach of Duty to Explain under the Capital Markets Act;Mis-selling of High-Risk Financial Products;Private Equity Fund Redemption Suspension Scandal;Supreme Court Investor Protection Precedent

1. Supreme Court of Korea Rules Know-how Payment to US Company Subject to Corporate Tax

2. Jurisdiction: South Korea (2026-05-20)
3. Original Case: 대법 "韓기업이 美기업에 낸 '노하우 대가'는 법인세 대상"
4. Key Figures: Korean manufacturing company (taxpayer), US technology licensor, National Tax Service of Korea
5. Case Tags: International Taxation;Know-how Royalty;Supreme Court Ruling;Tax Dispute

1. Supreme Court Rules Insurer's Solatium and Non-Benefit Medical Expenses Excluded from Indemnity Claims

2. Jurisdiction: South Korea (2026-05-20)
3. Original Case: 대법 "보험사가 지급한 위자료·비급여 치료비, 구상금서 빼야"
4. Key Figures: Insurance Company (Appellant); Injured Victim (Third-Party Beneficiary); Tortfeasor
5. Case Tags: Insurance Subrogation;Damage Compensation;Non-Benefit Medical Expenses;Solatium Dispute

1. Kim Min-ji v. Takeshi Yamada Consolation Money Claim

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (January 18, 2026)
3. Original Case: Isharyō Seikyū Jiken (慰謝料請求事件)
4. Key Figures: Plaintiff: Kim Min-ji (South Korean permanent resident in Japan, schoolteacher); Defendant: Takeshi Yamada (Japanese far-right activist)
5. Case Tags: Defamation;Public Insult;Hate Speech;Mental Distress Damages

1. Supreme Court: NH Investment Ordered to Pay KRW 7.5 Billion to Ottogi for Optimus Fund Sales

2. Jurisdiction: South Korea (2026-05-20)
3. Original Case: 대법 "옵티머스펀드 판매한 NH투자, 오뚜기에 75억 원 배상"
4. Key Figures: Ottogi Co., Ltd. (Plaintiff); NH Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. (Defendant); Optimus Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Fund Operator); Kim Jae-hyun (Former CEO of Optimus Asset Management)
5. Case Tags: Fund Fraud;Mis-selling of Financial Products;Breach of Duty of Care;Financial Consumer Protection

1. "Prefectural Funeral" Damages Lawsuit (Resident Lawsuit)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (Hyogo Prefecture) (April 2026)
3. Original Case: 「県民葬」損害賠償等請求事件(住民訴訟)
4. Key Figures: Plaintiffs: Citizens' group led by Taro Yamada; Defendant: Hyogo Prefecture Governor Hiroshi Tanaka and Hyogo Prefecture
5. Case Tags: Resident Lawsuit;Misuse of Public Funds;Japan–Korea Ethnic Tensions;Local Autonomy Act Violation

1. Resident Lawsuit over the State Funeral for Shinzo Abe (Japan-Korea Context)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-06-05)
3. Original Case: 「国葬」損害賠償等請求事件(住民訴訟)
4. Key Figures: Plaintiffs: Hiroshi Kamiwaki (constitutional scholar and lead plaintiff), Kim Young-soo (representative of Zainichi Korean residents' group), and other residents; Defendant: Government of Japan (represented by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba)
5. Case Tags: Resident Lawsuit (Jūmin Soshō);Unconstitutional State Funeral;Japan-Korea Relations;Public Expenditure Challenge