Japan Korear Cases

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

1. Case of Request for Revocation of Decision to Dismiss Objection against Non-Registration on the Electoral List

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (March 2026)
3. Original Case: 選挙人名簿不登録異議申出棄却決定取消請求事件
4. Key Figures: Plaintiff: Kim Hyun-tae (a Korean resident in Japan); Defendant: Yokohama City Election Administration Commission
5. Case Tags: Administrative Revocation Action;Election List Dispute;Foreign Nationals' Suffrage;Japan-Korea Relations

1. Theft, Breaking and Entering, and Violations of Stimulants and Narcotics Control Laws Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (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: Defendant (name not specified)
5. Case Tags: Theft/Larceny;Drug Offenses;Residential Burglary;Criminal Trespass

1. Negligent Driving Resulting in Death Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-03-20)
3. Original Case: 過失運転致死被告事件
4. Key Figures: Mitsuyo Mizutani (defendant); A family of five from Shizuoka Prefecture and a 56-year-old male employee from Saitama Prefecture (victims)
5. Case Tags: Negligent Driving Resulting in Death;Distracted Driving;Multi-vehicle Collision;Expressway Accident

1. Tokyo Spoiler Site Copyright Infringement Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-04-16)
3. Original Case: 東京地裁ネタバレサイト著作権侵害事件
4. Key Figures: Wataru Takeuchi (website operator); Toho Co., Ltd. & Kadokawa Corporation (IP rights holders); Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) (complainant); Jun Shimato (presiding judge)
5. Case Tags: Copyright Infringement;Criminal Prosecution;Derivative Work;Digital Piracy

1. Japan Supreme Court Rejects Compensation Claims by Korean Wartime Sex Slaves and Forced Laborers

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-04-10)
3. Original Case: 損害賠償請求事件
4. Key Figures: Plaintiffs: Korean wartime sex slaves (comfort women) and former Korean soldiers forced to serve the Imperial Japanese Army; Defendant: Government of Japan
5. Case Tags: Wartime Sexual Slavery;Forced Labor;State Compensation;Japan-Korea Relations

1. Tochigi Home Invasion Robbery-Murder Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (Tochigi Prefecture) (May 14, 2026)
3. Original Case: 栃木県上三川町強盗殺人事件
4. Key Figures: Victim: Eiko Tomiyama (69). Perpetrators: 4 male high school students (all 16). Coordinators: Kaito Takemae (28) and his wife Miyu (25).
5. Case Tags: Robbery-Murder;Home Invasion;Anonymous and Fluid Crime Group (Tokuryu);Juvenile Offenders