Landmark cases of the Supreme Court of Japan explained

This is a list of landmark cases of the Supreme Court of Japan.

Case NumberDate of JudgmentCommonly Used Case NameSignificance
width=150px2003 No. 157width=150pxFebruary 19, 2008width=300pxMapplethorpe Casewidth=500pxThe Court found that a collection of Mapplethorpe photographs that included images of male genitalia was not obscene. The Court's decision was believed to be the first time the top court overruled a lower court ruling on obscenity.[1]
width=150px2005 No. 1977width=150pxNovember 1, 2007width=300pxOverseas Hibakusha Casewidth=500pxThe Court found that the government's refusal to provide health-care benefits to hibakusha living abroad was illegal. It was the first time the Court declared a government order illegal and upheld a ruling mandating the payment of damages.[2]
width=150px2007 No. 30width=150pxAugust 7, 2007width=300pxBull-Dog Sauce Casewidth=500pxDiscriminatory treatment of some shareholders designed to prevent hostile takeover of a company (in this case the use of a "poison pill") does not necessarily violate the principle of shareholder equality under Japanese statutes. Such decisions must be made by shareholders who deem it in the company's best interest; it cannot be a move made by management to protect itself.[3]

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  1. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/19/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-Mapplethorpe-Photos.php "Japan's top court rules erotic photo book is not obscene"
  2. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20071102a1.html Korean hibakusha benefit snub illegal
  3. http://www.courts.go.jp/search/jhsp0030?action_id=dspDetail&hanreiSrchKbn=02&hanreiNo=35027&hanreiKbn=01 株主総会決議禁止等仮処分命令申立て却下決定に対する抗告棄却決定に対する許可抗告事件