Japanese spouses must use the same surname, the Supreme Court has ruled, without saying which name to use. That makes Japan the only member of the G7, a grouping of the world's richest countries, with ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
... military court sentenced a single mother to seven years in jail for posting material on the internet insulting to the monarchy. Human Rights Watch said the cases underscore how freedom of speech has ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
... in County Court of Common Pleas held them equally culpable, Reuters reports. Jarrod Tutko Jr. was found starved to death in a dark, feces-smeared room last year. His sister, Arianne, was clinging to ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
An Indonesian-Hong Kong woman has been handed a 12-month probation order by a Hong Kong court Tuesday after she was found guilty of "common assault" on an MTR staffer in October. Cheung Siu-fong, 49, ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-16
North Korea's highest court has sentenced a South Korean-born Canadian pastor to hard labor for life for subversion. Lim Hyeon-soo, the head pastor at a Toronto church that is one of Canada's largest, ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-16
Yung Kee Restaurant faces liquidation if family members fail to agree on a proposed stake sale before a court-appointed deadline Wednesday. Negotiations on the sale of a 45 percent stake in the Hong K ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-16
... n federal court over the former's alleged illegal reproduction of the photo, Reuters reports. It depicts a man sitting beside a woman painting on a beach with an easel, which Gray said is "nearly unch ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
Former Chief Justice Andrew Li Kwok-nang said judicial reviews are the cornerstones of sound governance. Li’s comments were apparently in response to former Court of Final Appeal Judge Henry Litton, w ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-14
... istrates’ Court, Ming Pao Daily reported. The supermarket chain was in the dock for selling expired or improperly labeled food in three stores in the Tsing Yi area in March this year. Prosecutors sai ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... d up in a court of law, there is often enough attribution to enable deterrence. For example, in the 2014 attack on SONY Pictures, the United States initially tried to avoid full disclosure of the mean ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... istrates’ Court Tuesday, Apple Daily reported. Law was fined HK$8,000, and Lam was fined HK$4,000. Both were ordered to make a total of HK$10,000 in compensation to the complainant. The complainant co ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
... istrates' Court on Wednesday, Tsang held aloft a yellow umbrella, a symbol of the pro-democracy movement last year. The 40-year-old activist was accompanied by several supporters, including League of ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
The heirs of Yu Pengnian, one of China's biggest philanthropists, are set to contest each other in court over his will. Yu, who died last year at the age of 93, is believed to have pledged to donate h ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
... e case in court to demand the payment of rents, which amount to HK$60,000 a month. The Labour Department is also looking into the case after it was learned that the operator owes its employees an unsp ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
... estify in court. In a hearing at a district court on Tuesday, David Leung, deputy director of public prosecutions, told Judge Anthony Kwok he will summon 38 policemen, the alleged victim Ken Tsang who ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
... d pending court decision,Yansyah said Tuesday. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
... cted by a court for breach of the employment ordinance over ATV's non-payment of wages. Sources said the broadcaster does not have enough money to operate until the end of its license on April 16, 20 ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
... card, the court heard. The boy is a mentee of the woman's boyfriend. The incident came to light after the child complained to a school social worker. The woman's boyfriend later told reporters he int ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
A woman who videotaped two policemen giving traffic violation tickets to her husband has been sentenced to 12 months in prison. The 27-year-old housewife, surnamed Kam, was convicted by a Macau court ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
... ording to court documents. The villagers received HK$130,000 (US$16,770) to HK$250,000 from the sale of land rights. The offenses took place between 2008 and 2011. The court heard that the group took ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
