Disciplinary action against whistle-blowing employee illegal

The Kyoto District Court on 27 April 2023 ruled that the disciplinary action taken by Kyoto City against a male employee who took out consultation records concerning children in order to blow the w…

Guidance on the use of chat GPTs by students in Japanese universities.

According to the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper on 21 April 2023, major Japanese universities have issued guidance on the use of chat gpt. The Mainichi Shimbun asked 19 universities in Japan – Ao…

Violation of doctor’s duty to advise on hospital transfer

On 18 April 2023, the Hitoyoshi Branch of the Kumamoto District Court handed down a judgement ordering a hospital in Kumamoto Prefecture to pay compensation. The case was claimed by the family of a…

What obligations do building material manufacturers who manufacture and sell asbestos-containing building materials owe to workers engaged in demolition demolition work?

A decision of 3 June 2022 of the Second Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Justice held that building material manufacturers are not obliged, when manufacturing and selling asbestos-containing bui…

Osaka High Court Rules against Beneficiaries in Lawsuit over Revocation of Reduced Welfare Benefits

On 14 April 2023, the Osaka High Court ruled in a lawsuit filed by about 40 recipients in Osaka Prefecture against the Government and 12 cities in the Prefecture, claiming that the Government&#8217…

Fraudulent Insurance Instruments Sales by Japan Post and Employee Liability

In June 2019, Japan Post Insurance announced that in the five years to March of the same year, 23,900 customers were disadvantaged by switching insurance policies. This resulted in a number of case…

Otsu District Court Dismisses Lawsuit d by Nine Plaintiffs Seeking Revocation of Reduced Welfare Benefits

The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW), which examines every five years whether the standard amount of welfare benefits is balanced with the actual consumption of low-income households n…

Osaka Airport Airport Flight Injunction Lawsuit and Dando Notes

Shigemitsu Dando was a criminal law scholar and former Supreme Court Justice. After his death in 2012, his nearly 100,000 items were donated to Ryukoku University in Kyoto. The university, which ha…

Kinki Nippon Tourist Falsifies Results, Overstates Vaccine Business by ¥290 Million

Kinki Nippon Tourist Co. We were unaware that such a company had been entrusted by the government with call center operations for vaccination n the new coronavirus. In addition, the company alleged…

Here is the table of contents for Issue 135, the latest issue of Consumer Law News.

Up to now, 133 issues have been published. Unfortunately, the articles are in Japanese only. If you register as a member, you can read all articles including precedents. The website is as follows;…

Backlash against unsolicited call ban

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Ruling Rejects Decision to Reduce Public Support

The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) has implemented a drastic reduction in welfare payments since 2013. Over the three-year period from 2013 to 2015, the MHLW lowered the standard amo…

Regulatory Status of Educational Use of ChatGPT in Japanese Universities

Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno mentioned the use of ChatGPT in education at a press conference on April 6, 2023. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has indic…