Cases
Domestic Cases
Japanese Courts
Breaching Cannabis Control Act and Customs Act Case, Case no. 1992 (U) 1138, Judgment of 3 February 1993, Tokyo High Court, Tokyō Kōtō Saibansho Keiji Hanketsu Jihō [Tokyo High Court Criminal Casebook] 44 (1–12) (1993)
Crime Victims Case, Case no. 2018 (Gyo-U) 76, Judgment of 4 June 2020, Nagoya District Court, Hanrei Taimuzu [The Law Times Report] 1482 (2021)
Crime Victims Case, Case no. 2022 (Gyo-Tsu) 318, Judgment of 26 March 2024, Supreme Court of Japan, Saikō Saibansho Minji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (civil cases)] 78 (1) (2024)
CRT Cartel Case, Case no. 2016 (Gyo-Hi) 233, Judgment of December 12, 2017, Supreme Court of Japan (Third Petty Bench), Saikō Saibansho Minji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (civil cases)] 71 (10) (2017)
Daedong-ho No. 909 Case, Case no. 1997 (Wa) 35, Judgment of 15 August 1997, Supreme Court of Japan, Saikō Saibansho Keiji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (criminal cases)] 53 (8) (1997)
Daedong-ho No. 909 Case, Case no. 1998 (A) 1137, Judgment of 30 November 1999, Supreme Court of Japan, Saikō Saibansho Keiji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (criminal cases)] 53 (8) (1999)
Daedong-ho No. 909 Case, Case no. 1998 (U) 32, Judgment of 11 September 1998, Supreme Court of Japan, Saikō Saibansho Keiji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (criminal cases)] 53 (8) (1998)
Demands for no-night-flight hours at Yokota Air Base Case, Case no. 1999 (O) 887, Judgment of 12 April 2002, Supreme Court of Japan (Second Petty Bench), Saikō Saibansho Minji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (civil cases)] 56 (4) (2002)
Fuchu Youth Hostel Case, Case no. 1991 (Wa) 1557, Judgment of 30 March 1994, Tokyo District Court, Hanrei Tamuzu [The Law Times Report] 859 (1994)
Fuchu Youth Hostel Case, Case no.1994 (Ne) 1580, Judgment of 16 September 1997, Tokyo High Court, Hanrei Taimuzu [The Law Times Report] 986 (1997)
Kyoto Korean Elementary School Case, Case no. 2010 (Wa) 2655, Judgment of 7 October 2013, Kyoto District Court, Hanrei Jihō [The Hanrei Jiho] 2208 (2014)
Legal Gender Recognition Case, Case no. 2018 (Ku) 269, Decision of 23 January 2019, Supreme Court of Japan, Saikō Saibansho Saibanshū Minji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (civil cases)] 261 (2019)
Legal Gender Recognition Case, Case no. 2019 (Ku) 791, Decision of 11 March 2020, Supreme Court of Japan, unpublished
Legal Gender Recognition Case, Case no. 2020 (Ku) 638, Decision of 30 November 2021, Supreme Court of Japan, Hanrei Tamizu [The Law Times Report] 1495 (2022)
Legal Gender Recognition Case, Case no. 2020 (Ku) 993, Decision of 25 October 2023, Supreme Court of Japan, Saikō Saibansho Minji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (civil cases)] 77 (1) (2023)
M/V Guanabara Case, Case no. 2011 (Go Wa) 77, Judgment of 1 February 2013, Tokyo District Court, unpublished
Marriage for All Lawsuit in Fukuoka, Case no. 2019 (Wa) 2827 and 2021 (Wa) 47, Judgment of 8 June 2023, Fukuoka District Court, unpublished
Marriage for All Lawsuit in Nagoya, Case no. 2019 (Wa) 597, Judgment of 30 May 2023, Nagoya District Court, unpublished
Marriage for All Lawsuit in Osaka, Case no. 2019 (Wa) 1258, Judgment of 8 June 2022, Osaka District Court, Hanrei Taimuzu [The Law Times Report] 1507 (2023)
Marriage for All Lawsuit in Sapporo, Case no. 2019 (Wa) 267, Judgment of 17 March 2019, Sapporo District Court, Hanrei Jihō [The Hanrei Jiho] 2487 (2019)
Marriage for All Lawsuit in Sapporo, Case no. 2021 (Ne) 194, Judgment of 14 March 2024, Hanrei Taimuzu [The Law Times Report] 1524 (2024)
Marriage for All Lawsuit in Tokyo, Case no. 2019 (Wa) 3465, Judgment of 30 November 2022, Tokyo District Court, Hanrei Taimuzu [The Law Times Report] 151 (2024)
Marriage for All Lawsuit in Tokyo, Case no. 2021 (Wa) 7645, Judgment of 14 March 2024, Tokyo District Court, unpublished
Nationality Act case, Case no. 2006 (Gyo-Tsu) 135, Judgment of 4 June 2008, Supreme Court of Japan (Grand Bench), Saikō Saibansho Minji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (civil cases)] 62 (6) (2008)
Nishijin Necktie Case, Case no. 1979 (Wa) 44, Judgment of June 29 1984, Kyoto District Court, Shōmu Geppō [Monthly Case Report] 31 (2) (1985)
Obstructing Prisoner’s Interviews with Defense Lawyer Case, 1992 (Wa) 268, Judgment of 15 March 1996, Tokushima District Court, Hanrei Jihō [The Hanrei Jiho] 1597 (1997)
Otaru Hot Spring Case, Case no. 2001 (Wa) 206, Judgment of 11 November 2002, Sapporo District Court, 2023, Hanrei Jihō [The Hanrei Jiho] 1806 (2003)
Pakistan Loan Claim Case, Case no. 2003 (Ju) 1231, Judgment of July 21 2006, Supreme Court of Japan (Second Petty Bench), Case no. 2002 (Ju) 1231, Saikō Saibansho Minji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (civil cases)] 60 (6) (2002)
Pork Gate-Price Case, Case no. 2012 (Wa) 496, Judgment of April 10 2013, Chiba District Court, unpublished
Pork Gate-Price Case, Case no. 2013 (U) 857, Judgment of November 27 2013, Tokyo High Court, Kōsai Hanrei Shū [High Court Reports] 66 (4) (2013)
Prohibition Period on Remarriage Case, Case no. 2013 (O) 1079, Judgment of 16 December 2015, Supreme Court of Japan (Grand Bench), Saikō Saibansho Minji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (civil cases)] 69 (8) (2015)
Promissory notes invoice Case against Republic of China, Case no.1928 (Ku) 218, Decision of 28 December 1928, Daishinin Case [Grand Court of Cassation], Daishinin Minji Hanreishū [Court of Cassation Civil Reports] 7 (1928)
Same-sex Couple Alimony Case, Case no. 2018 (Wa) 30, Judgment of 18 September 2019, Utsunomiya District Court, Hanrei Jihō [The Hanrei Jiho] 2473 (2021)
Same-sex Couple Alimony Case, Case no. 2019 (Ne) 4433, Judgment of 4 March 2020, Tokyo High Court, Hanrei Jihō [The Hanrei Jiho] 2473 (2020)
Shiomi Case, Case no. 1985 (Gyo-Tsu) 92, Judgment of 2 March 1989, Supreme Court of Japan, Saikō Saibansho Saibanshū Minji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (civil cases)] 156 (1989)
Ship Tedon Case, Case no. 1997 (Wa) 35, Judgment of 15 August 1997, Matsue District Court, Hamada Branch, reprinted in Hanrei Jihō [The Hanrei Jiho] 1656 (1998)
Sunagawa Case, Case no.1959 (A) 710, Judgment of 16 December 1959, Supreme Court of Japan (Grand Bench), Saikō Saibansho Saibanshū Keiji Hanreishū [Supreme Court Reports (criminal cases)] 13 (13) (1959)
Texada Case, Case no.1974 (U) 1243, Judgment of 19 November 1976, Osaka High Court, Keiji Saibansho Geppō [Monthly Bulletin on Criminal Courts] 8 (11/12) (1976)
Zhang Zhenhai case, Case no. 1990 (Te) 37, Decision of 20 April 1990, Tokyo High Court, Kōtō Saibansho Keiji Hanreishū [High Court Reports (civil cases)] 43 (1) (1990)
Other Domestic Courts
Attorney-General of Israel v. Eichmann, Judgment of December 11, 1961, Supreme Court of Israel, International Law Report 36 (1968)
Chung Chi Cheung v. The King, Judgment of 2 December 1938, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, The American Journal of International Law 33 (2) (1939)
Comfort Women Case, Case no. 2016 (GaHap) 505092, Judgment of 8 January 2021, Seoul Central District Court
Distomo Case, Judgment of June 23 2003, Bundesgerichtshof [German Supreme Court], International Legal Material 42 (2003)
E.R. Croft v. Sylvester Dunphy, Appeal no. 131 of 1931, Judgment of 28 July 1932, Supreme Court of Canada
Ferrini Case, Case no. 5044, Judgment of 11 March 2004, Corte di Cassazione [The Supreme Court of Cassation], Joint Sections
In re Yamashita, Case no. 61 Misc, Decision of February 4 1946, US Supreme Court, 327 US 1
J. H. Rayner (Mincing Lane) Ltd v. Department of Trade and Industry, Judgment of 26 October 1989, House of Lords, 2 A.C. 418
Motorola Mobility LLC v. AU Optronics Case. Motorola Mobility LLC v. AU Optronics Corp. et al., Judgment of March 27, 2014, 7th Cir., 746 F.3d 842.
International Cases
Permanent Court of International Justice
The Case of the S.S. Lotus (France v. Turkey), [1927] PCIJ, Judgment of 7 September 1927, Publications of the PCIJ Series A (10) (1927)
International Court of Justice
Case concerning the Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta), [1985] ICJ, Judgment of 3 June 1985, ICJ Reports. 1985
Case concerning the Sovereignty Over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia v. Singapore), [2008] ICJ, Judgment of 23 May. 2008, ICJ Reports. 2008
Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (United Kingdom v. Iceland),[1974] ICJ, Judgment of 25 July 1974, ICJ Reports. 1974
In Question of the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Nicaragua and Colombia beyond 200 nautical miles from the Nicaraguan Coast (Nicaragua v. Colombia) case, [2023] ICJ, Judgment of 13 July 2023, 29
Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening), [2012] ICJ, Judgment of 3 February 2012, ICJ Reports. 2012
Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (Submitted by the UN General Assembly), Advisory Opinion, [1996] ICJ, Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996, ICJ Reports. 1996
Maritime Delimitation in the Area between Greenland and Jan Mayen (Denmark v. Norway), [1993] ICJ, Judgment of 14 June 1993, ICJ Reports. 1993
Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea (Romania v. Ukraine), [2009] ICJ, Judgment of 3 February 2009, ICJ Reports. 2009
Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya) case, [2021] ICJ, Judgment of 12 Oct. 2021, ICJReports. 2021
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America), [1986] ICJ, Judgment of 27 June 1986, ICJ Reports. 1986
North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany/Denmark and Federal Republic of Germany/Netherlands), [1969] ICJ, Judgment of 20 February 1969, ICJ Reports. 1969
The Minquiers and Ecrehos Case (France v. United Kingdom), [1953] ICJ, Judgment of 17 November 1953, ICJ Reports. 1953
Western Sahara Case (Requested by the UN General Assembly), Advisory Opinion, [1975] ICJ, Advisory Opinion of 16 October 1975, ICJ Reports. 1975
Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan, New Zealand intervening), [2014] ICJ, Judgment of 31 March 2014, ICJ Reports. 2014
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Delimitation of the maritime boundary in the Bay of Bengal (Bangladesh/Myanmar), [2012] ITLOS, Judgment of 14 Mar. 2012, ITLOS Reports. 2012
Dispute concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean (Ghana v. Côte d’Ivoire), [2017] ITLOS, Judgment of 23 September 2017, ITLOS Reports. 2017
Hoshinmaru Case (Japan v. Russian Federation) Prompt Release, [2005] ITLOS, Judgment of 6 August 2007, ITLOS Reports. 2007
Land Reclamation in and around the Straits of Johor (Malaysia v. Singapore) Provisional Measures, [2003] ITLOS, Order of 8 October 2003, ITLOS Reports. 2003
MOX Plant Case (Ireland v. United Kingdom), Provisional Measures, [2001] ITLOS, Order of 3 December 2001, ITLOS Reports. 2001
Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS), Advisory Opinion, [2024] ITLOS, Advisory Opinion of 21 May 2024
Request for an Advisory Opinion Submitted by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC), Advisory Opinion, [2015] ITLOS, Advisory Opinion of 2 April 2015, ITLOS Reports. 2015
Southern Bluefin Tuna Cases (New Zealand v. Japan; Australia v. Japan), Provisional Measures, [1999] ITLOS, Order of 27 August 1999, ITLOS Reports. 1999
Tomimaru Case (Japan v. Russian Federation), Prompt Release, [2007] ITLOS, Judgment of 6 August 2007, ITLOS Reports. 2007
Arbitral Tribunal Constituted under Annex VII of the UNCLOS
In the matter of the Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration between The People’s Republic of Bangladesh and The Republic of India case, [2014] Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the UNCLOS, Award of 7 July 2014, Reports of International Arbitral Awards, XXXII (2019)
Southern Bluefin Tuna Cases (Australia v. Japan; New Zealand v. Japan), Jurisdiction and Admissibility, [2000] Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the UNCLOS, Decision of 4 December 2000, Report of International Arbitral Awards vol. XXIII (2006)
The Arbitration regarding the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Guyana and Suriname, [2007] Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the UNCLOS, Award of 17 September 2007, Report of International Arbitral AwardsXXX (2012)
The South China Sea Arbitration (The Republic of Philippines v. The People’s Republic of China), [2016] Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the UNCLOS, Award of 12 July 2016, Report of International Arbitral AwardsXXXIII (2020)
Other Arbitral Tribunals
Japanese House Tax (Germany, France, and Great Britain v. Japan), [1905] PCA, Award of 21 May 1905, Report of International Arbitral Awards vol. XI (1961)
Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the French Republic (UK v. France), [1978] Arbitration, Decision of 14 March 1978, Report of International Arbitral Awards vol. XVIII (1981)
Second stage of the proceedings between Eritrea and Yemen (Maritime Delimitation), [1999] PCA, Award of 17 December 1999, Report of International Arbitral Awards vol. XXII (2006)
Sovereignty and Maritime Delimitation in the Red Sea (Eritrea/Yemen), [1998] PCA, Award of 9 October 1998, Report of International Arbitral Awards vol. XXII (2006)
World Trade Organization
Colombia – Anti-Dumping Duties on Frozen Fries from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands (Colombia v. European Union), [2022] Arbitration under Article 25 of the DSU, Award of 21 December 2022, WT/DS591/ARB25
Japan – Measures Affecting Agricultural Products (Japan v. United States), [1999] Appellate Body Report, Report of 22 February 1999, WT/DS76/AB/R
Japan – Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages (Japan v, European Communities; Japan v. Canada; Japan v. United States), [1996] Appellate Body Report, Report of 4 October 1996, WT/DS8/AB/R, WT/DS10/AB/R, WT/DS11/AB/R
Korea – Import Bans, and Testing and Certification Requirements for Radionuclides (Republic of Korea v, Japan), [2018] Panel Report, Report of 22 February 2018, WT/DS495/R
Korea – Import Bans, and Testing and Certification Requirements for Radionuclides (Republic of Korea v, Japan), [2019] Appellate Body Report, Report of 11 April 2019, WT/DS495/AB/R
Turkey – Certain Measures concerning the Production, Importation and Marketing of Pharmaceutical Products,(Turkey v. European Union), [2022] Arbitration under Article 25 of the DSU, Award of 25 July 2022, WT/DS583/ARB25
United States – Certain Measures on Steel and Aluminium Products (United States v. China), [2019] WTO Panel, Report of 9 December 2022, WT/DS512/R
Others
A.P., Garçon and Nicot v. France, [2017] ECHR, Judgment of 6 April 2017, Applications nos. 79885/12, 52471/13 and 52596/13
Conciliation Commission on the Continental Shelf Area between Iceland and Norway: Report and Recommendations to the Governments of Iceland and Norway, Decision, [1981] Conciliation Commission, Decision of June 1981, Report of International Arbitral Awards vol. XXVII (2006)
Gender Identity, and Equality and Non-Discrimination of Same-Sex Couples (Requested by the Republic of Costa Rica), Advisory Opinion, [2017] IACHR, Advisory Opinion of 24 November 2017, OC-24/17
Joslin et al. v. New Zealand, [2002] HRC, Views of 17 July 2002, UN Doc. CCPR/C/75/D/902/1999
Oliari and Others v. Italy Case, [2015] ECHR, Judgment of 21 July 2015 (Final Judgment of 21 of October 2015), Applications Nos. 18766/11 and 36030/11
Timor Sea Conciliation (Timor-Leste v. Australia), Report and Recommendations of the Compulsory Conciliation Commission between Timor-Leste and Australia in the Timor Sea, [2018] Conciliation Commission under ANNEX V to the UNCLOS, Report of 9 May 2018, Reports of International Arbitral Awards vol. XXXVI (2022)
Toonen v. Australia, [1994] HRC, Views of 31 March 1994, UN Doc. CCPR/C/50/D/488/1992
X v. Colombia, [2007] HRC, Views of 30 March 2007, UN Doc. CCPR/C/89/D/1361/2005
Young v. Australia, [2003] HRC, Views of 6 August 2003, UN Doc. CCPR/C/78/D/941/2000