The Tokyo Supreme Court decided to reject Yoshiaki Yoshimi’s
appeal to the higher court on his fabrication of the war followers during WWII
on 29th June. Yoshiaki Yoshimi, the professor of Chuo University sued the former
Lower House member, Fumiki Sakurauchi, for defamation against him.
In the final decision, Sakurauchi had a seat with the former
Osaka Mayer, Toru Hashimoto, at the press conference held by Foreign
Correspondents’ Club of Japan in May 2013. He said, “Many other documents
proved Yoshimi fabricated the war followers so called Ianfu,” when he heard
about Yoshimi’s book in the conference.
Tokyo District Court’s decision concluded, “Sakurauchi’s
comment did not slander anyone.” It decided to reject Yoshimi’s unsuccessful
appeal, saying “Sakurauchi did not pointed out Yoshimi’s book as a fabrication
of the history.”
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