[Right to reputation] Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2025 (Wa) 70451
更新日：10月9日
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Article type: Case note
Display/classification checked: 2026-10-10
Categories: Other Japanese law
Topics: Defamation / Injunctions
Published on this website: 2026-09-29
[Right to reputation] Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2025 (Wa) 70451
(Presiding Judge Nakajima)
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No. 1: A statement suggesting that the plaintiff paid money to appear on ABEMA Prime through a slot obtained by connections
⇒ It is recognized as implicitly alleging the fact that the plaintiff paid money to appear on ABEMA Prime through connections, rather than through legitimate evaluation or achievements. It gives the impression that the plaintiff used unfair means to appear despite lacking the achievements or ability that would merit an appearance, lowering the social estimation of the plaintiff's qualities. (Infringement of the right to reputation established)
No. 2: A statement suggesting that the plaintiff may have been forced to pay money as a result of being threatened by an employee of C who had compromising information
⇒ This merely presents a hypothesis to point out the unnatural nature of the post's content, and merely states opinions and impressions not based on specific facts. (Infringement of the right to reputation not established)
No. 3: A statement concerning the identity of the plaintiff and "D," who was said to have injured a sex worker and engaged in harassment at soapland F
⇒ Many readers of the article would understand it as implicitly alleging that the plaintiff and the person called D are the same person. (Infringement of the right to reputation established)
No. 4: A statement that the plaintiff had visited a particular soapland as a customer but was banned because of problematic conduct
⇒ Together with the implicit allegation that the plaintiff and the person called D, who was said to have injured a sex worker, are the same person, this indirectly alleges the fact that the plaintiff engaged in problematic conduct and was banned from the soapland. (Infringement of the right to reputation established)
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