Yunohana Appeal Court Case(2003-)

Otaru Onsen Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

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2004/9/16 13:10 Verdict at the Sapporo High Court, Odori, West 12

Press conference at 13:45.

The lower court decision was upheld, Yunohana has to pay 1,000,000 yen compensation to each plaintiff

A scan of the complete court ruling is here


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2004/01/27 10:30 Fourth court hearing at the Sapporo High Court, Odori, West 12

2004/01/07 ‚P‚OŽž”ผŽD–y‚ูF‘ๆ4‰๑Š๚“๚



2003/11/6 10:30 Third court hearing at the Sapporo High Court, Odori, West 12

2003/11/6 ‚P‚OŽž”ผŽD–y‚ูF‘ๆ3‰๑Š๚“๚




2003/09/04 10:30 Second court hearing at the Sapporo High Court, Odori, West 12

The three plaintiffs decide to make a supplementary appeal (scanned documents in Japanese can be found here) and raise the demand for compensation to 2 million yen for each plaintiff.
The reason for this is that Yunohana appealed the first court decision, where they were found guilty of discrimination and were ordered to pay 1 million yen in compensation to each plaintiff. With their appeal, Yunohana is denying any wrongdoing on their side and dragging the court case into a lengthy appeal.

Court statement (unofficial English translation of the Japanese original) by plaintiff Olaf Karthaus

2003/9/4 ‚P‚OŽž”ผŽD–y‚ูF‘ๆ‚Q‰๑Š๚“๚


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2003/06/03 10:00 First court hearing at the Sapporo High Court, Odori, West 10

Defendant Olaf Karthaus' press release.
Scanned pages of Yunohana's reasons for appeal (in Japanese)

2003/06/03 ‚P‚OŽžŽD–y‚ู”ปŠF‘ๆˆ๊‰๑Œ๖”ป

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