LLAN members prepared the English full translation of the Supreme Court decision on the Act on Support for Crime Victims, etc. Such as Payment of Crime Victims Benefit.

On March 26, 2024, Supreme court issued a ruling that a person of the same sex as the Crime Victim can be regarded as “a person who did not register the marriage but has been in a de facto marital relationship with the Crime Victim” as defined in the Act on Support for Crime Victims, etc. Such as Payment of Crime Victims Benefit. LLAN members prepared the English full translation of this decision. (Original Japanese judgment available at here)

We are grateful to LLAN members from, Amazon, Ashurst, Cliford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, DLA Piper, Morgan Stanley MUFG, Mori Hamada &Matsumoto, and Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partner who prepared the translation.