A man who had been under sentence of death for over 50 years was acquitted in a retrial. Two positive court rulings brought the legalization of same-sex marriage closer. A court ruled that a law under which thousands of people, including persons with disabilities and chronic illnesses, were forcibly sterilized was unconstitutional and that victims should be compensated. Japan’s support for liquefied natural gas projects undermined global efforts to phase out fossil fuels.
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