New standard for preserving court records: "Preservation of two or more national newspapers is preserved." Tokyo District Court, February 20, 4:13
In many cases, court decisions have been left in court without deciding whether to keep or discard the records of the trial permanently after the trial is over, so the Tokyo District Court reported the ruling in at least two national newspapers. We have compiled a new standard of preservation. In the future, courts across the country are expected to do the same.
The court retains all judgments and decisions after the civil trial, but discards other court records such as complaints and evidence after five years.
In court cases where important judicial decisions are indicated, court records can be sent to the National Archives as `` special preservation '' and stored permanently, but the Tokyo District Court has limited to 11 cases so far and specially preserved or discarded Approximately 270 have passed the 5-year storage period without judging.
For this reason, the Tokyo District Court has created a new standard for special preservation, and if there is a request from the department in charge of the trial or if the judgment is reported in more than one national newspaper, it is considered an important trial and the court record Is to save specially.
Special preservation will also be considered when requested by the bar association, academic researchers, and the public.
"We are very sorry that it has not been operated properly until now, and we would like to operate it properly based on the standards in the future," commented Masaaki Kakiuchi, Director of the Tokyo District Court.
The Supreme Court has decided to notify courts across the country of this standard, and it is likely that special preservation will continue to occur in the future.