Lawsuit over Separation of Confucius Temple in Naha City from State to State Governance Supreme Court Court July 30 4:16
Regarding the exemption from the use of parks for facilities such as Confucian ancestor Confucius in a park managed by Naha City, the Supreme Court decided whether to violate the constitution that separates the state and the state. I decided to hear it in a grand court of all officials.
The Confucius Temple, which features Confucius in a park in Naha City, was created in 2013 with the permission of the city by a group of descendants who came from China during the Ryukyu Kingdom era. The park fee is fully exempt.
Regarding this, a woman living in Naha violated the constitution that stipulated separation of state and religion, but filed a request to the city to revoke the installation permission and to pay the park usage fee, but the city side It claims to be a facility that preserves history and culture and is not a religious facility.
The Fukuoka High Court Naha Branch decided that "the facility should be regarded as a religious facility and violates the constitution that separates the state and the state," and both sides appealed.
The Supreme Court decided to hear the case in a grand court of all 15 judges on the 29th.
The grand court will be held when important judgments such as whether or not the administrative sanctions violate the Constitution are necessary, and it is expected that the judgment on the administrative sanctions of Naha City will be shown.