A civil society group that set up a memorial monument for Korean workers in a prefectural park in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, complained that it was illegal for the prefecture to refuse to renew the installation period. "The memorial monument has lost its neutral character because the civic group used the word'forced entrainment'to appeal for the principle of historical recognition." Was canceled.
A memorial monument for Korean workers mobilized during the war in a prefectural park in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, was set up by a civic group in Maebashi City in 2004 with the permission of the prefecture, but it is held in front of the monument. The prefecture did not allow the renewal of the installation period because of the political remarks made at the memorial service.
Citizens' groups filed a lawsuit to cancel the prefectural disposition, and the Maebashi District Court of the first instance said that the memorial monument did not cause the park to lose its function and that there was a deviation from its discretion. Was canceled.
In a decision of the second trial on the 26th, Judge Yuzuru Takahashi of the Tokyo High Court said, "Although it is a condition of permission to set up a political event, the co-representatives of civil society groups are in memory of Gunma Prefecture. He used the word "forced entrainment," which was removed from the inscription in his advice, to appeal to the principle of historical recognition. "
After that, he revoked the one-trial decision that admitted the appeal of the group, saying, "It should be said that the monument lost its neutral character due to such an act, and it does not correspond to a'park facility'."
Mr. Jun Shimoyama, Executive Secretary of the defense team, said, "It completely overturns the judgment of the first instance and is unacceptable at all, so I would like to appeal."