In a court case in which a Korean female employee in Japan sued that materials containing words that discriminate against race and ethnicity were repeatedly distributed inside a housing company in Osaka, which is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Following the first trial, the Osaka High Court ruled that it was illegal, ordered the company to compensate, and prohibited the distribution of materials.
Six years ago, it was written in the company of the housing company "Fuji Housing" headquartered in Kishiwada City, Osaka, "I hate the national character of China and South Korea" and "Korean people lie." A Korean woman living in Japan, who is a part-time employee, was sought for compensation of 33 million yen for suffering mental distress for the repeated distribution of daily business reports under the name of the chairman.
In July last year, the first instance ordered the company to compensate 1.1 million yen.
In the judgment of the second trial on the 18th, Judge Hibiki Shimizu of the Osaka High Court said, "Materials with insulting words that attack the personality of Koreans living in Japan and those who have an opinion that is friendly to South Korea. It is an act of distributing a large amount of money and fostering discriminatory ideas in the workplace. "
Furthermore, "Even after the judgment of the first instance, materials that strongly criticize the plaintiff's proceedings are continuously distributed in the workplace, giving a strong sense of alienation and isolation, and suppressing the relief by the proceedings. We have increased the amount of compensation to 1.32 million yen and prohibited the distribution of materials with discriminatory words.
The plaintiff's woman, who met after the decision, said, "The company has not changed even after the decision of the first instance, and continued to distribute discriminatory materials. I want you to accept the decision and change."
Fuji Housing side "Appeal and claim again at the Supreme Court"
Regarding the ruling, Fuji Housing said, "The injunction of documents containing insulting expressions and expressions of criticism of proceedings will lead to excessive atrophy of speech, and it must be said that it will have a significant impact on Japan's speech. No. I can't accept the decision at all, so I will appeal and make another claim in the Supreme Court. "