Yuichiro Nakatsuji, President of the Kumamoto District Court, in a lawsuit in which the beneficiaries of Kumamoto Prefecture violated the constitution that guaranteed the minimum living, regarding the gradual reduction of living protection costs from 2013. Admitted the plaintiff's proceedings and sentenced him to revoke the reduction.
According to the plaintiffs' defense team, this is the 10th case of similar class proceedings filed in 29 courts nationwide, and the second case following the Osaka District Court in February last year to cancel the reduction of livelihood protection. is.