2022.03.02 15:28Nation

岡口判事「深くおわび」　弁護側、罷免争う姿勢―ＳＮＳ不適切投稿・弾劾裁判初公判

　ツイッターなど会員制交流サイト（ＳＮＳ）に不適切な投稿をしたとして裁判官訴追委員会から訴追された仙台高裁の岡口基一判事（５６）の初公判が２日、国会の裁判官弾劾裁判所（裁判長・船田元衆院議員）であった。岡口判事は「表現行為の中に不適当なものがあり、深くおわびを申し上げたい」と述べる一方、認否は弁護人に委ねると話した。
　判事の弁護側は、「威信を著しく失う『非行』には該当しない」として罷免について争う姿勢を示した。（2022/03/02-15:28）

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2022.03.02 15:28Nation

Impeachment Trial Begins over Japanese Judge's Social Media Posts

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An impeachment trial of Kiichi Okaguchi, a Japanese high court judge accused of inappropriate social media posts, began at parliament on Wednesday.
   "I would like to apologize deeply as my expressions included an inappropriate part," Okaguchi, a 56-year-old judge at Sendai High Court, said at the Judge Impeachment Court.
   A lawyer for Okaguchi said he did not deserve dismissal since his posts were not the kind of misbehavior that significantly ruins his credibility as a judge.
   Okaguchi is the first judge accused over an act of expression through social media.
   In the past, seven judges who faced impeachment trials were dismissed by the court. Most of them were accused in criminal cases.