Japan court gives sentences on 2 Filipino women via remote interpreting

A Japanese court handed down suspended sentences to two women from the Philippines on Monday for violating Japan's immigration law, using a video link system to communicate with an interpreter from a different court for the first time.A Tagalog-Japanese interpreter shown on a large monitor via video link told the two women the rulings when the Yamagata District Court imposed a prison term of 18 months, suspended for three years, on both Singson Blessyl Avilanes, 33, and Ragadio Grace Ann Cabatit, 34, in separate rulings.Video links had been used to connect the courtroom and a separate room …READ FULL ARTICLE