High court orders Tokyo gov't, state to compensate for illicit probe

A Japanese high court on Wednesday ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government and the state to compensate a company president and others for an unlawful investigation into the alleged unauthorized export of goods capable of producing biological weapons.The Tokyo High Court ruled the investigation on Masaaki Okawara, 76, president of machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., and two other men was illegal."There is a fundamental flaw in the decision to build a case," and the decision was made "without reasonable grounds," Presiding Judge Teruyoshi Ota said.The court ordered the state and Tokyo to …READ FULL ARTICLE