"Publishers Ordered to Pay Damages for Showing AIDS Victim"

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"Publishers Ordered to Pay Damages for Showing AIDS Victim"

Associated Press (12/27/89)

Abstract: Tokyo--The Osaka District Court has ordered two large publishers to pay $22,400 in damages for defaming Japan's first woman with AIDS. The two firms, Kobunsha Co. and Shinchosha, published pictures of the woman in their magazines, Kobunsha's Focus and Shinchosha's Flash. The publishers defamed the woman, who died Jan. 20, 1987, by printing her picture and "groundless" stories that invaded her privacy and harmed her parents' respect and affection for her, Judge Yutaka Tahata determined. The unidentified woman's parents originally filed a libel suit in September 1987, seeking $140,000 in damages. As of April 1989, Japan had reported 103 cases of AIDS.

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