訴え却下を受けて「不当判決」「まるで植民地」「訴状送達すら行わず」と書かれた幕を掲げる弁護士＝９日午後２時４分、沖縄市の那覇地裁沖縄支部前
第３次嘉手納爆音訴訟の一部原告１４６人が米国に損害賠償と米軍機の飛行差し止めを求めた対米訴訟の判決が９日午後、那覇地裁沖縄支部（藤倉徹也裁判長）で言い渡された。藤倉裁判長は「訴えはわが国の裁判権が及ばない事項に関する訴えであって、いずれも不適法だ」として訴えを却下した。
２０１２年１１月の訴訟提起後、米国に訴状は送達されず、一度も口頭弁論が開かれなかった。
対米訴訟は１０年に施行された「外国等に対するわが国の民事裁判権に関する法律」を根拠に提起された。同法を根拠に米国を提訴した爆音訴訟は全国でも初めて。原告の一部は騒音性難聴などの診断書を提出していた。
国に米軍機の夜間・早朝飛行差し止めと損害賠償を求めた第３次爆音訴訟は２３日に判決が言い渡される。【琉球新報電子版】
「裁判権及ばず」と却下 嘉手納爆音対米訴訟判決
2017年2月9日 琉球新報
After
their case was dismissed, lawyers hold signs saying “unfair decision”,
“just like a colony”, and “didn’t even deliver the complaint” at 2:04
p.m. on February 9 in front of the Okinawa branch of the Naha District
Court in Okinawa City
Japanese court dismisses Kadena noise suit against U.S., citing lack of jurisdiction
February 9, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the afternoon of February 9, the Okinawa branch of the Naha District Court (presiding judge: Tetsuya Fujikura) handed down a ruling in a case brought against the United States by 146 of the plaintiffs in the third Kadena noise lawsuit. The 146 plaintiffs were demanding compensation for damage and suspension of U.S. military aircraft flights. However, Judge Fujikura dismissed the case, saying, “The claims concern matters over which Japan lacks jurisdiction, and are all invalid.”
After the lawsuit was filed in November 2012, the court did not deliver the written complaint to the United States and didn’t hold a single hearing.
The case against the United States was filed on the grounds of the “Act on the Civil Jurisdiction of Japan with respect to a Foreign State, etc.”, which was enacted in 2010. It was the first noise lawsuit to be brought against the United States on the grounds of said law in Japan. Some of the plaintiffs submitted medical certificates showing that they suffered noise-induced hearing loss and the like.
A ruling will be handed down in the third Kadena noise lawsuit on February 23. The third Kadena noise lawsuit is being fought against the Japanese government and demands suspension of nighttime and early morning flights by U.S. military aircraft, as well as compensation for damage.
(English translation by T&CT and Sandi Aritza)
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