The Supreme Court ordered a loan shark Tuesday to compensate his customers for both the principal and the illegally exorbitant interest rates he charged, overruling a high court decision. Susumu Kajiyama, the operator of a gangster-linked moneylender,... ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Tue, Jun 10 2008
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