Judge Chieko Shimizu was replaced by Judge Yukito Okada. All judges are now male.

 Both sides formally submitted the following documents submitted on the due date.

 Plaintiffs: 4th Brief, 5th Brief, Exhibits A32, 33, 34

 Defendant Country: Brief (2)

 In addition, the defense team submitted a written statement regarding the progress of the due date to request a conclusion on the next due date.

 Subsequently, the defense team leader, Taira, made a statement of opinion based on this brief.

 After that, regarding the future progress, the presiding judge confirmed with the defendant whether there was a plan for a counterargument, and the defendant replied that there was no plan for a counterargument.

 Based on this, the presiding judge has stated that he will proceed in the direction of concluding the next trial, and the deadline will be specified after adjusting the schedule of the parties concerned.

The oral argument date will be held at the Tokyo District Court No. 419 from 21:14:30 tomorrow.

Tomorrow's due date will be on a first-come, first-served basis, not a hearing ticket . If you would like to hear, please come directly to the courtroom.

The court will be held from 14:00. Thank you very much.

The oral argument date will be held at the Tokyo District Court No. 419 from 21:14:30 tomorrow.

Tomorrow's due date will be on a first-come, first-served basis, not a hearing ticket . If you would like to hear, please come directly to the courtroom.

The court will be held from 14:00. Thank you very much.

We submitted the 4th and 5th briefs to be stated on the oral argument date scheduled from 2:30 pm on the 21st.

In the 4th brief, based on the opinion of Dr. Mitsuaki Usui , the governmental claim overlooks that both benefits are social security benefits and points out that they are unreasonable.

In the 5th brief, based on Professor Kaoru Aoyama's opinion, it is pointed out that non-payment is a typical sociological discrimination, and that the national claim is the evil of discrimination itself.

You can listen to it next time, so please come by all means.

The 3rd trial date (the 2nd progress consultation date) was held from 11:00 am today (September 24th) (Friday).

At the beginning, the documents submitted by both parties were confirmed (details of the documents will be reported later).

The Government did not give a clear answer to the plaintiff's clarification requested on the previous date.

After that, the court confirmed the technical points, such as whether the gift contract was not applied in the first place if it falls under the non-benefit provision, based on the documents submitted by both parties on the due date. 

By the next date, the Government will provide in writing a response to our written objections and court clarifications.

The technical points have been sorted out on this date, and the next date will be from 2:30 pm on Tuesday, December 21st. The location is Court No. 419.

Next time will be the oral argument date. Please come and listen.

As part of CALL4's "We Speak" campaign,

An interview article with the plaintiff's representative was published in the column.

The title is "I want you to judge the vague treatment of sex works by the government through a public lawsuit." 

I hope you will read it.

Thank you for always supporting the "Benefits for Sex Work" case.

From 20:00 today (August 28, 2021), Kameishi-san, a lawyer of the attorney team, will participate in the 2nd anniversary event of CALL4.
The "Benefits for Sex Work" case will be covered, so please watch it.

Also, we would appreciate it if you could send us your opinions and questions in the comments on Youtube and twitter.

"Fighting against division and discrimination-what can be done in public proceedings-"
 ▷ https://bit.ly/3zDsTrD

 Thank you for your continued support.

The meeting for discussing further proceedings was held on July 1st.

At the beginning, the plaintiff's documents ( 1st brief, Exhibit Ko No. 28-30, statement of evidence ) were confirmed.

After that, the court asked some kind of technical matters: which act in the articles are treated as corresponds to the application and acceptance; what are the requirements for the receipt delegation contract to be concluded with the secretariat; and if both exclusion provisions become invalid, whether the gift contract will be automatically concluded or not.

The court also asked the state to respond to the plaintiff's clarification.

The state agent replied that he did not plan to answer because it seems unlikely that the plaintiff's counterargument would require a state response, but the court urged him to take it back and consider it. Said he would take it back and consider it. We are paying attention to the future response of the country.

The court explained that it would hold another proceedings discussion next time, confirm the national documents regarding these technical points and explanations, and then return to the oral argument date.

 The next due date is from 11:00 am on September 24th. Please note that the next meeting will be due for discussions and will not be available for hearing.

TBD

The outline of the first trial date is as follows.

 【date and time. Place】
 2021/04/15 15:00 @ Tokyo District Court No. 103 Court

 [Stated claim document]
 Plaintiff: Complaint 
 Defendants: Written Answers

 [Documentary evidence submitted]
 Plaintiff: Exhibit A 1-27
 Defendant Country: Exhibit 1-4

 [Exchange on time]
・ Plaintiff's Attorney's statement of opinion (Taira)
・ Plaintiff's representative's statement of opinion

 [Future progress]
 Plaintiff: Explain the part of the defendant's answer that can be rebutted by the next date. On the other hand, we have requested multiple researchers to write their opinions, and we plan to make a counterargument based on the contents of the written opinions after the next due date.
 Judge: We would like to sort out the technical points so that the next trial date shall be set as ”進行協議”.
 * ”進行協議”（Progress consultation） is held to coordinate future progress between the court and the parties. You cannot listen.

 [Preparations until next time]
 Plaintiff: Document of Counterargument (Deadline: June 18)

 [Next date / place]
 July 1st (Thursday) 14:00 Progress discussion