Japan Supreme Court seeks judge’s dismissal over alleged online gambling
Japan’s Supreme Court requested that a parliamentary impeachment commission petition the Judge Impeachment Court to remove Akifumi Morimoto, a summary court judge indicted over alleged online gambling. Prosecutors said Morimoto accessed an offshore casino platform more than 60,000 times and gambled between April and September 2023; the court would decide on dismissal if the commission proceeds.
The case puts alleged online gambling by a serving judge before Japan’s judicial disciplinary process.