Court overturns homeless case
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Yuji Yamauchi KYODO PHOTO
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The Osaka High Court on Jan. 23 overturned a lower court ruling that a park can be registered as the address of a homeless man.
Yuji Yamauchi, 56, has lived in a pegged tent in Ogimachi Park in Osaka City's Kita Ward since around 1998 and received his mail there.
The ward office refused to register the park as his address in March 2004, prompting him to file the lawsuit with the Osaka District Court to demand the local government rescind the decision.
The Japan Times Weekly: Jan. 27, 2007 (C) All rights reserved
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