Otaru Onsens Lawsuit
Hearing Eight (April 15, 2002)
Text of Defendants' Oral Testimony and Cross-Examination


小樽外国人排斥温泉訴訟
第8回口頭弁論(平成14年4月15日、札幌地裁)
被告らの尋問・反対尋問の記録
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What follows is the full text of the oral testimonies of representatives of the two Defendants in the Otaru Exclusionary Onsens Case.



Mr KOBAYASHI Katsuyuki, Manager of Onsen Yunohana, testifies on behalf of Defendant Earthcure KK, stating for the record the exclusionary measures taken, the reasons why, and the ways in which the City of Otaru in his view refused help resolve the situation. Mr Kobayashi also makes clear that he supports the passage of a local anti-discrimination ordinance (jourei), which Otaru City has for years refused to do.

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Mr TAKEUCHI Kazuho, contemporary Head of the Otaru City International Relations Desk, testifies on behalf of Defendant City of Otaru. In both examination and cross-examination, Mr Takeuchi makes clear what measures the Otaru City government refused to take (such as drafting an anti-discrimination ordinance), even consulting the Ministry of Justice's Bureau of Legal Affairs (Houmukyoku) to find out what it was not legally obligated to do. Even though Otaru City, he explicitly states, was aware of the problem as a matter of racial discrimination from 1993, it took insufficient measures against the problem for the better part of a decade--in clear violation of Article Two of the UN Convention on Racial Discrimination.

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温泉「湯の花」支配人 小林 勝幸氏 の尋問と反対尋問 全文
なぜ外国人を排斥したか、小樽市の対応について証言する

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小樽市国際交流担当 竹内 一穂氏 の尋問と反対尋問 全文
市はどんな対策をしたか、外国人排斥は「人種差別」であり、あってはいけないと証言する

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