5.2 million won in compensation for men and women who cheated and had sex as unmarried...Recognition of infringement of the right to rule
Dec 02, 2025
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The court admitted the victim's allegation of infringement of the victim's 'right to sexual self-determination (also known as the right to conciliation).
According to Japanese media, including the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Osaka District Court made the ruling in a lawsuit filed by a woman in her 30s who had a relationship with a man she met on the 「Marriage and Love Matching App」, which only single people can join.
The court ordered 550,000 yen (about 5.2 million won), part of the damages claimed by the woman, of 3.34 million yen (about 31 million won). Instead, he decided to pay 340,000 yen (about 3.2 million won) to the man, holding the woman responsible for revealing the affair with the man on social media.
In March 2019, the woman joined 'Marriage and Love Matching App' and immediately started contacting a man, leading to dating and sexual relationships two months later. But after the end of 2020, they naturally broke up. Later, in September 2022, when he discovered a photo of a man's child online and questioned it, the man admitted that he was married.
The court ruled that "For those looking for a partner with friendship, whether or not the other party is married is important information in determining companionship, including sexual relationships" and that "a man's pretence of being single deprives a woman of the opportunity to judge."" However, considering that the relationship was not based on marriage, the amount of compensation was limited to 550,000 yen.
The man filed a counterclaim demanding about 4.5 million yen in alimony, saying that the woman's exposure on social media damaged her reputation, and the court also admitted the woman to be liable for 340,000 yen in compensation. Both sides did not appeal, so the ruling was finalized.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
