Tokyo District Court
Japanese trial court whose Tachikawa branch faces a planned data-centre injunction case.
As at October 2026, Tokyo District Court was a Japanese first-instance court whose Tachikawa branch served western Tokyo and handled ordinary civil claims and provisional remedies.
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Tokyo District Court is a Japanese court of first instance. Its Tachikawa branch serves western Tokyo and handles ordinary civil lawsuits and applications for civil provisional remedies. Those remedies include requests for protection before a full lawsuit reaches judgment.
In October 2026, an Akishima residents' group said it planned to ask the branch for an injunction by year-end. The proposed claim sought to stop eight data-centre buildings and three logistics buildings on a former golf course of about 58.8 hectares. Alterna and Nikkei Business reported that no one in Japan had yet sought such an injunction directly against a data-centre operator. Mediation between the residents and developer Nihon GLP had collapsed on 17 August.
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