Japan faces lawsuit over ‘unconstitutional’ climate inaction

TOKYO — Hundreds of people across Japan will sue the central government Thursday seeking damages for “unconstitutional” inaction on climate change, the country’s first such litigation. The landmark lawsuit criticises Japan’s “grossly inadequate” fight against the climate crisis, saying it jeopardises the health and livelihoods of the approximately 450 plaintiffs. Plaintiff Kiichi Akiyama, a construction