Japan court orders Google to remove search results

By Yuri Kageyama

Published October 10, 2014 4:29pm ET

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TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese judge has ordered Google to remove search results of a man’s unflattering past in an order the plaintiff’s lawyer compared to Europe’s “right to be forgotten” ruling.

The Tokyo District Court ordered Google Japan on Thursday to remove search results that hinted at the man’s relations with a criminal organization after he complained his privacy rights were violated.

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