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Jane M. T. Milazzo
Jane M. T. Milazzo, born Jane Margaret Triche Milazzo, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana since 2011.
Jane R. Roth
Jane R. Roth, also known as Jane Richards Roth, is an American jurist and senior judge on the Third Circuit, appointed by George H.W. Bush in 1991.
Jane Toppan
Jane Toppan, born Honora A. Kelley, was an American serial killer who poisoned patients with morphine. She confessed to 31 murders before being committed to a state hospital.
Janet B. Arterton
Janet Bond Arterton, born 1944 in Philadelphia, is an American jurist who served as a US district judge in Connecticut from 1995 until retiring from the bench in 2023.
Janet C. Hall
Janet C. Hall is an American jurist and senior United States district judge of the District of Connecticut, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997.
Janet Reno
Janet Reno (Janet Wood Reno, 1938-2016), American prosecutor and 78th U.S. Attorney General (1993-2001), the first woman in the post; former Dade County state attorney, oversaw Waco raid and Whitewater independent counsel appointments.
Janet T. Neff
Janet T. Neff, born 1945, is an American jurist who served as a US district judge in Michigan from 2007, appointed by President George W. Bush.
Janice Rogers Brown
Janice Rogers Brown (born 1949), California Supreme Court justice 1996-2005 and D.C. Circuit judge confirmed 56-43 in 2005 after a Democratic filibuster; never nominated to the Supreme Court despite short-list reports.
Janis G. Jack
Janis G. Jack, born Janis Graham Jack in 1946, is an American jurist who served as a United States district judge in Corpus Christi, Texas, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994.
Janis L. Sammartino
Janis L. Sammartino, born Janis Lynn Sammartino, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge for the Southern District of California since 2007.
Japan–Korea Agreement of August 1904
First Japan–Korea Agreement (제1차 한일협약, 第一次日韓協約), signed in Seoul August 22, 1904: Korea accepted Japanese financial and diplomatic advisers and prior consultation with Japan on treaties, advancing Japan's control over Korea.
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1882
The Japan-Korea Treaty of 1882, or Jeomulpo Treaty (濟物浦條約), was signed August 30, 1882 after the Imo Rebellion, imposing indemnities of 550,000 yen, an apology mission, and a Japanese legation guard in Seoul.
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1885
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1885 (Hanseong Treaty, 漢城條約, 한성조약): convention signed in Seoul settling the Gapsin Coup; Joseon apologized, paid 110,000 yen, punished Isobayashi's killer, and hosted a Japanese legation guard, giving Japan parity with Qing in Korea.
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 (Eulsa Treaty, 을사늑약; second Japan–Korea Agreement), signed at Seoul November 17, 1905 under coercion, deprived Korea of diplomatic sovereignty, made it a Japanese protectorate, and created the Residency-General under Itō Hirobumi.
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910 (한일병합조약)
The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910 (한일병합조약), or Annexation Treaty, signed 22 August 1910 by Terauchi and promulgated 29 August, annexed the Korean Empire to Japan; its coercion-based validity remains disputed between Korean and Japanese scholars.
Japanese contract law
Japanese contract law governs the formation, performance, and enforcement of contracts in Japan through the Civil Code of 1896, which requires no consideration and no writing.
Japanese labour law
Japanese labour law governs employment contracts, working conditions, and collective labour relations in Japan. Built on the 1947 Labor Standards Act, Trade Union Law, and Labor Contract Act, it features invalidation of abusive dismissals and 2020 equal-treatment rules for agency workers.
Japanese nationality law
Japanese nationality law (国籍法), Law No. 147 of 1950, defines acquisition, retention, choice, and loss of Japanese nationality through birth, notification, and naturalization, replacing the 1899 act and amended notably in 1985 and 2008.
Japanese patent law
Japanese patent law (特許法, Tokkyoho) governs patents in Japan under the 1959 Patent Act, administered by the JPO. First-to-file, 20-year term, examination on request within three years, opposition within six months.
Jared Lee Loughner
Jared Lee Loughner is an American convicted mass murderer who killed six people and wounded 13, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords, in Tucson, Arizona, in January 2011.
Jasmine H. Yoon
Jasmine Hyejung Yoon, born in 1980 in South Korea, is a US district judge for the Western District of Virginia, nominated by President Biden and confirmed in 2024.
Jason Derek Brown
Jason Derek Brown, also sought as Derek Brown or Greg Johnson, is an American fugitive wanted for the November 2004 murder and armed robbery of an armored car guard in Phoenix, Arizona; FBI Ten Most Wanted #489 from 2007 until December 2022, still at large.
Jason K. Pulliam
Jason Kenneth Pulliam, born 1971 in Brooklyn, is a United States district judge for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019.
Jason Thornburg
Jason Alan Thornburg (born 1980) is a Texas death row inmate, TDCJ 999635, sentenced December 4, 2024, for the 2021 Euless motel murders of three people whose remains were burned in a Fort Worth dumpster; he confessed to two more killings as "sacrifices."
Jasveen Sangha
Jasveen Sangha, the "Ketamine Queen" of North Hollywood, is the dual U.S.-British drug dealer who sold Matthew Perry the fatal ketamine dose, pleaded guilty in September 2025, and was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison in April 2026.
Javed Iqbal (serial killer)
Javed Iqbal, Pakistani serial killer of the 1999 Lahore child murders, confessed by letter to abusing and killing 100 boys aged six to 16 and dissolving bodies in acid; sentenced to a mirror-form death in 2000, he died in prison in 2001; co-accused acquitted in 2007.
Jay A. Garcia-Gregory
Jay A. Garcia-Gregory, born 1944 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a senior United States district judge of the District of Puerto Rico, appointed by President Clinton in 2000.
Jay C. Zainey
Jay C. Zainey, born in 1951 in New Orleans, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, nominated by President George W. Bush in 2001.
Jay Jones
Jay Jones is an American Democratic politician serving as Virginia's 49th Attorney General, sworn in on January 17, 2026, and the first African American in the role.
Jay S. Bybee
Jay S. Bybee, born in 1953, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 2019.