Six years ago, neighbors and others who opposed the six-story ossuary built by a religious corporation in Kadoma City in a residential area of Yodogawa Ward, Osaka, filed a lawsuit demanding that the management permit issued by Osaka City be revoked. The first court rejected the appeal on the grounds that the city's provision regarding permission to operate the Ossuary "is not intended to protect the individual interests of the residents" On the other hand, the second court found that it was eligible to fight in court, so the city of Osaka appealed.