Originally Posted by
noglider
500,000¥ is almost $42,000, so it sounds like you got what you deserve. Actually, I have no idea what you deserve, but it's a lot of money, and I'm glad you're satisfied.
Stories like these make me wish we had the Japanese legal system. It's amazing how few civil law suits ever happen there. People just don't sue very much.
I think it's almost $4,200 - still a tidy sum that the OP doesn't have to share with a lawyer.