Sweet smell from the confectionery factory is harmful!?!!

A confectionery company sued for continuous smell and noise lost in court 3 days ago in Kyoto, Japan. 

The verdict was that the continuous sweet smell is harmful to the residents along with the noise.  There is no law for sweet smells in Japan.  Although 22 material are regulated by the current law for preventing awful smells which includes ammonia. The people who sued the confectionery company won and an amount 2,800,000yen(32987USdollor, Sept.22nd, 2010).  Resulted to 150,000 yen per family that joined the law suit. The verdict was not only due to the smell and noise but also because the factory built on a land which was restricted only for offices, storage places and houses.

This was the first ruling in history of Japan to judge the smell and the noise of  a confectionery company.  Former  to this verdict, there was a Yakitori (grilled chicken on a stick) restaurant sued, lost and paid 600000 yen.　.

Picture above is Yakitori.