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What would you want it to imply? This is simply a fact. I think it is a problem if a news outlet tries to imply something by selecting facts to paint a certain picture. This is the opposite of that. The facts that the outlet knows are the facts that it states.

Given that the Japanese legal system is notorious for only proceeding with charges when the police/prosecutors feel they have an open and shut case (99.8% conviction rate, if I remember), I think they have more to go off of in this case than they’re revealing now. Admittedly this isn’t a normal criminal case, but I’d still expect to see a similar situation here.

I think that's more of a criminal case thing, while this is a civil matter.

It does, actually. It implies the process has just started, which is pretty substantive.