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CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 26, 2018
Child pornography cases break annual record as police get hands on buyers list
Japan saw a record number of child pornography cases last year, reflecting a crackdown made possible when police acquired a massive list of child porn buyers that included teachers and politicians.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 31, 2018
Tokyo High Court upholds 26-year prison term for child molester who killed 2-year-old boy
The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a 29-year-old man to 26 years in prison for killing a 2-year-old boy he baby-sat in 2014.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 31, 2017
Panel urges Tokyo to penalize acts of encouraging children to send selfies online
A council of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported to Gov. Yuriko Koike on Tuesday that the metropolis should ban and penalize the act of encouraging children to send selfies online to protect them from falling prey to child pornography.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 20, 2017
Record number of minors fell prey to social media crimes in 2016: NPA
The number of minors targeted for sex crimes over social media sets a record amid a lack of education and parental monitoring, a police report says.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2017
Japan child abuse, pornography cases hit record highs in 2016
The spike in reported cases announced by the National Police Agency on Thursday was attributed to increased awareness and enforcement.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2016
Baby sitter gets 26 years for killing Yokohama toddler in 2014
A 28-year-old man was sentenced to 26 years in prison Wednesday for killing a 2-year-old boy in 2014 while baby-sitting him at his apartment in Saitama Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2016
Minors lured into SNS-assisted crimes set record in 2015
Japan saw a record number of minors fall prey to molestation, prostitution and other crimes via social networking services or online community spaces last year, and nearly all of the victims were female, police said Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 24, 2016
Child abuse cases reach record high in 2015: police
A record-high 37,020 minors aged under 18 were sent to child welfare authorities as suspected victims of child abuse in 2015, police reported Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 16, 2016
Graphic designer found guilty of child pornography in Japan
A 55-year-old graphic designer from Gifu has been found guilty of child pornography offenses in the first such ruling relating to computer graphics.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2015
Yokohama ex-principal gets suspended term for Manila child porn trove
A former principal of a Yokohama public junior high school who was arrested for allegedly taking pictures of sexual acts with teenage girls in Manila has received a suspended two-year prison term.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2015
Groups criticize Japan's tolerance of child pornography, call for stricter laws
Dismayed at entrenched child pornography in Japan, organizations petition the welfare minister to crack down on the sexual abuse of minors.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2015
Number of child pornography victims hits record high in Japan
The number of children under 18 who have become victims of child pornography in Japan rose to a record-high 383 in the first half of 2015, up 58 from the year before, a police report showed Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 26, 2015
Amazon Japan says it's cooperating with police child porn probe
Amazon.com Inc.'s Japan unit is "fully cooperating" with a police investigation into possible sales of child pornography, the company said in an emailed statement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2014
Japan outlaws child porn possession, but explicit manga, anime get green light
The Diet has voted to outlaw possession of child pornography after years of international calls for a crackdown, but sexually explicit manga and anime is exempt.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 28, 2014
Baby sitter in dead toddler case to face child porn charges
The Saitama baby sitter arrested over the death of a child in his care is served a fresh warrant on suspicion of producing child pornography.
EDITORIALS
Apr 5, 2014
Steps to fight Net child porn
Police in April started increaseing cooperation with Internet service providers to help contain the distribution of child pornography in and from Japan, which has long been criticized for not taking strict enough measures,
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 24, 2013
It only takes one 'Barefoot' step to cross the line into censorship
If you want people to pay attention to a point you're making, try to bring the subject of children into the debate. Right now, the media is discussing a decision made by the board of education of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, to limit student access to the manga "Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)," first published in 1973 and translated into 20 languages. It chronicles the life of a boy in Hiroshima around the time of the 1945 atomic bombings and contains scenes of violence that the board deems too strong for children. However, the Asahi Shimbun reports that the decision actually "stems from the complaint of one citizen" who specifically objects to depictions of atrocities carried out by Japanese soldiers, which the citizen claims never happened.

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