For Yusuke Iwahashi's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
After a man was arrested in June for allegedly operating what appeared to be Japan's largest child pornography website, experts believe police are making progress in unmasking anonymous predators who engage in illegal and immoral activities on the darknet. Facing a huge challenge because of ...
With the passage of a new ordinance regulating underage schoolgirl dating services in the capital, there is fear the change will simply push such operations further underground, where illicit sexual activities will continue unseen. Tokyo's new ordinance, which took force on Saturday, prohibits girls 17 ...
While climate change is posing a global threat by melting polar ice, it is creating an ice crisis of a different kind in Japan. At risk is the tradition of making ice under natural conditions. As weather patterns have changed in ice-making regions, it has ...
