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ABUSE

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2014
Teen missing for four years found alive, hidden behind wall near Atlanta
A 13-year-old boy who had been reported missing four years ago was discovered alive, hidden behind a fake wall of a home near Atlanta, and reunited with his mother early Saturday, police said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 27, 2014
Former St. Mary's teachers faced child sex abuse charges in U.S.
Two former teachers at St. Mary's International School in Tokyo faced child sexual abuse charges after returning to the United States.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 27, 2014
St. Mary's school in Tokyo to investigate child sex abuse after teacher's rape confession
St. Mary's International School is setting up a panel to conduct an internal investigation into reported cases of child sexual abuse — including one confirmed case of rape — at the school in Tokyo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2014
Jailed American lived enigmatic life
Matthew Miller, the U.S. citizen imprisoned in North Korea on espionage charges, spent months in South Korea pretending to be an Englishman named "Preston Somerset," acquaintances who met or worked with him say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 14, 2014
Award-winning British actress says police failed to act on abuse as a child
Golden Globe-winning actress Samantha Morton has said she was sexually abused as a child in the English city of Nottingham but authorities refused to respond to her complaints, a familiar tale as Britain grapples with a string of child abuse scandals.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 13, 2014
'No child ever deserves to be abused like this'
Images of Koyuki Higashi's childhood came back to her in flashes. She was almost always in the bathroom; sometimes she caught a glimpse of the stool she used to sit on while taking a shower, other times she saw her father and her, bathing together. For a long time Higashi was unable to make much sense...

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Passengers that were on a morning train attacked by members of the Aum Shinrikyo group wait for medical assistance outside Kasumigaseki Station on March 20,1995.
The day a religious cult brought terror to Tokyo