Issues | LABOR PAINS Jun 9, 2014
AKB48 members deserve to get workers’ comp for saw attack
by Hifumi Okunuki
Are members of girl group AKB48 "workers" under the law and therefore eligible for industrial accident insurance? The evidence suggests so.
National / Crime & Legal May 26, 2014
The man who attacked two AKB48 dancers and a staffer with a saw has told police he intended to kill someone — but no one in particular.
National / Crime & Legal May 25, 2014
A man wielding a saw assaults AKB48 during a fan event in Iwate Prefecture, wounding two of the female pop idols and a staffer.