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U.S. State Department keeps Japan on top tier of human trafficking list for second year

National Jun 21, 2019

U.S. State Department keeps Japan on top tier of human trafficking list for second year

Japan remained in a group of countries the United States judges to fully meet minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, according to a State Department report released Thursday. The department placed Japan in Tier 1, the highest classification on the four-tier list, for ...

Fukuoka police expand undercover network to halt teen prostitution

National / Crime & Legal Jul 31, 2016

Fukuoka police expand undercover network to halt teen prostitution

Amid the growing problem of teenage prostitution in Japan, Fukuoka Prefectural Police are stepping up surveillance on young girls who are offering sex via the internet and trying to prevent such cases by posing as potential clients. The police also are calling on parents to ...

National Nov 11, 2015

U.N. official backtracks on Japan schoolgirl 'compensated dating' claim

by Reiji Yoshida

A special rapporteur for the United Nations effectively retracts her allegation that 13 percent of high school girls in Japan are engaged in enjo kosai.

Japanese media declare 'dark times' are on us

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Sep 14, 2013

Japanese media declare 'dark times' are on us

by Michael Hoffman

Being good has never been easy. And it's not getting easier — unlike many things in this age of mass technological empowerment. If it were, presumably, there would be more good and less evil — unless evil is more attractive? The monthly Sapio has dire ...

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Aug 17, 2013

Cyber-kids get a break during Bon holidays

by Michael Hoffman

You didn't need prophetic powers, back in the 1980s when the personal computer was starting to show its potential, to foresee something like Internet addiction. It should have been obvious. It was, to science-fiction writer William Gibson. Reminiscing to Time magazine in 1995, he ...

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