National / Crime & Legal Oct 13, 2020
Activists protest over Japanese lawmaker's skepticism of sex crime victims
The LDP refused to accept the petition submitted by organizers of the Flower Demo movement in protest over the comments by Mio Sugita.
National / Crime & Legal Mar 13, 2020
Japan's Flower Demo movement takes aim at sexual violence
by Mariko Tamura
On the 11th of every month since April 2019, groups of sexual violence victims and their supporters have gathered throughout Japan in public spaces to protest against unjust acquittals of sexual crimes and seek changes to the law. Holding flowers in a show of solidarity ...
National / Crime & Legal Mar 13, 2020
Scrapping acquittal, Nagoya court hands man 10 years for raping daughter
A high court on Thursday sentenced a 50-year-old man to 10 years in prison for raping his 19-year-old daughter in 2017, scrapping a controversial lower court ruling that acquitted him last year. The main focus of the trial had been on whether the daughter was ...
National Jun 12, 2019
Hundreds protest across Japan over acquittals of men in sex crimes
Hundreds of people took to the streets across Japan on Tuesday to protest a recent series of court acquittals of men in sex crime cases, including a man found not guilty over having sex with his underage daughter. Holding flowers as a symbol of empathy ...