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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 2, 2014
Ex-Your Party head Watanabe faces criminal complaint
Members of an Osaka civic group file a criminal complaint against former Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe over ¥500 million in dubious loans that made him step down.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
May 31, 2014
Anti-stalking laws 'are a dead end'
On May 8, the National Police Agency gathered police officers from all over the country to declare a war on stalking. This gathering was even held before members of the all-girl pop group AKB48 were attacked by a man with a saw at a handshaking event. (It's still unclear whether the assailant was stalking...
BUSINESS
May 23, 2014
Law enacted to promote 'crowdfunding' for startups
The House of Councilors on Friday enacted a law to promote "crowdfunding" in Japan so startup companies can more easily sell unlisted shares over the Internet to raise funds.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 22, 2014
Thai army takes power in coup after talks between rivals fail
Thailand's army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha seized control of the government in a coup on Thursday, two days after he declared martial law, saying the military had to restore order and push through reforms after six months of turmoil.
JAPAN / Politics
May 9, 2014
Secrets law far too wide-reaching: U.S. expert
The new state secrets law is so broad that it's self-defeating and must be amended before it comes into force in December or it will have a chilling effect on free speech, according to U.S. national security and civil liberties expert Morton Halperin.
EDITORIALS
May 3, 2014
Nightclub beats rap on dancing
In a prod toward a modern legal view of sexual morals, an Osaka nightclub owner beats a charge, based on a 1948 law, of allowing patrons in his club to dance without a special permit for dancing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2014
Ex-judge lifts lid on Japan's 'corrupt' judicial system
Abandon all hope, ye who enter Japanese courts.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2014
Dance club operator acquitted of corrupting sexual morals under '48 law
A former nightclub owner is found not guilty of debasing sexual morals in what is being described as Japan's first trial challenging the constitutionality of dance regulations.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2014
Late but handsome apology to Sephardic Jews
Spain isn't just saying sorry for expelling its Jews 522 years ago; it's offering to give their descendants back their citizenship. And Spanish citizenship is practically citizenship in all 28 EU countries.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 23, 2014
U.S. expert urges appeals process for Abe secrecy law
An American expert on classification policy has said that Japan's recently enacted secrecy law lacks proper checks and balances that are necessary to prevent bureaucratic overreach and ensure government accountability.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Apr 16, 2014
Hague jars with Japan's family law, a zero-sum game with only one outcome
A Japanese lawyer told me: 'To Westerners, marriage means 1+1=2. But in Japan it equals 1.' This made perfect sense to me, but perhaps I should explain.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 14, 2014
Suit over dismissal to tackle thorny issue of language teachers' employment status
At the heart of the Sulejman Brkic case is the issue of what, in legal terms, the nature of his employment status was while he worked for language school ICC: Was he an employee or a contractor?
EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2014
Stores sharing shoppers' faces
More than 100 supermarkets and convenience stores in the Tokyo metro area are recording and sharing images of suspicious shoppers' faces as part of antishoplifting measures. That certainly wasn't the intent of the Personal Information Protection Law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 29, 2014
Tougher Juvenile Law proves divisive
Proposed changes for youth offenders satisfy calls by victims for harsher punishment, but critics express doubt at a time when juvenile crime is waning.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 25, 2014
Prosecutors poised to charge ex-Tokyo Gov. Inose over funds
Prosecutors are poised to charge former Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose at a summary court with failure to report election funds over ¥50 million he received from a major hospital chain, sources said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 13, 2014
State secrets law fatally flawed
Japan should hold off on putting the state secrets law into effect until it addresses the need for an oversight mechanism for how secrets are designated as well as a means to protect whistleblowers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 24, 2014
Should young criminals face harsher penalties?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet approved a bill this month to bolster punishments issued under the juvenile law. This is partly in response to growing calls by people victimized by juvenile offenders to reduce their apparent impunity.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 21, 2014
Beefed-up law seen doing little to curb stalking menace
The shooting death of a 26-year-old woman in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, is a sour reminder that even though the anti-stalking law was bolstered last year, measures against the crime remain flawed.
EDITORIALS
Feb 20, 2014
Expanding the temp workforce
A labor law revision being prepared by the government would remove the three-year limit on dispatching temporary workers to the same job, and thus expand the ranks of a workforce that traditionally has had little job security and received less pay than regular employees.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2014
Bill designed to assist part-timers readied
The Abe administration approves a bill that would revise the labor law to hopefully improve conditions for part-time workers and plans to submit it to the Diet this legislative session.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth
A new tooth is seen in a ferret's mouth after it was administered a drug to stimulate the growth of tooth buds.
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
A new initiative rethinks old Tohoku crafts
The colored patterns of Tsuguru "nuri," made in Aomori Prefecture, are achieved by applying multiple coatings of lacquer, which are later polished down to reveal layers of colors beneath.
Xi and Putin mark ‘new era’ amid efforts to counter U.S. ‘containment’
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an event in Beijing on Thursday. During Putin's visit, the leaders showed off their growing alignment amid efforts to push back against the U.S.-led world order.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.

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