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A prisoner stands behind the door of a cell in the isolation section of the Villepinte detention center in Villepinte, near Paris.
WORLD / Society
Apr 27, 2024
Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates
Many of the events are being held in Seine-Saint-Denis, which has the highest ratio of immigrants among France's departments and is also the poorest.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2022
Video reveals how Russian mercenaries recruit inmates for Ukraine war
In a video posted on social media on Tuesday, the de facto leader of a Russian mercenary group explained to Russian convicts how they could earn their freedom by fighting in Ukraine.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 31, 2019
Number of inmates falls to 23-year low in Japan
At present, no prisons or detention facilities have a shortage of capacity, and the occupancy rate stands at slightly below 60 percent of overall national capacity.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Dec 27, 2019
VR builds bridge between staff and young detainees with developmental disorders in Japan
One day in mid-November, instructors at the Miyagawa medical reformatory, which treats delinquent teenage boys with developmental disorders, in Ise, Mie Prefecture, experienced how people with the disabilities perceive the world by wearing virtual reality goggles and watching a video.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2019
Japan to pardon 550,000 convicts on occasion of imperial enthronement ceremony
The government on Friday approved granting pardons to roughly 550,000 petty criminals in light of Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony next Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 7, 2019
In first sign of better ties, Russia and Ukraine begin long-awaited prisoner swap
Russia and Ukraine on Saturday began a long-awaited prisoner swap in a step that could ease bitter tensions over Moscow's annexation five years ago of the Crimea region.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 29, 2019
Jailed British-Iranian aid worker ends hunger strike in Iran
Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has ended a hunger strike in Tehran designed to push for her release, her husband told the BBC on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 29, 2019
Florida governor signs law allowing felons to vote, but there's a price
Florida's Republican governor on Friday signed a bill to restore the voting rights for felons who have served their time, but he wants them to pay all fines and restitution before casting a ballot, a hurdle that immediately drew a lawsuit from civil rights groups.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jun 19, 2019
With changes in emperors come amnesties, so who will benefit?
One convenient thing about Japanese law for those of us who are professors of it is that it is quite modern. Virtually all Japanese laws and institutions antedate the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and, of those, most have a 20th-century provenance. Compared to Anglo-American law with Magna Carta, bewigged...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 28, 2019
At least 42 inmates found strangled in Brazil prison gang clashes
At least 42 prisoners in Brazil were found strangled to death on Monday in four jails in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, where a fight between rival prison gangs resulted in 15 dead the day before, authorities said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 18, 2019
Chinese court sentences Japanese man accused of stealing state secrets to 5½ years in prison
A Chinese court has sentenced a Japanese man who was detained some two years ago on charges of spying to 5½ years in prison, sources have said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 7, 2019
Two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar freed after more than 500 days
Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2018
Myanmar's Suu Kyi at World Economic Forum defends jailing of two Reuters journalists
Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday the jailing of two Reuters journalists had nothing to do with freedom of expression and they can appeal against their seven-year sentences.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2018
North Korea says it will grant large-scale prisoner amnesty next month
North Korea is planning to grant a general amnesty next month in the run-up to the 70th anniversary of its foundation day in September, state media said Monday, in an echo of moves done before other key dates in the nuclear-armed country's history.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 7, 2018
Mexico extradites key lieutenant of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' to U.S.
Mexico on Friday extradited to the United States a senior lieutenant of the Sinaloa Cartel drug gang formerly headed by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the attorney general's office said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 11, 2018
Three Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed up to seven years for rioting in ruling criticized as 'unjustified'
Three protesters from Hong Kong's radical youth opposition were jailed on Monday for taking part in a violent unrest, receiving the harshest sentences handed down to democracy activists since the city returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 29, 2018
Venezuela jail riot and fire leave dozens dead
Reuters
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 20, 2018
Peru court orders ex-President Alberto Fujimori to stand trial for 1992 mass killing
A Peruvian court ordered former President Alberto Fujimori on Monday to stand trial for the 1992 killings of six farmers, arguing that he lacks immunity despite a recent pardon for a different crime.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 13, 2018
Disgraced senior Chinese politician Sun Zhengcai charged with bribery
Chinese prosecutors have charged disgraced senior politician Sun Zhengcai with bribery, state media said Tuesday, the latest development in a corruption probe into a man once considered a contender for top leadership.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2018
Freeing of Fujimori in Peru was partly aimed at boosting presidential prospects of his son, source says
Three months before he granted Alberto Fujimori a pardon on medical grounds, Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski met the jailed former president's son, lawmaker Kenji Fujimori, to discuss his release, a source close to the president said.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park, opens in northern Okinawa
In Junglia’s Dinosaur Safari attraction during a media preview on Thursday, a casual drive through a habitat for the prehistoric creatures goes haywire when several Tyrannosaurus rexes break out of containment.
Big unanswered questions follow Japan's big, beautiful deal with the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday in Washington, the day after he agreed to an 11th-hour trade deal with Japan.
Extreme heat grips Japan, even Hokkaido
The city of Obihiro in Hokkaido amid scorching heat on Thursday
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.

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