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Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 22, 2017
Amid protests, Brazil set to impose total ban on abortions, including for rape victims
More pregnant women could die in Brazil if it passes a law banning all abortions on Tuesday, including in cases of rape or when the mother's life is in danger, critics said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 21, 2017
U.N. rights panel says North Korean women suffer discrimination, rape, malnutrition and lack legal recourse
North Korean women are deprived of education and job opportunities and are often subjected to violence at home and sexual assault in the workplace, a United Nations human rights panel said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 14, 2017
Myanmar military denies any atrocities against Rohingya, replaces general in charge of Rakhine
Myanmar's army released a report on Monday denying all allegations of rape and killings by security forces, having days earlier replaced the general in charge of the operation that drove more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2017
Rape and sexual harassment cut across gender
In the United States, one out of 10 rape victims is male.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 20, 2017
Myanmar forces believed using rape as weapon of war against Muslim Rohingya women, girls
Rape is being used as a weapon of war in the Rohingya crisis, with no woman safe from the risk of sexual attack as Myanmar's Muslim minority is driven out of its homeland, according to experts in the field and those caught up in the crisis.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2017
Journalist's appeal of 2016 rape case decision rejected by inquest panel
A committee for the inquest of prosecution has rejected a journalist's appeal of a 2016 decision not to indict former television reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi, whom she accused of raping her.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2017
Above the law on college campuses
America's institutions of higher education should follow the same standards of justice as the rest of the nation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2017
The harsh truth about India's 'godmen'
India's much touted economic development has shallow roots, as it has failed to deliver caste equality and social justice to the underclasses.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 17, 2017
Lebanon drops law that let rapists off hook if they married their victims
Lebanon's parliament abolished on Wednesday a law that absolves rapists if they marry their victims, joining other Arab states that have repealed "marry-your-rapist" laws in recent weeks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 13, 2017
After rape allegation against TV journalist, Shiori hopes to shed light on victims' plight
Since she went public in late May with a rape accusation against a high-profile TV reporter, Shiori has been exposed to a storm of hurtful and derisive comments by anonymous internet users.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 16, 2017
Diet makes historic revision to century-old sex-crime laws
Japan revised its sex crime laws for the first time in more than a century on Friday — a historic move that broadens the definition of rape and lengthens prison terms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 30, 2017
High-profile journalist with close Abe ties accused of rape
A 28-year-old woman has accused a former TV reporter, regarded as one of the journalists closest to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, of raping her two years ago.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 29, 2017
Chiba University medical student gets four years for gang rape
The last of four students indicted over last year's gang rape in Chiba Prefecture is handed the heaviest sentence in the case: four years in prison.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2017
Chiba University medical student gets three years for role in gang rape
A medical student was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for gang raping a woman with his classmates.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 6, 2017
Ex-NHK reporter issued fresh arrest warrant over third case of rape
A former NHK reporter charged in two rapes was served a fresh arrest warrant Thursday on suspicion of committing a third, police said.
EDITORIALS
Mar 19, 2017
Harsher penalties for sex offenses
A bill headed for the Diet marks a significant step forward for victims of sex crimes, but heavier penalties alone will not prevent such assaults.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2017
New arrest warrant served on ex-NHK reporter over another rape
A former reporter for public broadcaster NHK, who has been indicted on charges of rape, was served with a fresh arrest warrant Wednesday in connection with a similar incident, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2017
Harsher penalty for rape, sweeping revisions in bill approved by Cabinet
The Cabinet approved a sweeping bill Tuesday that would impose harsher penalties for rape and other sex offenses, including the recognition of male rape victims for the first time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 6, 2017
Revisions seek to bring Japan's archaic sex crime laws into modern era
For the first time since the Penal Code took effect in 1907, the Justice Ministry is compiling a package of amendments to Japan's sex crime statutes that, if passed, will be the first major shake-up of those laws in more than a century.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2017
Bill to raise minimum prison term for rapists
The Cabinet prepares to approve a rape bill that would lengthen penalties, cover male victims and allow the accused to be prosecuted without a formal criminal complaint.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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