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Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Nov 15, 2015
Revision of Japan's archaic sex crime laws falling short: critics
Mika Kobayashi was 24 and bicycling home from work on a western Tokyo street on Aug. 31, 2000, when a young man drove up and asked for directions. To see his map, she dismounted and leaned in toward the driver's seat.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 2, 2015
Justice Ministry panel begins first comprehensive review of sex crime laws in over a century
A Justice Ministry panel on Monday began reviewing what critics call Japan's lax criminal penalties against rapists and other sex offenders, in the nation's first comprehensive effort in more than a century to overhaul laws on sex crimes.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 29, 2015
Man cuts hole in apartment floor in bid to rape downstairs neighbor: police
A 51-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly cut a hole in his apartment floor to break into the apartment below before attempting to rape a woman with whom he was infatuated, police have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 17, 2015
Man acquitted after serving 3½ years in prison for rape; victim gave false evidence
Court hears alleged victim, witness may have lied, while hospital found no evidence of assault
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2015
The true motives behind IS' use of sexual slavery
Islamic State's sexual enslavement of women may be intended to demonstrate its rejection of modern Western values and to build group solidarity.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2015
Current, former Osaka police officers arrested over gang rape
A current and a former officer in the Osaka Prefectural Police have been arrested on suspicion of gang-raping and confining a woman in her 20s.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2015
Accuser, 16, runs from court as prep school rape defendant, 19, claims consensual contact
A former student on trial for rape in a case that has cast a harsh light on the culture of an elite New Hampshire prep school testified on Wednesday that he had a consensual sexual encounter with his 15-year-old accuser that stopped short of intercourse.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 19, 2015
Prosecutors seek acquittal of man found guilty of raping girl
Prosecutors sought an acquittal on Wednesday in a retrial hearing of a man in his 70s who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for rape and indecent assault.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 12, 2015
Amnesty accuses U.N. peacekeepers of killing two, raping girl in Bangui
Amnesty International on Tuesday accused United Nations peacekeepers of raping a 12-year-old girl and killing a boy and his father during an operation in Central African Republic's capital Bangui earlier this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 10, 2015
Rubio defends stance against abortion under all circumstances, called 'out of step'
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Sunday defended his stance against abortion without exceptions for rape or when a mother's life was in danger that he was asked about during a debate among Republican presidential candidates on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 16, 2015
Quizzed on Cosby, Obama says no precedent for revoking medal, calls rape intolerable
President Barack Obama, asked on Wednesday about possibly revoking entertainer Bill Cosby's Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor, said there is no mechanism for doing so, but added no civilized country should tolerate rape.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 1, 2015
Ex-pro soccer player held in Sagamihara home intrusion, rape
The Kanagawa Prefectural Police said they have arrested a 26-year-old former professional soccer player on suspicion of intruding into a woman's apartment and raping her.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2015
India warns Uber, Ola over resuming taxi services
Authorities in New Delhi asked Uber Technologies Inc. and its Indian rival, Ola, on Tuesday to cease operations, saying that otherwise their applications for radio-taxi licences would not be processed, letters seen by Reuters show.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2015
Toyama Prefecture ordered to pay damages to man acquitted of rape
The Toyama District Court ordered the Toyama Prefectural Government on Monday to pay some ¥19.66 million in damages to a man who was cleared of rape charges, citing irregularities in the police investigation.
EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2014
Tough penalties on sex crimes
A Justice Ministry panel's discussions on ways to toughen penalties for sex crimes are extremely important to help reduce sexual assaults and other sex-related crimes in Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 19, 2014
Man convicted of rape walks free after prosecutors find he was likely framed
The move to release the unidentified convict after 3u00bd years in prison came after prosecutors found that bogus testimony was given at his trial.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2014
Political correctness must not be allowed to hide the truth
Some Muslim leaders in Britain are trying to deter young firebrands in their communities from going off to fight for the Islamic State, but a great deal more should be done to teach moderation in one's religion and, above all, tolerance of other religions.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2014
Stupid advice for women worried about rape
Anyone who doubts that politically correct online activitists are out to lunch need only read up on their reaction to a nail polish that allows women to discreetly discover whether their drink has been spiked by one of several common 'date rape' drugs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 1, 2014
Recaptured Niigata escapee suspected in multiple rapes, murders
A Niigata man is facing multiple rape and murder charges after being arrested in connection with a woman who disappeared in Shibata in November.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2014
UNICEF officer fights for children in S. Sudan
Masumi Yamashina, 36, became a UNICEF officer in South Sudan with the hope of supporting the nation-building efforts of the world's youngest country, but an unexpectedly harsh reality awaited her there.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
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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