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SEX CRIMES

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
May 3, 2019
Trump's 0-for-4 streak of Fed choices raises concern about vetting process
U.S. President Donald Trump has named four people for two seats on the Federal Reserve's board of governors. None of them have made it through the Senate, raising doubts about the president's central bank acumen and the White House's vetting process for nominees.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 3, 2019
Sexual assaults spike 38% in U.S. military, hitting new record
The U.S. Defense Department said on Thursday the estimated number of sexual assaults in the military climbed nearly 38 percent in 2018 compared with a survey two years earlier, data that critics say laid bare broken Pentagon promises of a crackdown.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2019
Journalist sues city of Nagasaki over alleged sexual violence by senior official
A journalist Thursday filed a damages lawsuit against the city of Nagasaki over alleged sexual violence during her newsgathering activities by a senior municipal official, who has since taken his own life.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2019
Indian Supreme Court's record award to gang rape victim provides ray of hope to others
A move by India's top court to order record compensation for a Muslim woman gang-raped during religious riots more than 15 years ago could help other victims win justice, her lawyer and activists said Wednesday.
WORLD / Society
Apr 24, 2019
Bowing to abortion foe Trump's demands, U.N. waters down resolution on sexual violence in conflict
A U.S. threat to veto U.N. Security Council action on sexual violence in conflict was averted on Tuesday after a long-agreed phrase was removed because President Donald Trump's administration sees it as code for abortion, diplomats said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 15, 2019
'Gangnam style' sex crime: K-pop scandals uncover dark side of Seoul's flashiest district
On a recent weekend night, the dance floor at one of the hottest clubs in Seoul's swanky Gangnam district held only a few dozen people surrounded by mostly empty tables.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 11, 2019
Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush wins defamation suit against News Corp. over alleged sex assault
Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush won damages of at least 850,000 Australian dollars ($610,000) on Thursday after a court ruled that the Australian arm of News Corp. defamed him by saying he behaved inappropriately toward a co-star in a production of King Lear.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 27, 2019
Wife of marine in Okinawa works to support survivors of sexual assault by U.S. military personnel
The spouse of an active duty Marine in Okinawa Prefecture is championing an initiative to provide support for people who have been sexually assaulted by members of the U.S. military.
WORLD / Society
Mar 21, 2019
Niger's top court outlaws 'fifth wife' sex-slave maids
Niger's top court has outlawed the practice of keeping women as maids and sex slaves known as "fifth wives," capping a decade-long legal battle by one victim that could inspire others in the West African nation to seek justice, lawyers and activists said.
WORLD
Mar 6, 2019
Traffickers used Russia's World Cup to enslave us, say Nigerian women
Blessing Obuson thought Russia's soccer World Cup would be an opportunity to find a job and flew into Moscow from Nigeria last June on a fan ID. Instead, she found herself forced to work as a prostitute.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2019
How Australian sex abuse victim's 'powerful' testimony sank pope aide Cardinal George Pell
"Guilty." There was a gasp in the Australian courtroom as the jury foreman read out the first verdict on child sex offenses against Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican's treasurer, then stunned silence as the same word was repeated for each of the four other charges he faced.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 24, 2019
Charged with sex crimes, singer R. Kelly released on bond of $1 million
Grammy-winning singer R. Kelly, who has faced years of sexual abuse allegations, was ordered held on a $1 million bond on Saturday on charges that he sexually assaulted three teenagers and a woman, as prosecutors offered new details in the case.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 8, 2019
Arizona health care facility to shut down after disabled woman's rape that resulted in birth
An Arizona long-term health care facility will shut down after a severely disabled patient was raped, a crime that only came to light after she gave birth.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2019
Virginia Democrats hunker down amid blackface and sex assault scandals involving top trio
Virginia's highest-ranking Republican said on Thursday that he had never worn blackface, as the state's Democratic governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general grappled with career-threatening race or sexual assault scandals.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2019
Rohingya refugee women take on new roles as workers and learners amid 'forced societal change'
On a blue mat in their mud-and-bamboo home in the middle of the world's largest refugee settlement, Mohammad Selim is pacing his 9-year-old daughter Nasima Akter on her taekwondo drill.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2019
Chinese movie star Gao Yunxiang pleads not guilty to sexual assault in Australia
Chinese movie actor Gao Yunxiang and a producer pleaded not guilty in an Australian court on Friday to charges of sexual assault, setting the course for a trial later this year, a court official said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 25, 2019
Former Scottish leader Salmond, top figure in independence movement, charged with attempted rape
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, a figurehead of Scotland's independence movement, denied committing any crimes on Thursday after he appeared in court charged with multiple sex offenses including two counts of attempted rape.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jan 17, 2019
#StandUpJapan and other hashtags allow for new voices to be heard
On the morning of Jan. 14, 20-year-old women decked out in brightly colored kimono scrambled to catch trains to take them to ceremonies across the country to mark Coming of Age Day.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2019
Phoenix woman in coma for a decade gives birth; police investigate
Phoenix police on Saturday were investigating reports of a sexual assault after a woman who has been hospitalized in a vegetative state for the past decade gave birth.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 30, 2018
Tokyo 'bus cafe,' a safe haven from sexual exploitation for troubled young girls
Unmistakable for its exterior splashed with illustrations of colorful flowers, a bright pink bus glows at a Shibuya park one December evening, its dazzling design standing out as the darkness of the night sets in.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Yen and Japanese bonds continue to retreat as verbal intervention lacking
The yen has deepened recent lows against the dollar as the 'sell Japan' trade gains steam ahead of big fiscal stimulus.
A dictionary revision illustrates how Japanese keeps on evolving
The reference text A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar recently underwent a revision for the first time in nearly four decades.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.

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