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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 11, 2018
'Shino Can't Say Her Name': A teenage struggle that speaks to everyone
There's a point in many teenagers' lives where few things are more mortifying than the prospect of having to speak in public. High school freshman Shino (Sara Minami) has it worse than most. When she's by herself, she can talk perfectly fine, even play-acting the conversations she wishes she was having with her fellow students. But when she's called upon to introduce herself to the class at the start of term, she's felled by a speech impediment so severe that she can barely get a word out.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 7, 2018
In Japan no one wants to talk about sex education
The English 'penis' — which rhymes with 'Venice' in katakana — is the preferred technical term when discussing male genitalia in Japan, but even that seems to be taboo in broadcast situations.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 4, 2018
'Yamato (California)': Hanae Kan does well as an aspiring rapper that's straight outta Japan
The American military bases in Okinawa are often in the news, usually because of an accident, protest or crime. The bases elsewhere in Japan, not so much. These reminders of a postwar occupation now seven decades in the past have mostly faded from the public imagination.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 4, 2018
'Saimon & Tada Takashi': High school drama with anime and sci-fi twists
The pangs of unrequited love are a familiar staple in high-school movies, but it's not often that they involve an altercation with a flying saucer. In his lopsided debut feature, "Saimon & Tada Takashi," writer-director Manabu Oda mixes sensitive teen drama with surreal humor and low-budget sci-fi schlock. By the end of the film's 83-minute runtime, the fact that it revolves around a gay romance feels almost incidental.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 15, 2016
Teen appeals jail term over murder of Kawasaki boy
A 19-year-old male is appealing a district court ruling that sentenced him to an indeterminate prison term of between six and 10 years for his involvement in the brutal murder of a teenage boy on a riverbank in Kawasaki last year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 10, 2016
Teen gets prison sentence for Kawasaki murder
The 19-year-old male who played a key role in the murder of a teenage boy on a Kawasaki riverbank last year was sentenced to nine to 13 years in prison Wednesday at the Yokohama District Court.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 6, 2016
Teen arrested over murder of grandparents in Hyogo
A 19-year-old was taken into custody Saturday in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture, on suspicion of killing his grandparents, local police said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 2, 2015
Chicago mayor ousts top cop over white officer's videotaped killing of black teen
Chicago's police chief was ousted on Tuesday following days of unrest over video footage showing the shooting of a black teenager and the filing of murder charges against a white police officer in the young man's death.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 5, 2015
Teen held for murder in Hokkaido says he wanted to kill someone
A 19-year-old boy under arrest for allegedly murdering a 31-year-old beautician in Hokkaido has told police he just wanted to kill someone, according to investigative sources.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 12, 2015
Teen held over bomb threat at Okayama high school
A 15-year-old male was arrested Thursday for an alleged bomb threat targeting a high school in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, that was evacuated earlier this week, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 8, 2015
Three Aichi teens admit beating boy, forcing him to take fatal swim
Three teenage boys who allegedly beat and forced a 15-year-old high school boy to swim across a river in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, on Saturday night said they tried to rescue him when he disappeared underwater, according to investigators.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 19, 2015
Yokohama teen admits killing mother, grandmother
A 15-year-old boy in Yokohama has been arrested on suspicion of killing his mother and grandmother, investigators said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 13, 2015
Teens suspected of killing Kawasaki boy may be tried as adults
A family court has decided to send three teens back to prosecutors over the killing of a 13-year-old boy in February.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2015
Lawyer raps weekly for expose on minor in Kawasaki slaying
When personal information on minors in criminal cases ends up online, that doesn't give the mass media full justification to publicize it, a lawyer says.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2015
Teen murder victim didn't know prime suspect was among group he joined
In the brutal murder of a 13-year-old boy on the banks of the Tama River in Kawasaki, the victim, Ryoto Uemura, joined the three teenage suspects on the night of the slaying without knowing the group included the 18-year-old boy he was afraid of and who allegedly played the leading role in the killing, investigative sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 23, 2015
Kawasaki security footage shows two people about same age as slaying victim
Two people seen on security video near where a 13-year-old boy was found dead on a river bank in Kawasaki are about the same age as the victim.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 5, 2015
Magazine IDs student suspect in Nagoya slaying, breaking legal taboo
A news magazine defies a ban on identifying minors in criminal cases by running a four-page expose on a student accused of killing an elderly woman in Nagoya.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 20, 2015
Suspect in classmate killing charged with attempting to murder her father
The Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, teenager suspected of killing and dismembering her classmate will now face an additional count of attempting to murder her father, police said Tuesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 14, 2015
U.S. man, 19, pleads not guilty to trying to join Islamic State
A 19-year-old man from suburban Chicago pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal charges of trying to provide material support to Islamic State militants after he tried to travel with his two younger siblings to the Middle East to join the Islamic State.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 5, 2014
Teen accused of Sasebo murder ordered detained until late December
The Sasebo Summary Court has extended the detention period for a 16-year-old girl until Dec. 24 so that she can undergo further psychiatric tests, after the teen was arrested in July on suspicion of killing a classmate and dismembering her body, local prosecutors said.

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