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ABUSE

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 8, 2017
In Japan, we too need to talk about sexual misconduct
#MeToo may have failed to fly here, but Japanese society has much to learn about combating sexual assault and harassment.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 8, 2017
When 'Charisma Man' in Japan meets 'chikan,' women get hurt
Perhaps my own failing was not to challenge the locker-room code — not with the wagging finger of a spoiler, but as a man who is also learning.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Nov 8, 2017
In Hong Kong, maids are sacked for falling pregnant, called 'dogs' and left homeless
As soon as Indonesian domestic worker Anisa discovered she was pregnant with her first child, her heart sank.
WORLD
Nov 1, 2017
Millions of girls forced into sex yet only 1 in 100 seek help, U.N. says
At least 15 million teenage girls worldwide have been forced into sex — often by partners, relatives or friends — yet only 1 in 100 sought help, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 17, 2017
Child sex abuse rising with internet use in Southeast Asia
Rising internet use in Southeast Asia is fueling the spread of material that is abusive and sexually exploitative of children, particularly as growing numbers of young people put footage of themselves online, an Australian police expert said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 4, 2017
Japanese women more likely to keep domestic abuse secret than EU peers: survey
When Japanese women are physically or sexually abused by their partners, they tend to keep quiet and refrain from reporting the violence to the police.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 1, 2017
Once a drug user in Japan, always an outcast
Since being arrested for possession of stimulant drugs on June 2, it is assumed that 30-year-old actor Ryo Hashizume's career is over. As Mark Schilling wrote in the June 15 Japan Times, Hashizume's latest film, in which he played a supporting role, was pulled from theaters. It reopened June 17, but...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 24, 2017
Japan's shelters provide little comfort to abused children
Japan's shelters for neglected children are known for their suffocating discipline, but no one has come up with a good way to reform them in the past 70 years.
WORLD
Apr 29, 2017
In Virginia, the bizarre mystery of abducted and shaved cats
Police and townsfolk in Waynesboro, Virginia, are trying to figure out why someone is abducting and shaving pet cats.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 24, 2017
Eight North Korean defectors in China at risk of deportation, rights group says
Eight North Korean defectors in China face involuntary repatriation after being detained by Chinese police last month, Human Rights Watch and a pastor who has been assisting them said Monday.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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