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A United Nations flag on the back of an armored vehicle in southern Lebanon on Tuesday. The U.N. children's agency said in a new report that sexual violence against children cuts across geographical, cultural, and economic boundaries.
WORLD / Society
Oct 10, 2024
One in 8 girls and women raped or sexually assaulted before 18, UNICEF says
Among boys and men, 1 in 11 have experienced rape or sexual assault during childhood, the United Nations children's agency said on Wednesday.
Sapporo City Board of Education officials apologize on Tuesday over a case in which an elementary school boy was sexually assaulted by a junior high school boy.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2024
Sapporo school boy sexually assaulted by junior high student: panel report
The offending student previously went to the same elementary school as the victim, and the two were members of the same youth sports team.
Yoshimoto Kogyo, the agency that manages comedy trio Jungle Pocket, announced in mid-September that group member Shinji Saito had been experiencing health issues and underwent hospitalization, and that he requested a hiatus.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 7, 2024
Comedian Shinji Saito investigated over sexual assault
The member of comedy trio Jungle Pocket is alleged to have performed nonconsensual sexual intercourse on a woman in a bus at a filming location in Shinjuku.
People search for survivors and the bodies of victims after an Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 26, 2023.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2024
Emails show early U.S. concerns over Gaza offensive and risk of Israeli war crimes
The emails show the Biden administration’s struggle to balance internal concerns over rising deaths in Gaza with its public support for Jerusalem.
The FIFA logo is seen during a news conference in February 2019.
SOCCER
Oct 4, 2024
FIFA defers decision on call to suspend Israel
The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) called for its Israeli counterpart to be suspended in May.
People chant slogans as they participate in a protest marking one month since the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital, in Kolkata, India, on Sept. 8.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 27, 2024
India cuts target for fast-track sex crime courts as states fall short
India's strained judicial system has a backlog of tens of millions of cases.
Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian cities have been unsuccessful in breaking Ukraine's resolve and the strategic benefit of such attacks is questionable.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 26, 2024
Lessons from Ukraine and Gaza on humanitarian law
The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza challenge, if not outright violate, humanitarian law, which seeks to balance military objectives with minimizing harm to civilians.
A U.S. Marine aircraft at Futenma Air Station in Okinawa
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 21, 2024
U.S. marine in Okinawa indicted for alleged sexual assault
The suspect has denied part of the charges, claiming that he had consent, investigative sources said.
An Israeli naval officer holds the mooring rope of INS Tanin, a German-built Dolphin AIP class submarine, as it docks at a naval base in the northern city of Haifa after its arrival in Israel in 2014.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2024
Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says
Legal challenges across Europe have led other allies of Israel to pause or suspend arms exports.
Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives for the 2018 Met Gala in New York. Combs — the rap mogul whose star has plunged after a wave of sex trafficking and assault lawsuits against him — was arrested in Manhattan late on September on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2024
Rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrested in New York amid assault lawsuits
The attorney for the Southern District of New York said the arrest stemmed from a sealed indictment filed by his office, which they expected to unseal the next day.
Activists hold up symbolic eye masks during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on Aug. 30.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2024
South Korea is facing deepfake porn crisis
The industry creating AI technology must develop safeguards to address this epidemic.
Tamotsu Shiiki, 58, is accused of sexually assaulting a first-year junior high school girl at a karaoke parlor in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district on Aug. 20. He has denied the charge.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2024
Ex-lawmaker held over alleged sexual assault in Tokyo karaoke parlor
Tamotsu Shiiki, a former Lower House lawmaker of Nippon Ishin no Kai, denies sexually assaulting the first-year junior high school girl.
A Palestinian girl walks near a puddle of wastewater and piles of garbage and debris amid the spread of skin infections in the northern Gaza Strip on Aug. 5.
WORLD
Sep 11, 2024
Sickness a 'death sentence' in Gaza with a health care system in ruins
"We have no medical system," a general practitioner with the Palestine Red Crescent Society in Gaza said.
Soccer player Junya Ito has filed a criminal complaint against two women and a weekly magazine for suspected defamation, saying that the magazine article on his alleged sexual assault has damaged his reputation and credibility.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2024
Soccer player Ito appeals against nonindictment of two women
Police had sent to public prosecutors papers on the two women for allegedly making false allegations against two men including Ito, but both women were not indicted.
A displaced women stands in front of her tent, which was damaged by an Israeli strike, in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 10, 2024
Dozens killed and wounded as Israeli conducts strike on Gaza tent camp
At least 65 people had been killed or wounded, the enclave's civil emergency service said, as Israel's military said it had targeted a Hamas command center.
A Ukrainian military sapper places red flags next to a part of a Russian cluster bomb while demining a field in the Kherson region of Ukraine on April 4.
WORLD
Sep 10, 2024
Cluster bombs have killed or wounded over 1,000 in Ukraine since 2022
Cluster munitions can be dropped from planes or fired from artillery before exploding in midair and scattering bomblets over a wide area.
People chant slogans as they participate in a protest one month after the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata on Sunday
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2024
Worldwide protests held over Indian trainee medic's rape and murder
A suspect has been arrested along with the former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College, where the rape and murder victim had been studying.
A Palestinian girl is vaccinated against polio in Khan Younis on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 8, 2024
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 61 in 48 hours as U.N. pursues vaccinations
Airstrikes on two former schools that were housing displaced people, one in Gaza City and one in Jabalia, killed at least 12 people, Palestinian medics said.
Nuns walk past a banner on Saturday erected to welcome Pope Francis ahead of his visit in Dili, East Timor.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 8, 2024
Child abuse scandals hang over pope's East Timor visit
There are calls for the 87-year-old pontiff to speak out on child abuse when he lands in the former Portuguese colony Monday as part of his Asia-Pacific tour.
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks during a news conference in the prefectural government office in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 6, 2024
Okinawa governor condemns alleged sexual assault by U.S. Marine
The governor said that the prefecture will lodge a protest with the Japanese and U.S. governments over the case.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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