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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2019
Japan eyes stronger law to protect women from sexual exploitation
The welfare ministry is considering crafting a new law to strengthen the protection of women, including schoolgirls, from sexual exploitation, according to sources.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Sep 12, 2019
With 'The Naked Director,' Japan scores a global Netflix hit
Netflix series 'The Naked Director' has been a runaway hit, with a second series announced shortly after the first began streaming. But not everyone is a fan.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 2, 2019
South Korean petition to ban imports of sex dolls forces government response
A petition calling for a ban on importing life-size sex dolls into South Korea has gathered nearly a quarter of a million signatures as of Friday, passing a threshold that requires the president's office to respond to the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2019
Pornography concerns prompt Indian court to ban downloads of Chinese video app TikTok
The Chinese video app TikTok is no longer available on Google and Apple app stores in India after a state court prohibited its downloads, a setback for developer ByteDance Technology’s efforts to tap users in a key market.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 16, 2019
Will removing porn from convenience stores in Japan hurt ailing tabloids?
Don't go looking for titillation at your local convenience store.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2019
Japan's convenience store giants to remove pornographic magazines from shelves
The three largest operators plan to stop selling pornographic magazines at outlets across the nation by the end of August.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Oct 22, 2018
Women live in fear as spycam epidemic takes hold in South Korea
South Korea is in the grip of a spycam epidemic, with covert footage of sex, nudity and urination posted online in what amounts to a "social death penalty" for thousands of women forced to live with a pornographic shadow.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 20, 2018
FBI probe of janitor's child porn led to closure of solar observatory in New Mexico
A mysterious 11-day closure of a New Mexico solar observatory stemmed from an FBI investigation of a janitor suspected of using the facility's wireless internet service to send and receive child pornography, federal court documents showed on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 6, 2018
Russian historian who focused on Stalin's crimes cleared of child pornography charges
A Russian historian whose exposure of Soviet leader Josef Stalin's crimes angered state officials was cleared of child pornography charges Thursday after a long campaign by human rights activists to free him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 21, 2017
May forces her most senior deputy to resign amid pornography on computer scandal
British Prime Minister Theresa May forced her most senior minister, Damian Green, to resign on Thursday after an internal investigation found that he had made misleading comments about pornography found on computers in his parliamentary office.
The real-life violence that inspired South Korea's 'Squid Game'
Riot police march in front of the main building of Ssangyong Motor in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, on Aug. 6, 2009.
Japan’s ‘quiet revolution’ of luxury travel nears fruition
Scheduled to welcome its first guests in early 2025, the Waldorf Astoria Osaka is just one of many luxury hotel openings Japan has seen in recent months.
Tomiko Itooka, the world's oldest person, dies at 116
Tomiko Itooka died of old age in a nursing home for the elderly in the city of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
‘Fracture’ dissects 100 years of Japanese graphic design
Ian Lynam's "Fracture" is the result of 15 years of research and production and excavates 100 years of Japanese graphic design history from the Meiji (1868-1912) to Showa eras (1926-89).
Japanese chip industry poised for a comeback
An attendee looks at a prototype of a 2-nanometer gate-all-around wafer produced by Rapidus and International Business Machines Corp. at the Semicon Japan exhibition in Tokyo in December.
Traveling for sake's sake: The emergence of brewery tourism in Japan
Tonoike Sake Brewery has been gearing their brewery toward tourism since the late 1980s, attempting to lure tourists to the town of Mashiko.
Tokyo falconers keep ancient traditions soaring
A falconer during the Suwa Falconry Preservation Society's event in Tokyo on Friday. Falconry predates recorded history, originating, scholars believe, when nomadic herders observed birds of prey hunting and recognized their potential as partners.
Japan’s ‘quiet revolution’ of luxury travel nears fruition
Scheduled to welcome its first guests in early 2025, the Waldorf Astoria Osaka is just one of many luxury hotel openings Japan has seen in recent months.
Guitarist Marty Friedman goes to bat for J-pop in new autobiography
One of the themes in American guitarist Marty Friedman’s autobiography “Dreaming Japanese” is that while he has become a star in his own right in Japan, he still feels that he doesn’t “belong.”
Sumo’s brotherhood gets latest inductee
Chugo Saito at Isenoumi stable on Friday. Saito has joined his older brother, Seigo, at the stable.

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