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SEX CRIMES 3

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 13, 2017
Japan's expanded sex crime laws go into effect
Seen as a significant step forward, amendments to the sex crime laws take effect, but the nation still has a ways to go, experts say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2017
Tokyo's new 'JK' ordinance takes aim at schoolgirl exploitation
With the passage of a new ordinance regulating underage schoolgirl dating services in the capital, there is fear the change will simply push such operations further underground, where illicit sexual activities will continue unseen.
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.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 18, 2017
Explicit porn pamphlets on display for all to see in Japan's hotels
This week's topic comes courtesy of M.J., who contacted Lifelines after her uncomfortable experience at a Tokyo hotel with her family.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 16, 2017
Diet makes historic revision to century-old sex-crime laws
Japan revised its sex crime laws for the first time in more than a century on Friday — a historic move that broadens the definition of rape and lengthens prison terms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 7, 2017
Overhaul of sex crime laws receives broad support
The nation took the first significant step in more than a century Wednesday toward revamping its outdated sex crime laws with a Lower House committee's unanimous passing of a package of amendments.
JAPAN
May 30, 2017
50 rescued from human traffickers in Japan in 2016
Fifty people were rescued from human traffickers in Japan in 2016, with Japanese nationals making up half of the victims, a government report showed Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 29, 2017
Deceptive DVD maker held for allegedly coercing women into making porn videos
A man who ran an online porn DVD store was arrested Monday on suspicion of coercing an 18-year-old woman in Osaka to perform in a porn video after enticing her with an offer to be cast as a cosplay model.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 22, 2017
Japanese revisionist drivel exposed by former 'comfort woman'
Lee Yong-soo's is a poignant saga of abduction from her village at age 16 and ending up on an air base in Taiwan, where she was beaten and tortured until she succumbed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 15, 2017
Abe's self-inflicted statue wounds fester in Seoul
Abe face-planted by sending back Japan's ambassador to Seoul without resolving the statue issue, one that should never have been made into such a big deal in the first place.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 15, 2017
Chiba murder suspect talked to victim while on school patrol, sources say
The suspect in the slaying of a Vietnamese girl in Chiba used to speak with the victim during patrol guard duty near her school, sources say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 6, 2017
Ex-NHK reporter issued fresh arrest warrant over third case of rape
A former NHK reporter charged in two rapes was served a fresh arrest warrant Thursday on suspicion of committing a third, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 30, 2017
Chiba University medical student found guilty in gang-rape case
A Chiba University medical student was found guilty Thursday of gang-raping a woman with two classmates, while a doctor at the university's hospital was convicted of indecent assault in connection with the case.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 25, 2017
Tillerson tells 'frenemies' Japan and South Korea to heal 'comfort women' rift
With Seoul in political paralysis and amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Japan's ambassador to South Korea remains in Tokyo — all because of some statues.
EDITORIALS
Mar 19, 2017
Harsher penalties for sex offenses
A bill headed for the Diet marks a significant step forward for victims of sex crimes, but heavier penalties alone will not prevent such assaults.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 18, 2017
Why is Japan's public diplomacy so utterly inept?
Why does the Foreign Ministry insist on drawing attention to wartime Japan when the rest of the world is far more interested in 21st century Japan?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2017
New arrest warrant served on ex-NHK reporter over another rape
A former reporter for public broadcaster NHK, who has been indicted on charges of rape, was served with a fresh arrest warrant Wednesday in connection with a similar incident, police said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 11, 2017
Abe's revisionism nets own goals at home and away
What links Osaka, Seoul, Busan and Glendale, California? Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's championing of revisionist history.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 6, 2017
Revisions seek to bring Japan's archaic sex crime laws into modern era
For the first time since the Penal Code took effect in 1907, the Justice Ministry is compiling a package of amendments to Japan's sex crime statutes that, if passed, will be the first major shake-up of those laws in more than a century.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 4, 2017
'Comfort women' in South Korea who serviced U.S. forces seek justice
Historical 'comfort women' cases involving Japanese and U.S. forces should be mutually reinforcing and underscore the ongoing need to hold Tokyo, Seoul and Washington accountable in ways that address the traumas and indignities endured.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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