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SEX CRIMES 3

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2016
Minors lured into SNS-assisted crimes set record in 2015
Japan saw a record number of minors fall prey to molestation, prostitution and other crimes via social networking services or online community spaces last year, and nearly all of the victims were female, police said Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 31, 2016
U.N. widens sex abuse allegation probe against peacekeepers in Central Africa
The United Nations on Wednesday said it has widened an investigation of allegations sexual exploitation and abuse by foreign peacekeepers in Central African Republic and notified authorities in France, Gabon and Burundi about the charges.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 30, 2016
Evidence mounts of missed red flags in case of former Tokyo teacher facing U.S. child rape charges
Fugitive 'Mr. Wonder' returned to Tokyo in the 1980s and visited St. Mary's International School, witness says.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 23, 2016
U.S. sailor admits to Okinawa rape: police
A U.S. Navy sailor arrested on a charge of raping a Japanese woman in Okinawa has admitted to the crime, investigative sources said Wednesday. They said he reversed an earlier denial.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2016
U.S. man who appeared on NHK arrested over video footage of sexual encounter with minor
An American man who appeared on an NHK program as a reporter has been arrested on suspicion of saving a video of him having sex with an underage girl to a computer, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2016
U.S. sailor held for alleged rape at Naha hotel
The government lodges a protest with the United States following the alleged rape of a Japanese tourist by a 24-year-old U.S. sailor in Okinawa.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 9, 2016
U.N. report urges Japan to ban sexual exploitation of schoolgirls
Japan should ban all commercial activity leading to the sexual exploitation of children, a report by a U.N. human rights official said, showing particular concern over the so-called "JK business," which refers to dating services offered by teenage schoolgirls.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 3, 2016
Why the 'comfort women' statues should stay — and continue to disturb
On holiday in Hanoi, I found myself trying to explain 'comfort women' to my 13-year-old son.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 12, 2016
Merkel facing pressure as German gangs target foreigners after Dec. 31 assaults blamed on migrants
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced growing pressure to harden her line on refugees on Monday as the first extensive police report on New Year's Eve violence in Cologne documented rampant sexual assaults on women by gangs of young migrant men.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2016
Germany catches the North African disease
News that scores of women were sexually assaulted by young men of Middle Eastern appearance in Cologne, Germany, on New Year's Eve will come as no surprise to women in North Africa.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 7, 2016
German cops seek three in New Year's attacks on women but counsel against 'blanket suspicion' of refugees
German police have identified three suspects in connection with attacks on women at New Year's celebrations in the city of Cologne but have not yet made any arrests, the interior minister of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) said on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 26, 2015
Comedian Kenichi Takahashi arrested over theft of high school girls' uniforms
A popular comedian is arrested on suspicion of stealing dozens of girls' uniforms from a Tokyo high school and admits doing so to fulfill his sexual desires.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2015
Islamic State sanctioned organ harvesting in document taken in U.S. raid
Islamic State has sanctioned the harvesting of human organs in a previously undisclosed ruling by the group's Islamic scholars, raising concerns that the violent extremist group may be trafficking in body parts.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 21, 2015
Child consultation centers act to ease strain on abuse victims
Child consultation centers have expanded services to include counseling for victims of sexual and other abuse, with more than 70 percent of them ensuring that their staff are specially trained to interview children.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2015
Youngest member of gang involved in 2012 Delhi bus rape incident handed over to NGO
After a court refused to extend his three-year sentence, the youngest of six people convicted of the 2012 gang rape of a woman was freed Sunday, a lawyer said.
WORLD
Dec 17, 2015
1 in 8 babies were born in conflict zones in 2015: UNICEF
The number of babies born in conflict zones increased by more than 125,000 this year to 16.6 million compared with last year, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Dec 9, 2015
Sexual harassment at bōnenkai, inept handling, a suicide
Hokkaido Shimbun case shows how far Japan still has to go to safeguard women's rights in the workplace.
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2015
'Comfort women' museum opens in South Korea
Museum focuses on plight of women who were forced into wartime brothels for the Imperial Japanese Army.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2015
Right groups say Myanmar offensive has displaced 10,000 people
A Myanmar military offensive against ethnic rebels in the east of the country has uprooted more than 10,000 people, rights groups said, accusing the army of bombing schools and Buddhist temples, firing on civilians and raping women.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 22, 2015
Following uproar, Germany withdraws '16 Eurovision contest pick Naidoo
Germany on Saturday withdrew its contender for next year's Eurovision song contest following a backlash from critics who accuse the R&B artist of using anti-Semitic and homophobic slurs in his songs.
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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