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SEX

JAPAN / Society
Nov 30, 2015
City assembly member in hot water over discriminatory tweets about same-sex marriage
Municipal assembly leaders in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, issue a warning to a 71-year-old assemblyman over discriminatory remarks about gay marriage.
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 / Science & Health
Nov 24, 2015
Syphilis cases rise sharply in Japan, especially among young women
The number of syphilis patients is rising rapidly, especially among young women, according to new statistics from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
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.
WORLD / Society
Nov 20, 2015
Tech-savvy sex traffickers stay ahead of authorities as lure teens online
When Nicole was age 17 and her mother was sent to prison for white collar crimes, she met a man on Facebook who offered to take care of her.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Nov 15, 2015
Revision of Japan's archaic sex crime laws falling short: critics
Mika Kobayashi was 24 and bicycling home from work on a western Tokyo street on Aug. 31, 2000, when a young man drove up and asked for directions. To see his map, she dismounted and leaned in toward the driver's seat.
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2015
Supreme Court and marriage rules
Lwmakers should shed their outdated view and proceed to make necessary legal amendments to end the discrimination, injustice and inconveniences caused by two marriage-related articles in the Civil Code.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2015
Corpulent Canadian suffers fatal heart attack, squashes wife in Mexico
A middle-aged Canadian couple died in a sexual embrace at a Mexican resort after the corpulent husband suffered a heart attack in a hot tub and squashed his slender wife, authorities said on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2015
Child porn law remains too lax
Despite revisions last year, Japan's child pornography laws remain weak and their enforcement lax.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2015
Large-scale sexting at Colorado high school results in criminal probe, suspensions
Widespread circulation of hundreds of sexually explicit photos among students at a Colorado high school via text messages has triggered a criminal investigation, multiple suspensions and the forfeiture of a football game, officials said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2015
Republicans aside, NRA may be losing its grip
U.S. public opinion on guns seems to be going in the same direction as it did on same-sex marriage — a compete reversal.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2015
Beijing needs to start talking about sex now
With China ending its one-child policy, the government needs to prepare for broad public health consequences.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 5, 2015
Tokyo's Shibuya and Setagaya wards issue first same-sex partnership papers
Eight couples in Tokyo's Shibuya and Setagaya wards were on Thursday issued with certificates recognizing their same-sex partnerships as equivalent to marriage on the first day of the long-awaited policy change.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 4, 2015
High school student launches product to deter train gropers
Packed rush hour trains, delays and unpleasant odors — all familiar headaches for seasoned rail riders. Yet for some, the daily commute includes a more sinister threat: gropers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 26, 2015
U.N. rapporteur urges crackdown on impunity for child sex offenders
Japan must stamp out the impunity granted to people who sexually exploit children, including light sentences and the reluctance to prosecute, to overcome the nation's "institutional" tolerance for such crimes, a U.N. expert said Monday in Tokyo.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 22, 2015
Finding the right approach to sex education
Sex education in both Japanese and U.S. schools can stand a great deal of improvement.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2015
Groups criticize Japan's tolerance of child pornography, call for stricter laws
Dismayed at entrenched child pornography in Japan, organizations petition the welfare minister to crack down on the sexual abuse of minors.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2015
Indonesia to use chemical castration to punish pedophiles
Indonesia's president will soon sign a decree authorizing the use of chemical castration to punish pedophiles, the attorney general said, following a string of headline-grabbing child sex crimes.

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