Crime & Courts
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Top court puts onus on Diet to resolve surname issue
The Supreme Court’s latest ruling that laws requiring married couples to have the same surname are ...
June 24, 2021
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Japanese former Olympians angered by sexually exploitative photos
Japanese female athletes are constantly being exploited by others who use their images for sexual pu...
June 19, 2021
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Cyber ‘locators’ help facilitate stalking, other crimes
They advertise openly in the cyberworld that they can find anyone’s address. Stalking is proliferat...
June 19, 2021
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Survey: 186 teachers punished for sexual misconduct
At least 186 teachers at public elementary, junior high and high schools, and special-needs schools ...
May 30, 2021
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Tokyo Medical U. set to reach settlement over entrance exam scandal
Tokyo Medical University is expected to reach a settlement over unfair treatment of women and some o...
May 29, 2021
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Thefts of high-end medaka killifish on the rise
There have been a string of thefts involving ornamental medaka killifish from specialty stores and p...
May 27, 2021
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Online sperm trade grows risky
Online sperm trading is increasing as individual sperm donors embrace social media to match with hop...
May 20, 2021
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Adult website operator arrested over uploading female athletes’ images
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a man on suspicion of putting images of female athle...
May 11, 2021
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Culture agency to tackle fake art
In response to the mass circulation of counterfeit prints based on paintings by nihonga master Ikuo ...
April 1, 2021
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Dept stores dealt 130 prints marred by forgery scandal in Japan
Even some of Japan’s leading department stores may have been duped by the massive art counterfeiting...
March 11, 2021
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Ex-Kajima Senior Employee Probed over Kickbacks in Fukushima Reconstruction Projects
A former senior employee of the Tohoku branch of leading construction company Kajima Corp. received ...
March 1, 2021
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Boards of Education in Japan Create Surveys to Protect Students from Sexual Abuse
With sexual abuse cases involving school teachers occurring one after another, more local boards of ...
February 20, 2021
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Trials Continue with Utmost Care amid COVID-19 in Japan
Courts across the nation are continuing to hold trials even after the second state of emergency was ...
January 28, 2021
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Japan’s Ruling Coalition Wants Scandal-Tainted Kawai to Resign
In response to House of Councillors member Anri Kawai being found guilty over a large-scale vote-buy...
January 22, 2021
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Ex-minister Said to Admit to Receiving Cash even before, after He was in Abe Cabinet
Former agriculture minister Takamori Yoshikawa has told prosecutors that he received cash from a for...
January 4, 2021
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