Leniency for Tamotsu Shiiki reflects country’s prejudices against young victims of sexual violence, observers say.

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A former Japanese lawmaker was on Feb 3 given a three-year suspended jail term for raping a 12-year-old girl in 2024, sparking fury among some quarters in the country over the leniency of the sentence ...

A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of a former American Nissan executive on charges of helping fugitive former ...

Tourism, climate goals, and animal rights concerns are sparking a plant-based renaissance in a country famous for sushi and ...

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It’s a rarity for a restaurant to storm onto the scene and remain exciting almost 10 years later. But Mabel Gray, which ...

Tokyo's 23 wards receive more than 3,000 complaints annually about pet dogs, primarily concerning excessive barking and ...

I’ve been in Japan for less than 24 hours and somehow, I’ve found myself in a ruby-red basement bar watching an 89-year-old ...

A fourth-year university student and volunteer staffer, 22-year-old Rin Hiraoka, said, "It's not just a place to eat; it's a ...

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Nintendo’s profits tumbled as sales of its Switch console lost momentum, prompting the Japanese video-game maker to lower its ...