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With few help programs, Japan's sex offenders won't stop
Kyodo News, Published on 19/07/2025
» KYODO — Compared with other developed countries, Japan often gets a bad reputation for crimes related to sexual harassment including voyeurism, train molestations and worse.
Remembering iconic filmmaker David Lynch
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 21/01/2025
» Acclaimed American filmmaker David Lynch, known for his surrealist storytelling and unforgettable cinematic style, has passed away at the age of 78. His family announced his death on social media saying: "There's a big hole in the world now that he's no longer with us, but as he would say, keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole."
Singaporean diplomat under probe for alleged voyeurism in Tokyo
Kyodo News, Published on 02/05/2024
» TOKYO - A Singaporean diplomat is under police investigation on suspicion of secretly photographing a naked schoolboy at a public bath in Tokyo while he was serving as a counsellor at the embassy, an investigative source said Thursday.
Japan to cut teachers' working hours amid 'serious' surge in mental health woes
South China Morning Post, Published on 04/02/2024
» The number of teachers who took leave due to mental illness at public schools in Japan climbed to a record high of 6,539 in fiscal 2022, a government survey showed, with an increased workload amid the Covid-19 pandemic cited as a possible factor.
Ministry to probe scout leader
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/08/2023
» The Ministry of Education has claimed a voyeurism allegation against a Thai scout leader attending the 2023 Saemangeum World Scout Jamboree in South Korea was a misunderstanding but said an investigation will be conducted.
Japan raises age of consent from 13 to 16 years
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» TOKYO: Japan's age of consent was raised from 13, among the world's lowest, to 16 years old on Friday as lawmakers passed key reforms to sex crime legislation.
Japan raises age of consent from 13 to 16 years old
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» TOKYO - Japan's age of consent was raised from 13, among the world's lowest, to 16 years old on Friday as lawmakers passed key reforms to sex crime legislation.
Pin-up stars
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/04/2023
» In the erotic novel Hom Dok Praduan (1968), Rong Wongsawan hints that a teenager fondled his flesh in front of her. “On the door is a cover photo of a socialite in Bangkok. Clad in her swimsuit, she allows waves to break on her thighs. But someone with restless hands drew overgrown grass so that he can rub it gently until it is torn. (In Mathayom 4, he often fantasised about her. The first syllable of her name begins with the mor letter. He feels thankful whenever she comes into his mind [...]).”
Japan weighs finally lifting age of consent from 13
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» TOKYO - A Japanese justice ministry panel on Friday proposed raising the country's age of consent, currently among the world's lowest at just 13, as part of a major overhaul of sex crime legislation.
French cardinal faces legal probe over child abuse: prosecutor
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» MARSEILLE - French prosecutors said Tuesday they had opened an inquiry into child abuse by a cardinal after he confessed publicly to "reprehensible" acts with a 14-year-old girl in the 1980s.