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A police officer guards a street following the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Baruipur, India, earlier this month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2026
Brutal killing of 11-year-old highlights unrelenting sexual violence in India
The girl was kidnapped, raped, bundled into a sack and thrown into a pond by a gang of men while still alive, according to a local investigating police officer.
Bobby Ologun
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Jun 14, 2026
TV personality Bobby Ologun held for alleged sexual assault
Ologun, 60, whose real name is Bobby Konda, has denied the allegations.
Marina Lacerda in Parkland, Florida, on April 20. Lacerda is one of 23 women whose claims of sexual abuse in the hands of financier Jeffrey Epstein have led to them coming under attack from trolls, haters and other foes.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 9, 2026
Exposed by the Justice Department, Epstein survivors come under attack
Women who accused the late financier of sexual abuse have faced threats, harassment and intimidation by trolls, haters and other foes.
A former prosecutor using the pseudonym Hikari, who accused her boss of rape, demands an independent panel to be launched during a protest in Tokyo on May 29.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Jun 7, 2026
Prosecutors across Japan to be surveyed for harassment
The supreme office issued related instructions to local prosecutor offices across the country last month and plans to compile a report by the end of fiscal 2026.
A Sudanese rape survivor holds her child conceived following the ordeal she suffered in the Sudanese capital during the civil war, at an apartment in Khartoum on April 25.
WORLD / Society
May 13, 2026
¡®Not my son¡¯s fault¡¯: The women bearing the children of Sudan¡¯s war rapes
Rape is being used as a weapon ¡°of war, dominance, destruction and genocide¡± in Sudan ¡°to destroy the fabric of society and change its makeup,¡± one U.N. special rapporteur says.
EU countries apply different legal definitions of rape, even among those that have ratified the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty designed to protect women that criminalizes rape based on the absence of consent.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2026
European Parliament backs EU-wide consent-based definition of rape
Legal definitions of rape differ by country, even among signatories of an international treaty that criminalizes rape based on the absence of consent.
A Japanese prosecutor, who uses the pseudonym Hikari, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on March 31. Hikari alleges she was raped by her former boss, the former head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Apr 28, 2026
Prosecutor who accused boss of rape to resign after request for probe rejected
Very few women in Japan speak out about sexual assault, but the prosecutor came forward in 2024 to accuse Osaka¡¯s then-top prosecutor of raping her six years earlier.
A seven-year prison sentence has been finalized for a 23-year-old U.S. Marine charged with sexually assaulting and injuring a woman in Okinawa Prefecture.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2026
Seven-year term finalized for U.S. Marine in Okinawa sexual assault case
The defendant, Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton, and prosecutors filed their waivers of the right to appeal with the Fukuoka High Court this week.
An employee holds a copy of the book "Et la joie de vivre" (A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides) by French mass rape survivor Gisele Pelicot, a book written with journalist and novelist Judith Perrignon, in a bookstore window in Paris on Tuesday.
WORLD
Feb 18, 2026
¡®Hell and back¡¯: Mass rape survivor Gisele Pelicot recounts her ordeal in memoir
¡°A Hymn to Life,¡°?published on Tuesday, retraces the 2024 mass-rape case that turned Pelicot, 73, ?into ?a global symbol in the fight against sexual violence.
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Department of justice on Jan. 30.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2026
Wealthy and powerful in focus after latest Epstein release
Officials said Friday they were releasing some 3 million pages of material, including more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
Journalist and director Shiori Ito speaks during a stage greeting after the Japanese release of the "Black Box Diaries" in Tokyo on Friday.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Society
Dec 13, 2025
Shiori Ito¡¯s Oscar-nominated #MeToo film finally screened in Japan
A Japanese #MeToo campaigner's documentary premiered in her homeland on Friday after months of delays, with one audience member saying she hoped it triggered a change in society.
Shiori Ito at the National Board of Review Awards Gala in New York in January
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Society
Nov 7, 2025
Shiori Ito¡¯s documentary to be finally screened in Japan next month
The Japanese release of ¡°Black Box Diaries¡± includes revisions, although it¡¯s not clear precisely what edits have been made.
Riho Fukuyama (center) and her husband Yoshiki Fukuyama (left) speak to the media with their lawyer (right) outside the Toyama District Court?in Toyama on Tuesday.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2025
Japanese man sentenced to eight years after rare public accusation of rape
Koji Daimon was convicted of raping his daughter Riho Fukuyama in 2016, when she was in high school.
Police have issued a warning over the existence of online message boards promoting extreme sexual role play that are, in reality, serving as hubs for actual crimes involving sexual violence.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2025
Police warn of internet forums soliciting sexual violence
A woman was attacked in her apartment in Tokyo after an acquaintance of hers found a man via an internet board willing to commit sexual assault.
Military personnel in tanks participate in a parade in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 27, 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 12, 2025
Myanmar security forces involved in systematic torture, U.N. report says
Investigators said victims were subject to beatings, electric shocks, gang rape, strangulation and other forms of torture.
A woman in South Korea was handed a 10-month prison sentence in 1964 for biting off the tongue of an attempted rapist, with the court saying her actions had "exceeded the reasonable bounds of legally permissible self-defense."
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2025
Retrial opens for South Korean woman who bit off attempted rapist¡¯s tongue
The court at the time said her actions against a would-be rapist had ¡°exceeded the reasonable bounds of legally permissible self-defense¡± and gave her a 10-month prison sentence.
Harvey Weinstein, accused of three sex crimes, appears for his retrial at the State Supreme Court in Manhattan on May 9.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 5, 2025
¡®No means no,¡¯ prosecutor tells jurors as Harvey Weinstein trial wraps
The cinema magnate¡¯s retrial follows the overturning of his 2020 convictions on rape and sexual assault charges by an appeals court.
Police have arrested a former taxi driver on suspicion of drugging and raping a female passenger, with media reports saying there could be dozens more victims.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2025
Japan taxi driver suspected of raping 50 women, reports say
Reports say that the police found about 3,000 videos and images of him sexually assaulting around 50 women in his taxi or his home.
A female Osaka prosecutor in her 50s speaks about how she was sexually assaulted, at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
May 21, 2025
Female prosecutor says she experienced secondary victimization in rape case
The prosecutor said the prosecutors?office?where she worked turned a blind eye after she reported the case, and?slanderous comments about her spread at work.
In a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, Tokie Tanaka, 64, details her allegations of sexual abuse against a Catholic priest.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
May 2, 2025
Woman says archbishop of Tokyo ignored her pleas after priest allegedly raped her
The woman¡¯s lawyer blamed the archbishop for failing to take appropriate actions after the woman told the congregation about the alleged abuse.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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