Sexual offenses are horrific crimes perpetrated worldwide against people of all ages and genders. In Japan, these crimes are often downplayed or become the subject of massive media attention. The ...

A Japanese ex-soldier who was sexually assaulted while serving in the military has reached a settlement with the government ...

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday rejected claims that a Korean national assaulted in Japan was not given proper consular assistance. The dispute follow ...

Japan's top court has upheld a ruling that sentenced a U.S. Air Force serviceman in Okinawa to five years in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 16 in 2023. In the ...

TOKYO — “Black Box Diaries,” a documentary in which Japanese journalist Shiori Ito investigates her own sexual assault case and the barriers she faced in pursuing justice, has been screened widely ...

A man who fatally assaulted a woman he was dating in Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture 11 years ago was sentenced to 10 years in ...