Members of a civic group for criminal law reform hand Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice Masahisa Miyazaki a request asking for the participation of victims of sex crimes in deliberations for ...

The Gender Equality Bureau is an agency within the Japanese government’s Cabinet Office. As you’d probably expect, one of the issues the bureau is concerned with is domestic violence, and as part of ...

One of Japan’s most striking public awareness commercials was released last month, but you won’t see it on TV because it was not made by Advertising Council Japan. The #ActiveBystander campaign ...

Japanese voters are frustrated because even if they throw the bums out of office, they know the opposition is much the same. These days money is the root of political scandals and influence buying, ...

BEIJING (AP) - Courts in the western Chinese city of Xi'an sentenced 12 people Friday to up to 10 years in prison for attacks on Japanese-brand vehicles and a driver during a wave of anti-Japanese ...