The number of cases in 2025 in which children under 18 were victims of sexual misconduct rose to 4,858. Read more at ...

Japan's National Police Agency says more than 1,500 children became crime victims through social media platforms last year. The number of elementary school age was the highest in 10 years.

Japan stopped vaccinating children under two years old in 1994 and saw its infant mortality drop by 96% since. Rating: False (About this rating?) In May 2025, a rumor began to spread online that Japan ...

In the 10 years since Donny Conway’s daughters Christina and Chihiro were taken by their Japanese mother to her home country without his consent, he has kept their bedroom in his California home ...

TOKYO – Police arrested Kasumi Nawata a Japanese woman in Osaka, Japan, for allegedly starving and abusing her eight-year-old daughter to hospitalize her and fraudulently claim insurance payments. The ...

Although officially illegal, Japan has a booming sex industry due to numerous loopholes. On any night, the streets of ...

Government data revealed Friday that the number of child abuse reports at Japan's child welfare centers surpassed 220,000 for the second consecutive fiscal year, with nearly 60 percent of the reports ...

The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing housework — all while suffering from poverty. The award-winning independent ...