The laws will impose minimum jail sentences between 12 months for less serious hate crimes, such as giving a Nazi salute in public, and six years for those found guilty of terrorism offenses. “I want ...

SINGAPORE – A former Japanese lawmaker was on Feb 3 given a three-year suspended jail term for raping a 12-year-old girl in 2024, sparking fury among some quarters in the country over the leniency of ...

SINGAPORE: A former Japanese lawmaker was on Monday (Feb 3) given a three-year suspended jail term for raping a 12-year-old girl in 2024, sparking fury among some quarters in the country over the ...

They have work duty, meaning they must help in the jail factories and workshops ... But it's not only loneliness that troubles Japanese elderly women. What contributes to the problem is the Japanese ...

Kelly's defense counsel has appealed the latest ruling. Ghosn had also been arrested and indicted, but he fled Japan to Lebanon in 2019 while on bail.

A Tokyo court on Tuesday upheld a suspended six-month sentence for former Nissan executive Greg Kelly, a one-time aide of the firm's fugitive ex-CEO, Carlos Ghosn. Both prosecutors and Kelly, a 68 ...

Being alone is a very difficult thing, and I feel ashamed that I ended up in this situation," she expressed. Why Some Seniors in Japan Prefer Jail Over Freedom Akiyo’s story, though tragic, is not ...

A court in Japan sentenced a former parliament member on Monday to three years in prison for sexually abusing a middle-school girl in Tokyo last year. Tamotsu Shiiki, 58, a former member of the ...

An 81-year-old Japanese woman, Akiyo, commits crimes intentionally to avoid loneliness and receive stable living conditions in jail. Reflecting on her decisions, she lamented her lack of financial ...

In Japan's Tochigi Women's Prison, an 81-year-old inmate, Akiyo, has found an unexpected sense of stability behind bars. Serving her second sentence for theft, Akiyo's story sheds light on the ...