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Japanese porn star Yua Fukuda detained in New Zealand: "I was put in a detention center, interrogated for over 6 hours, subjected to a drug test, and then denied entry. About 10 police officers came and confiscated my belongings. I'm currently being forcibly deported to Japan"

A 16 year old girl working in a Hyogo disability support center was arrested for assault after intervening in an incident where one patient tried to bite another. Her arrest detention was extended twice until she developed an eating disorder and died. Her mother is suing for 100 million yen.

A court in Japan has ruled that use of "-chan" (a casual suffix for addressing subordinates) by managers toward female subordinates can constitute sexual harassment.

A 20-year-old American man is missing in Kyoto City- James West Higginbotham, a 20-year-old American citizen was visiting Japan on a family trip when he left his hotel in Kyoto alone around 6 p.m. on May 29th. His whereabouts are still unknown

Married Tokyo man ordered to pay damages for telling a woman he was single and impregnating her. Since she got pregnant under understanding they would get married, the court recognized it as a breach of contract

93% of Japanese people support a female emperor, with experts saying parliament's determination to adopt male heirs doesn't reflect public opinion. Some are suggesting there may be political motivations to the law.

James Weston Higginbotham cause of death: What happened to missing American student found dead in Japan?

AKB48 Fires Idol Aoi Hanada After Shaving Her Head and Admitting Secret Meetings With Fan

Kidnapping and Unlawful Deprivation of Liberty in Broad Daylight on a Public Street in Shibuya, Japan. Nobody Does Anything.

Missing Auburn University student found dead in Japan