Japan stiffens law on youth crime amid social angst
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Children as young as 11 who have committed a crime could be sent to reformatories under a Japanese law enacted on Friday, part of a trend toward stiffer penalties reflecting growing angst about grisly crime.
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A congressional resolution on women forced into prostitution by the Japanese military highlights Tokyo's evasion
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The CEO of Japan's leading social networking site, Mixi Inc., said Wednesday he hopes the country's law will be changed to allow users more freedom in sharing and viewing copyrighted content on the Internet.
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Japan said on Wednesday that its ties with Washington would not be shaken by a U.S. Congressional move to seek an apology for forcing women to serve as sex slaves during World War Two.
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People who sell drugs near schools or use children to help them could get tougher  sentences under a new law.
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In a sign of JapanÂs rapidly graying society, convenience stores once associated with the young are being transformed for the elderly.
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Japan slammed U.S. military discipline as slack on Monday, and it plans to raise the issue with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice next week after a series of minor crimes following the arrest of a Marine for rape.
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TOKYO, Dec. 15 -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government pushed through landmark laws Friday requiring Japanese schools to encourage patriotism in the classroom and elevating the Defense Agency to the status of a full ministry for the first time since World War II.
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Japan is to fingerprint and photograph foreigners entering the country from next month in an anti-terrorism policy that is stirring anger among foreign residents and human rights activists.
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Japan set a target on Friday for cutting its suicide rate, one of the highest among industrial nations, by more than 20 percent over the next decade.
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Japan has hanged a man convicted of stabbing to death eight elementary school children in a rampage that shocked the nation and severely shook its sense of security, local media have said.
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Lawmakers from Japan's southern island of Okinawa, site of one of World War Two's bloodiest battles, blasted a government decision to tone down textbook accounts of soldiers ordering civilians to commit suicide.
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Preparing to adopt a jury-style trials in 2009, Japan is holding mock trials to overcome cultural obstacles.
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"They are traumatized because of the violence they face every day and they don't have the skills to deal with it"  It is a tragedy becoming too familiar for a country where gun crime is still relatively uncommon and where limits on gun ownership are strict _ an 11-year-old boy shot to death, allegedly by a hooded teenager on a BMX bicycle.Rhys Jones, a cherubic-faced boy who liked playing tag and video games, was in a pub's parking lot kicking a soccer ball around with friends Wednesday when two youths rode by and fired shots.Rhys died of a single bullet wound to the neck, the latest victim in a rising wave of youth violence that is sparking soul-searching about why some British children stray into lawlessness. Read more
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DAXING, China -- Sun Jiting spends his days locked behind metal bars in this military-run installation, put there by his parents. The 17-year-old high school student is not allowed to communicate with friends back home, and his only companions are psychologists, nurses and other patients. Each...
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A Japanese government panel tells schools to tackle bullying, after several suicides are linked to the problem.
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Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda calls for greater discipline from defence officials following a series of scandals.