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New research from Japan has highlighted how much sexual harassment there is affecting the lives of ordinary people. Seventy percent of women responding to a survey say they have been targeted...
In Japan's male-dominated society most sexual violence victims are shamed into silence. And those who speak out face a fierce backlash. A recent survey showed that more than 70% of sexual...
High rates of sexual violence persist in Japan, with 1 in 14 women having experienced forced intercourse, according to a 2020 Cabinet survey — a scourge symptomatic of patriarchal attitudes,...
The story of Meiko Sano, now 38; her professor, Michio Hayashi, 63; and his wife, Machiko, 74, highlights the tangled state of sexual power dynamics in Japan, where women rarely bring — much...
Jun 8, 2021 · Studies indicate that, in Japan, sexual harassment is rarely reported because of a sociocultural pressure to maintain harmony and a patriarchal expectation for women to be passive. Sexual harassment also remains visible and unregulated in online spaces.
Catherine Jane Fisher, an Australian, was raped in Japan in 2002 by a member of the US military. Dismayed by the police handling of the case, which she said made her feel like a criminal,...
Responding to a Japanese court finding three former soldiers guilty of sexually assaulting a female colleague, Rina Gonoi, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher Boram Jang said: “Rina Gonoi dared to speak out to break the cycle of impunity for gender-based violence in Japan.
