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According to the Japanese legislation, the legal definition of an act of rape (Article 177) [39] is when one uses force or threatening behavior to force oneself for vaginal intercourse. All other types of sexual abuse in Japan fall under the category of "Forcible Indecency", also called "indecent assault" (Article 176). [39]
Of these, the arrest rate for cases involving murder, robbery, arson, rape, sexual assault, indecent assault, kidnapping, and human trafficking, which are designated as major crimes, was 93.4%. [1] As of 2001, Japan has a conviction rate of over 99.8%, even higher than contemporary authoritarian regimes. [2]
TOKYO — Japanese authorities have charged two U.S. Air Force personnel based on the island of Okinawa with sexual assault charges, one allegedly involving a 16-year-old minor, in two separate ...
Statistics on rape and other acts of sexual assault are commonly available in industrialized countries, and have become better documented throughout the world.Inconsistent definitions of rape, different rates of reporting, recording, prosecution and conviction for rape can create controversial statistical disparities, and lead to accusations that many rape statistics are unreliable or misleading.
Japan’s government protested Friday to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa which were ...
The defendants denied that their acts amounted to sexual assault. The men, aged from 29 to 31, seemed to show little expression as the judge read out his verdict, giving them each a suspended ...
4.2 Sex Trafficking. 5 ... According to the 2013 UNODC statistics, Japan's rate of intentional homicide per 100,000 population was one of the lowest in the world at 0 ...
Two U.S. members of the armed services have been accused of sexual assault in Japan, spurring Japanese officials to speak out against what they have called troubling behavior. ... In Other News ...