September 22, 2017 (Mainichi Japan) A record number of victims in child pornography cases from the first half of 2017 were threatened or duped into taking pictures of themselves using smartphones and other devices and sending them over social media, … Continue reading →

July 28, 2017 (Mainichi Japan) A father in Hyogo Prefecture has been arrested for allegedly making a child pornography video featuring his eldest daughter when she was 13, together with three other suspects, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced on … Continue reading →

7:43 pm, February 10, 2017 Jiji PressTOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Kanagawa prefectural police department and other police forces have arrested a group of six men for allegedly molesting boys and creating child pornography. A total of 168 boys aged … Continue reading →

February 11, 2017 (Mainichi Japan) YOKOHAMA — One of six members of pedophile groups arrested on suspicion of molestation and other charges allegedly asked boy victims out by telling them, “Let’s eat a steak together,” before taking them to a condominium … Continue reading →

The Yomiuri ShimbunSexual violence targeting young women is a serious problem, with victims being forced into appearing in adult videos or falling prey to the so-called “high school girl business.” Things get even worse for victims when these videos are … Continue reading →

September 15, 2016 (Mainichi Japan) Police departments across the country built up criminal cases against 742 people in a record 1,023 child porn incidents in the first half of 2016, the National Police Agency (NPA) said. The number of such … Continue reading →

9:06 pm, September 15, 2016 TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of child pornography victims under 18 who were identified by Japanese police in January-June doubled from a year before to 781, hitting the highest level since records began in … Continue reading →

August 28, 2016 (Mainichi Japan)   Some 40 percent of child pornography cases investigated nationwide last year involved naked selfies of minors, including many cases where they willfully involved themselves in the crime, warns the National Police Agency (NPA). The NPA … Continue reading →

8:31 pm, May 25, 2016 Jiji PressTOKYO (Jiji Press) — A panel of Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department came up with a report on Wednesday calling for legal regulations on the so-called JK business, in which high school girls offer such … Continue reading →