TOKYO--A manga artist and two others were ordered in a Nov.... In the suit launched by Ito with the Tokyo District Court, compensation was sought from manga artist Toshiko Hasumi and two men on the basis that false information in the tweets she produced and they retweeted had damaged Ito's dignity, among other claims.... Regarding Hasumi's illustrations, the ruling asserted it" gave the impression she is an individual who stated falsely that there had been sexual abuse, which lowers Ms....

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TOKYO--Toyota plans to resume production at all of its 14 plants as of Wednesday, after they were idled for a day due to a cyberattack on a domestic supplier. The supplier, Kojima Industries Corp., said Tuesday it had found a virus in its computer server.... It would not say if it was ransomware.... Whether production will resume Wednesday will be decided later Tuesday, it said in a statement. ———Yuri Kageyama is on Twitter https:// twitter. com/ yurikageyama....

A film by a Japanese woman about her search for justice from uncooperative authorities after she reported being raped is a contender at Sunday’s Academy Awards.... However, those do not include Japan. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT The Japanese subsidiary of a major streaming service declined to distribute the film in early 2024, the filmmakers said, and theaters have so far displayed little interest in showing it.... Ito’s former lawyers and other previous supporters, including fellow journa

The move has been made as the system of transferring personnel, while requiring police officers to be accompanied by family in all cases, has become outdated against a backdrop of an increase in dual-income households.... There are 107 such locations in Fukuoka Prefecture, mainly in smaller municipalities, and police officers appointed there had carried out their duties while living in the police boxes that also served as residences.... Why have families been required to accompany police offic

Tosa Joshi Junior High School students are seen reading a script together.... But a group of junior high school students in this west Japan city have launched production on a video to raise children's awareness about women's periods, believing that it is important to get information to people early.... Recent years have seen a movement to strip away the taboo and open the way for broad, open conversation in Japanese society about menstruation....

TOKYO — Last summer, Halmat Rozi, a Uyghur Muslim living in Japan, received a video call from his brother in China’s western Xinjiang region.... Rozi to meet: a Chinese security officer. China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, had been invited to Japan, and the officer had some questions.... Rozi cooperated, his family in China would be well cared for, the officer assured him on a second video call. The officer’s intent was clear — to discourage Mr....