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CHILD ABUSE

An aunt (second from left) and a grandmother (third from left) of a Thai girl, who was forced to provide sexual services at a massage parlor in Tokyo, speak in Bangkok on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2025
Thai police get arrest warrant for mother over suspected trafficking of girl in Japan
Thai authorities said they are continuing to investigate whether anyone besides the mother, who has been detained in Taiwan, was involved.
U.S. military personnel join Japanese officials and residents for a one-off joint nighttime patrol on the streets of the city of Okinawa in April.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 19, 2025
U.S. Navy member suspected of sex crime against Okinawa minor
The police did not disclose whether the serviceman has admitted or denied the allegations.
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Nov 19, 2025
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
Its shifting nature, as well as the ever-changing demographics of potential victims, make it hard for authorities to crack down on trafficking.
A man wearing a mask of U.S. President Donald Trump with a Pinocchio nose takes part in a protest against Trump in front of the White House in Washington on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 16, 2025
Trump’s teflon tested as Epstein saga looms over 2026 campaign
Recently released emails reignite questions about Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and how much the president knew about his alleged abuse of girls.
U.S. President Donald Trump departs for Florida from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Nov. 7
WORLD
Nov 15, 2025
At Trump’s urging, U.S. Justice Department to probe Epstein ties with Democrats
The move follows the release of thousands of documents that raised new questions about Trump’s relationship with the convicted sex offender.
An email released on Wednesday from disgraced late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein references his former companion Ghislaine Maxwell and U.S. President Donald Trump.
WORLD
Nov 14, 2025
Conservative influencers defend Trump as House aims to vote on Epstein files
The emails, which House Democrats released on Wednesday, again thrust the relationship between Epstein and Trump into the spotlight.
A protester holds a sign related to the release of case files of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2025
Epstein emails say Trump ‘knew about the girls’
The swearing-in of a new Democrat after a long delay should pave the way to compel a House vote to release all unclassified records related to the disgraced financier.
Police have obtained an arrest warrant for the mother of a Thai girl on suspicion of violating the child welfare law by forcing the daughter to work at an erotic massage parlor, sources have said.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2025
Tokyo police obtain arrest warrant for mother of Thai girl
The MPD has held talks with a visiting senior Thai police official on how to handle the case.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters. Police have rearrested a Tokyo couple on child abuse allegations.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2025
Mother and partner rearrested over alleged child abuse
The pair allegedly starved the woman’s daughter, causing her to become severely malnourished, police have said.
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2025
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
A Japanese man has been arrested for putting the 12-year-old to work at his Tokyo massage shop in a suspected human trafficking case.
Police have arrested an elementary school teacher in Okayama Prefecture, the seventh and final suspect related to a group of teachers who allegedly shared voyeuristic videos of school girls on social media.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2025
Final suspect held in case of teachers accused of sharing child sexual abuse images
It was the seventh arrest related to a group of teachers who allegedly shared voyeuristic videos of school girls on social media.
Police have arrested Masayuki Hosono, the operator of a private-room massage parlor in Bunkyo Ward, after he allegedly forced a 12-year-old Thai girl to perform sexual services for customers.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2025
Massage parlor operator arrested for forcing 12-year-old Thai girl into sex work
Police are investigating the case as human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation of a child.
Frederic Merlin (left), founder of Societe des Grands Magasins, and Donald Tang, executive chairman at Shein, outside the Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville (BHV) department store as shoppers queue for the opening of the company's first permanent retail store in Paris on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2025
France moves to suspend Shein over sex dolls and weapons as Paris store opens
The discovery of the dolls on Shein’s website by France’s consumer watchdog on Saturday fueled an outcry and heightened the pressure on Shein, already under fire over its store.
King Charles III's younger brother Andrew, who is to be stripped of his royal titles and ousted from his long-term residence on the Windsor estate.
WORLD
Oct 31, 2025
King Charles strips brother Andrew of titles and his mansion
Andrew has come under mounting pressure in recent years over his behavior and his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Children and Families Agency plans to launch a system in December 2026 that would allow employers to verify whether job seekers who will work with children have a sexual offense record.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 27, 2025
Japan faces gaps in new system to track teachers with sex offense records
The new system excludes offenses such as stalking, as well as cases that end without indictment because the crime is deemed minor or a settlement is reached with the victim.
Serial child sexual abuse cases in Australian day care centers have spurred a rush to close security gaps that let predators through the door.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2025
Predators ‘slip through the cracks’ in Australian child care
Analysts say regulations have failed to keep up with the expansion of the sector.
Britain's Prince Andrew leaves Westminster Cathedral with King Charles in September. The prince's ongoing scandals, including his alleged association with Jeffrey Epstein, and the monarchy’s dysfunctional hereditary system raise deeper questions about the relevance of the royal family in modern society.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2025
Prince Andrew’s ugly Epstein saga makes a strong ‘no kings’ case
The prince has insisted he had no memory of meeting Giuffre, despite paying her a reported £12 million ($16 million) three years ago to stop her civil claim against him.
Riho Fukuyama (center) and her husband Yoshiki Fukuyama (left) speak to the media with their lawyer (right) outside the Toyama District Court in Toyama on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2025
Japanese man sentenced to eight years after rare public accusation of rape
Koji Daimon was convicted of raping his daughter Riho Fukuyama in 2016, when she was in high school.
A rally held on Oct. 21, 1995, to protest the sexual assault of a young girl by U.S. military personnel, in the city of Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2025
Okinawa marks 30 years since major rally over U.S. Marines assaulting a girl
On Sept. 4, 1995, three U.S. Marines abducted and sexually assaulted an elementary school girl on Okinawa’s main island, sparking a protest that drew 85,000 participants.
A man arrested in Fukuoka for allegedly using a forged teaching license changed his surname repeatedly over the years.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 17, 2025
Teacher in Fukuoka avoided identification on child sex registry by changing name
The board of education said that it did not find the suspect’s name on the national register when it hired him this spring.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
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“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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