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#MeToo in Japan

August 22, 2019
Japanese Students Call out Universities Over Lagging Attitudes Toward Sex Crimes
By Thisanka Siripala
Students ramp up pressure on universities to address sexual violence during job hunting.

April 25, 2019
Protesters in Japan Rally After Accused Rapist Found Innocent by Criminal Court
By Thisanka Siripala
Protesters blame Japan’s penal code after a court acquits a father of raping his daughter based on the victim’s lack of physical resistance.

April 27, 2018
Japan’s Finance Ministry Sexual Harassment Scandal Sparks National Wake Up Call
By Thisanka Siripala
While the government wraps its head around sexual misconduct embroiling a finance official, social unrest deepens.
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