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The Justice Ministry, out of consideration for conservative politicians, forced what critics say was a misleading public opinion survey on the issue of allowing married couples to have separate surnames, The Asahi Shimbun learned.
One in four young people between the ages of 16 and 24 has experienced sexual violence of some kind, and teachers, classmates and others at educational institutions accounted for more than one-third of the perpetrators, a government survey found.
A 29-year-old woman decides to run for a seat in a local assembly after doing volunteer help in child rearing and nursing care, only to be victimized by an abusive constituent and a heavyweight politician.