A former executive of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee on Thursday pleaded not guilty to receiving bribes totaling around 198 million yen ($1.4 million) in connection with the 2021 Summer Games.
A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive denied charges of allegedly receiving bribes totaling around 200 million yen ($1.4 million) related to the 2021 Summer Games.
A major Japanese publishing house has canceled its plan to release a translation of a U.S. book questioning the increase in young women seeking to transition genders including through surgery, saying the Japanese title and sales copy were hurtful to the transgender community.