The Justice Ministry’s draft of legal revisions to improve the handling of sex crimes has infuriated rape victims and their supporters who said they again feel abandoned by the government.
Japan has granted refugee status to nearly 100 people who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban returned to power last August, the highest annual number of foreigners it has recognized as refugees.
A 30-year-old Kurdish man with Turkish nationality has been granted refugee status, according to government sources, which a refugee advocate group praised as the first such case in Japan.
Joint custody of children after divorce is one of numerous options offered in a rough draft announced July 19 by a Justice Ministry panel on sweeping changes being weighed on the issue of parental authority when marriages fall apart.
The Justice Ministry finally ran out of patience and instructed courts to penalize seven overseas information technology companies for failing to show even remote interest in registering in Japan.