The rapper Awich, dressed all in black, marches toward the center of Makuhari Messe arena before declaring to the 30,000 in attendance, “Be the witness of how I ...

TOKYO—Incest is not a crime in Japan. This may surprise some people but maybe they should be more surprised to find that rape isn’t really a prosecutable crime either—if the victim hasn’t resisted ...

Hip-hop has long been a foundational part of popular culture in America, but in Japan it's still an outsider compared to the more traditional pop markets. However, the Japanese take on hip-hop culture ...

TOKYO – A U.S. Marine accused in an alleged gang rape of a Japanese woman last year was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for "wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts" but cleared of rape, the ...

TOKYO — The apparent rape this month of a 12-year-old Japanese school girl by three American servicemen in Okinawa has provoked an uproar in Japan, bringing calls to revise rules that critics say make ...

A Japanese woman was raped in an Okinawa parking lot Friday in an attack a witness said might have involved American servicemen, authorities said. Several members of the U.S. Air Force were questioned ...

TOKYO — The Japanese prime minister has described the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by an American Marine as “unforgivable.” The foreign minister declared that Japan has “had enough” of such ...