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t. e. Censorship in Japan has taken many forms throughout the history of the country. While Article 21 of the Constitution of Japan guarantees freedom of expression and prohibits formal censorship, effective censorship of obscene content does exist and is justified by the Article 175 of the Criminal Code of Japan.
January 12. ( 2026-01-12) Frequency. annual. Young people, dressed up for Coming of Age Day, walk in front of a shrine just before twilight (video). Coming of Age Day (成人の日, Seijin no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January under the Happy Monday System. It is held in order to congratulate and ...
Background. Furuta was born on 18 January 1971 and grew up in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, where she lived with her parents, older brother, and younger brother. At the time of her murder, she was a 17-year-old senior at Yashio-Minami High School, and worked a part-time job at a plastic molding factory from October 1988 to save up money for a planned graduation trip.
News programs and special features on television also give viewers detailed reports on political, economic, and social developments both at home and abroad. The sole, noncommercial public radio and television broadcasting network, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Nippon Hoso Kyokai-- NHK ) provides generally balanced coverage.
The Japan News Network ( JNN; Japanese: ジャパン・ニュース・ネットワーク, romanized : Japan Nyūsu Nettowāku) is a Japanese commercial television network run by TBS Television, owned by TBS Holdings (which is a part of the major conglomerate Mitsui Group ). The network's responsibility includes the syndication of national ...
Definition. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare defines hikikomori as a condition in which the affected individuals refuse to leave their parents' house, do not work or go to school, and isolate themselves from society and family in a single room for a period exceeding six months. [13] The psychiatrist Tamaki Saitō defines ...
2004–present. Spouse. Unknown. . ( m. 2012) . Children. 1. Naoko Suzuki (鈴木 奈穂子, Suzuki Naoko, born January 29, 1982) is a Japanese news anchor and television personality for NHK. She is the anchor of NHK's morning talk show Asaichi .
Issei Sagawa. Issei Sagawa (佐川 一政, Sagawa Issei, 26 April 1949 – 24 November 2022) [1] also known as Pang or the Kobe Cannibal, was a Japanese lust murderer, cannibal, and necrophiliac known for the killing of Renée Hartevelt in Paris in 1981. Sagawa murdered Hartevelt and then mutilated, cannibalized, and performed necrophilia on ...