Three former members of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force pleaded not responsible to costs of sexual indecency in opposition to a feminine subordinate in 2021 throughout their trial’s first listening to on Thursday.
The case has gained substantial public consideration because the sufferer, Rina Gonoi, 23, made the uncommon transfer final yr of coming ahead to show sexual offenses whereas serving as a GSDF member. This prompted the Defense Ministry to dismiss the three and enhance its efforts in addressing harassment points.
At the Fukushima District Court, the three former GSDF sergeants — Shutaro Shibuya, Akito Sekine and Yusuke Kimezawa — claimed they didn’t press their decrease our bodies in opposition to Gonoi at a coaching facility in Hokkaido in August 2021, denying costs of indecency by compulsion.
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Tokyo “Joker” prepare attacker admits to stabbing passenger in 2021
Kyodo – Jun 27
A person accused of tried homicide and arson in a 2021 assault on a Tokyo prepare whereas wearing a Joker’s costume admitted Monday to making an attempt to kill a person he stabbed and beginning a hearth onboard, however his protection staff denied the hearth was supposed to kill different passengers.

‘Defending the country’: The Japanese volunteer combating in Ukraine
FRANCE 24 English – Jun 27
Thousands of volunteers from dozens of countries have joined Ukraine’s army because the begin of the Russian invasion in February 2022, however solely a handful are from Japan – a rustic that has adhered to the precept of nationwide pacifism because the finish of World War II. But Yuya Motomura, a 45-year-old mahjong parlour supervisor, is among the many few heading to the entrance traces.
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