By Nicoco Chan SHANGHAI (Reuters) -In a studio tucked inside a Shanghai mall, Shirley Chen is living out her K-pop idol ...

The number of child suicides in Japan in 2024 was revised higher by two deaths in data released Friday, with the year's record 529 fatalities among elementary, junior high and senior high school ...

Japan's National Police Agency says that a nationwide crackdown targeting online child sexual exploitation was conducted in February and March, leading to the arrest of 111 people aged 14 to 68. The ...

"When I was a child, I liked to ... can directly open an all-in-one idol experience centre,” she said. The studio, which also attracts tourists from Russia, Japan, and South Korea, is undergoing ...

Japan's National Police Agency said Friday that a nationwide crackdown targeting online child sexual exploitation was conducted in February and March, leading to the arrest of 111 people aged 14 to 68 ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of child abuse reports Japan's child welfare centers responded to reached a record-high 225,509 in fiscal 2023, government data showed Tuesday, with psychological abuse ...

TOKYO – Japan’s National Police Agency said on April 4 a nationwide crackdown targeting online child sexual exploitation was conducted in February and March, leading to the arrest of 111 ...

Nakai – a former leader of Japanese male idol group Smap, which swept charts across Asia in the 1990s and 2000s – announced his retirement from show business in late January. “I alone am ...

The number of child abuse reports Japan's child welfare centers responded to reached a record-high 225,509 in fiscal 2023, government data showed Tuesday, with psychological abuse making up more than ...

Nakai, 52, was a member of the hugely popular male idol group SMAP before it disbanded in 2016. Since late last year, multiple publications have reported on his alleged sexual misconduct toward a ...