Sources: CNN
Spanish police arrest 121 people on charges related to child pornography, seizing nearly 500 terabytes of material. 2023-11-11
A report to the Japanese National Diet revealed that from the end of World War II to 1996 over 25,000 Japanese citizens were forcibly sterilized under their eugenics law, including two nine-year-olds. 2023-06-19
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dissolves the lower house of the Japanese Parliament ahead of the election on October 31. 2021-10-14
German police say that they have dismantled one of the world's largest child pornography networks on the dark web, with over 400,000 registered users. Four people have been detained in raids, including a man from Paraguay, on suspicion of running the network. Europol also says that several paedophile chat sites were taken down in the German-led intelligence operation. 2021-05-3
The Japanese Diet passes an anti-terrorism law that has been accused by critics as a threat to freedom. 2017-06-15
The National Diet of Japan passes legislation allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate. The abdication is to take place within three years. 2017-06-9
Thousands protest outside the Japanese parliament in Tokyo against the relocation of a U.S. military base on Okinawa Island. Residents cite noise, pollution, and crime as reasons for not wanting a new base built. 2016-02-21
Japan's upper chamber of Parliament approves controversial legislation, which the lower chamber passed in July, that expands the role of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces overseas. 2015-09-19
The National Diet of Japan votes to lower the voting age from 20 to 18. 2015-06-17
Approximately 107 people are charged with possessing offensive child pornography in Austria. 2010-12-19