Japan is one step closer to amending its Penal Code in order to emphasize rehabilitation programs aimed at giving inmates a better chance of reintegrating into society. Punishments under the current ...

Insulting someone online could land an individual in Japan a one-year prison term under an amendment to the country’s penal code enacted on Thursday morning. Following the apparent suicide of Hana ...

From 1907, when the Japanese Penal Code was enacted, to 2017, sexual assaults against adult men were treated as general assault, such as brawling. Men were not fully recognized as victims of sexual ...

Japan has enacted a revision to the Penal Code to unify prison terms with and without labor. The revised law will be brought into effect by June 2025. It is the first time since the Penal Code was ...

TOKYO, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The Japanese Justice Ministry has proposed revising the nation's penal code to include prison terms for gang rapists, the Mainichi Daily News reported. Other proposals for ...