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Japan's LGBTQ members suffer discrimination, abuse

Legal framework, welfare networks failing to meet needs Ray Tanaka’s high-pitched giggle is infectious, an endearing mixture of unbridled fun and the timid titter of those who are somehow short on confidence. Yet there are visible hints that the perky 51-year-old has endured many less humorous times. Scars peaking

Japan's women continue to suffer at hands of domestic violence

Japan's women continue to suffer at hands of domestic violence

National campaign seeks to end violence against women There’s an almost dispassionate matter-of-factness in the way Risa Tanaka describes how she was tortured by her husband. One of the methods he favored, she says, was to act as a police interrogator, asking senseless questions and, if he didn’t