Immigration Bureau inundated with e-mails 'snitching on' Korean nationals, suspends program

Iranian student to petition ministry to grant her and her mother resident status

A 16-year-old Iranian high school student who has been living in Japan since she was a toddler began a signature-collection campaign in Tokyo on Jan. 6 to petition the Justice Ministry to grant permission for her and her mother to remain in Japan.

Lax Internet security at universities enables outsiders to access data

Internet security was so lax at some universities in Japan that all sorts of confidential information, such as an autopsy as part of a criminal investigation and unlisted phone numbers for the police, could be readily accessed by anyone.

Ministry issues hate speech advisory to ex-leader of Zaitokukai

The Justice Ministry for the first time issued a hate speech advisory, warning the former leader of a group against ethnic Koreans on Dec. 22 that its activities are unlawful and violate human rights.

Putting the past in perspective through online interviews with war-era generation

Although Keita Morozumi is too young to have experienced war, he fears Japan is tilting in a dangerous direction and wanted to do something about it.

Transgender woman suing gym for ordering her to use men's locker room

KYOTO--A transgender woman who is suing a fitness club operator that insisted she use its male facilities wants her case to highlight how the law “unjustly” prevents the legal change of an individual’s gender.