Vigilante YouTuber arrest spotlights copycat 'togesatsu hunters'
A psychiatrist who counsels repeat vigilantes says catching voyeurs satisfies several emotional needs at once, the shortcut to dependence.
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Kofu city councilor appeals ruling over disclosure of author's gender history
Yumi Muramatsu says the Tokyo District Court treated gender as private information and nothing more; the court found she had no justification for publishing Ri Kotomi's history.
Kitakata pulls children's soy sauce posters after AI accusations; lawyer says accusers can be liable
A city contest with no rule against generative AI became a target for online abuse, and the awards ceremony was called off. A lawyer explains when calling a child's drawing AI-made crosses into defamation or insult.
Film company sues actress Izumi Pinko over stage-greeting remarks, as her Atami neighbors shrug
Human Pictures says the 79-year-old's comments to a woman in the audience amounted to possible power harassment. Locals in the seaside city she calls home say that is just how she is.
Tokyo court gives economics ministry official suspended sentence for impersonating woman in 147 sexual messages
The 50s civil servant sent messages in the woman's name from internet cafe computers, telling recipients she wanted to be abused. The court called his motive selfish and childish.
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