A member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has left the party for his alleged sexual assault of a woman he had been dating.
46-year-old lawmaker Tsuyoshi Tabata submitted a notice of his departure after the woman filed a complaint with the police that he had sexually assaulted her in December.
Police suspect a former care worker at a nursing home in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, of assaulting and severely injuring an elderly resident while on duty two years ago. They arrested 33-year-old Takeshi Odori on Sunday.
The woman in her 90s is one of two residents of the facility in Takayama City who were found severely injured over a two-week period in the summer of 2017. Three others were found dead.
A Japanese talent agency is under fire for its seemingly lukewarm response to the assault of a young female performer. Maho Yamaguchi of NGT48, a girl group based in Niigata Prefecture, was assaulted by two male fans in December.
NGT48 is a sister group of the popular Tokyo-based girl group AKB48.
NGT48's agency and their operating company AKS has released a statement regarding an assault case involving member Yamaguchi Maho.
In a live broadcast on Twitter and SHOWROOM on January 8 and 9, Yamaguchi revealed that she was attacked by two men in front of her home in December. She then participated in the group's third anniversary event on January 10 where she apologized to her fans for causing them to worry.
A professional sumo wrestler has retired from the sport after admitting to assaulting his attendant, a 23-year-old junior wrestler from the same stable.
The Japan Sumo Association said on Friday that it has accepted Takanoiwa's resignation.
On April 25, NHK reported that charges have been filed against TOKIO member Yamaguchi Tatsuya on suspicion of sexual assault.
Reportedly, the incident happened in February when Yamaguchi called a high school girl over to his apartment and forcefully kissed her. According to FNN, the two met through a NHK program.
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A knife-wielding man stabbed four women at a shopping mall in Kushiro on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, leaving one of them dead and the other three injured, police said. 
Nissan and NISMO has doubled its efforts for this year's Nürburgring 24-Hour with two GT-R NISMO GT3 entries set to fight for the win.
Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy's motorsport dreams of competing in the world's most famous endurance race will become reality this June when Nissan powers the six-time Gold Medalist at the Le Mans 24 Hour. 
A Ground Self-Defense Force base ceased to use a mascot -- a redesign of a local sunflower character -- in February after deciding the gun-toting flower might put off some people outside of the GSDF. 
The sumo coach of grand champion Hakuho was arrested Wednesday for allegedly injuring his private driver in July by repeatedly hitting him with a metal bat, police said.
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