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In Japan Rape Cases, ‘No’ Still Means No Conviction, and Protests Are Growing

VICTIM-BLAMING

Recent not-guilty verdicts in four cases of sexual assault, two involving incest, have outraged women in Japan, and they’re taking to the streets to make that clear.

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