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Japanese city apologises over advice to pregnant women

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese mayor has apologized after a public outcry over a flyer issued to pregnant women…

Hair transplant fad turns deadly in India

by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- All that balding Indian television executive Athar Rasheed wanted was…

Thousands back Japanese ex-soldier demanding sexual assault probe

Tokyo, Japan (AFP) by Kyoko HASEGAWA A female former Japanese soldier on Wednesday submitted a petition to the defence ministry…

Tokyo med school ordered to pay over gender discrimination

A medical school in Tokyo that made it harder for female students to pass entrance exams was on Thursday ordered…

South Korea failing to tackle widespread digital sex crimes: HRW

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean authorities are failing to properly tackle the country's widespread digital sex crimes…

Indonesia’s female forest guardians fight for the environment

by Alfath Asmunda Agence France-Presse INDONESIA (AFP) — Sumini gets up at dawn to do her household chores -- then…

Mexico names first woman to coordinate war on drugs

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday nominated the country's first female security minister…

Hundreds of couples livestreamed in South Korean motel spycam porn

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- More than 800 South Korean couples were livestreamed having sex in love motels, Seoul police…

Second South Korean star quits as K-pop sex scandal spreads

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- A burgeoning K-pop sex scandal claimed a second scalp as a singer who rose…

Nationwide probe after Tokyo med school excludes women

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan Friday launched an unprecedented probe into gender discrimination at all the nation's medical universities after…

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