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Media Coverage

Here are articles featuring PAPS's work, proposals, and interviews with our staff.

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Fake nude images made of her, unable to go to school… harm spreads, with no law directly regulating it

Asahi Shimbun

2 August 2026

Forced to sell sex from age 14: the anti-prostitution law reform survivors want

Asahi Shimbun

7 June 2026

"Penalties needed for sex buyers": Ministry of Justice study group, amid warnings the trade may go underground

Kyodo News

7 April 2026

Blackmail using sexual images sent on social media: fourfold increase in two years, male victims surging

Mainichi Shimbun

2 January 2026

「セクストーション」相談急増 脅迫し金銭要求、男性多く―支援団体「絶対応じないで」

時事ドットコム

28 July 2026

PAPS and Tansa on the reality of digital sexual violence: the key is "reversing the arrow of responsibility"

Tansa

5 June 2026

Child pornography: teens now the most common perpetrators — expert: "making someone take or view images is sexual violence"

Naigai Kyoiku

12 February 2026

The Anti-Prostitution Act, a "leaky law" for 68 years: will punishing buyers become reality? Support groups watch as PM Takaichi orders a review

Hokkaido Shimbun

9 December 2025

Sexual predators approach children with "kind words": generative AI expands the risk

Asahi Shimbun

8 July 2026

The challenges of punishing buyers of sex: concerns after adopting a "Nordic Model" that spares sellers, and the perspective needed

Tokyo Shimbun

17 May 2026

AV appearance harm consultations stay high — "the fear of being watched forever"; app-based selling on the rise

Asahi Shimbun

9 January 2026

What about the responsibility of the "60 customers"? Experts call for harsher penalties in the trafficking of a 12-year-old

Asahi Shimbun

14 November 2025

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