Japan has made online insults punishable by up to a year in prison in an effort to combat cyberbullying. Moves to amend the country’s penal code gained momentum after Hana Kimura, a 22-year-old ...

The country decided to strengthen its defamation law after Hana Kimura took her own life at just 22-years-old in 2020. Kimura, a professional wrestler, was subject to a daily barrage of insults on ...

OSAKA--The Osaka District Court on Aug. 30 dismissed a lawsuit and a countersuit filed after the suicide of Hana Kimura, a professional wrestler who starred in a reality TV show. Kimura’s mother ...