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 ...

Parliamentary deliberations on toughening the defamation law began in January after Hana Kimura took her own life at 22. Kimura faced bullying and insults on social media in 2020 after appearing ...

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 ...