A Metropolitan Police Department headquarters sign is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi/Kenji Yoneda) TOKYO -- Police have obtained an arrest warrant for the mother of a 12-year-old Thai girl who was ...

A Japanese man has been arrested on suspicion of illegally employing a 12-year-old Thai girl at a private-room massage parlour in Tokyo, where she is believed to have been forced to provide sexual ...

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Thai police have arrived in Japan to cooperate with an investigation into a possible case of human trafficking involving a 12-year-old girl who was allegedly forced to provide sexual services in Tokyo ...

The mother of a Thai girl believed to have been forced into sex work at a massage parlor in Tokyo has been detained in Taiwan, sources have said. According to Taiwan's immigration authorities, the ...

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson has consecutively posted English and Japanese graphic messages on social media platform X, warning Japan to "stop playing with fire on the Taiwan question", ...

The grandmother of a 12-year-old Thai girl who was allegedly forced to work and provide sexual services at a Tokyo massage parlor told NHK she wants her granddaughter to come back home safely, as soon ...

Cambodia and Thailand took a major step toward de-escalating territorial tensions just days after a peace deal brokered by US President Donald Trump, saying they will start to remove weapons from ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested the operator of a private-room massage parlor in Bunkyo Ward, after he allegedly forced a 12-year-old Thai girl to perform sexual services for customers.