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The persistent practice of paying underage girls for sex-related services, known in Japan as the JK business, has seen charities step in where police have come up short On a humid Wednesday night the streets of Kabukicho, Tokyos most famous red light district, hum with people. Some are tourists, here to gawp and take selfies,

Study covering period in late October and early November shows damage to 10 hospitals and health facilities Warning: this article contains images and videos some may find distressing. An investigation has revealed the damage caused to hospitals, health facilities and ambulances in the northern Gaza Strip over 21 days in the course of the Israeli

Debussy, Bernstein, Boulanger and Parrys anniversaries are duly marked, and female composers are well represented as are international orchestras, but theres too little risk in this years lineup

Historians say the involvement in Africa of the former US secretary of state, who is 100 this week, drew the US into Angolas war and aided apartheid after the Soweto uprising Statesman or war criminal? His troubled legacy in pictures

Self-service checkouts - what IS the "unfamiliar item in bagging area"? I have never known it be anything other than a bag - what do they MEAN? Anne Bromley, London, UK Mariah, Mankato, US WB, Cambridge UK