Japan weekly apologizes for salacious article that defames female students

A major Japanese weekly has apologized for using sexually degrading and discriminatory terms against women in part of an article on dating parties amid growing criticism shared in an online petition campaign.The Shukan Spa! men's magazine published rankings of existing universities attended by "easy female students" in the article in the Dec. 25, 2018, edition.(The cover of the Dec. 25, 2018 edition of the Shukan Spa! weekly)Takashi Inukai, editor-in-chief of the weekly, said it went too "salacious" in publishing "an article that possibly displeased readers."In a statement released Monday, …READ FULL ARTICLE