A group supporting sex crime victims has voiced serious concerns about the government's decision to pardon petty criminals on the occasion of Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony last year.Sex offenders who target children could have been included, it says.The nonprofit group Lighthouse submitted a petition with 3,840 signatures to the Justice Ministry in January, demanding the government review the criteria for pardons to disqualify pedophiles, if not on this occasion, then in future cases of amnesty.Lighthouse founder Shihoko Fujiwara criticized Japan's lax treatment of sex offenders,…READ FULL ARTICLE
