Activists protest over lawmaker's skepticism about sex crime victims

A group of activists against sexual violence on Tuesday brought a petition with more than 136,000 signatures to the headquarters of Japan's ruling party to protest comments by a lawmaker claiming women sometimes falsely claim to be victims of sex crimes.But the Liberal Democratic Party refused to accept the petition submitted by organizers of the Flower Demo movement against sex crimes in protest at the comments by Mio Sugita, a female member of the LDP in the House of Representatives.Sugita told a party meeting late last month on a government assistance program for sexual violence survivor…READ FULL ARTICLE