Japan plans to introduce a tougher jail sentence as part of penalties for online insults amid growing calls to tackle cyberbullying, Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa said Tuesday.Kamikawa told a press conference that she will ask her advisory panel to examine the plan to impose a prison term of up to one year or a fine of up to 300,000 yen ($2,725) over insults at its meeting Thursday.At present, the penalty against insults is detention for less than 30 days or a fine of less than 10,000 yen. The Justice Ministry is also planning to extend the statute of limitations for insults from one year …READ FULL ARTICLE
