Cambodian trainee seeks damages over alleged rapes at Japan farm

A Cambodian technical trainee on Monday filed a damages suit against a manager at a strawberry farm north of Tokyo, alleging multiple instances of rape over a five-month period that led to pregnancy and an abortion.The 23-year-old woman is seeking about 80 million yen ($520,000) in damages from the 58-year-old manager at the farm in Tochigi Prefecture, according to a complaint filed with the Tokyo District Court.The woman, who began working at the farm in July 2022, claims she was sexually assaulted by the manager "almost every day" from December 2022 through April 2023 and was threatened b…READ FULL ARTICLE