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DISCRIMINATION

Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 3, 2022
Anti-discrimination laws and voting rights on U.S. Supreme Court docket
With six justices — three of whom were nominated by former U.S. president Donald Trump, a Republican — conservatives will continue to wield a solid majority.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2022
Uyghur leader urges Japan to join call for U.N. debate on alleged abuses in China
Japan's motions and statements on the issue are an 'empty promise, not enough to stop the ongoing genocide,' Dolkun Isa told reporters.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 28, 2022
Banana thrown at Richarlison as Brazil thrashes Tunisia
Head coach Tite's Brazil will head into its World Cup opener against Serbia on Nov. 24 on a 15-match unbeaten run, dating back to the team's Copa America final loss to Argentina last year.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2022
Japanese government to face three new forced sterilization suits
The plaintiffs in the three cases are demanding that the government pay a total of u00a5158.7 million in damages.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 25, 2022
Ray Masaki: ‘Being earnest and not overdoing things — that’s what resonates’
Ray Masaki moved from America to Japan to gain a better understanding of his heritage. Today, he continues to navigate his cultural identity both in his design work and his own life.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 24, 2022
Iran's leaders are safe but protests raise the stakes over imposing veil
The popular revolt in Iran triggered by the death of a woman held by police is unlikely to pose an immediate threat to clerical rulers, who have crushed many protests in recent years.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 19, 2022
China says no touching foreigners skin-to-skin after monkeypox case
China reported its first case of the infectious disease on Friday in the southwestern city of Chongqing.
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 3, 2022
'Genocide' in Xinjiang? Why the U.N. report steers clear.
As the fallout from the report continues to reverberate, some countries are considering how they can take the findings further.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 2, 2022
Water crisis in southern U.S. city previews a wetter and hotter future
In addition to warming up the planet, climate change is making precipitation events more intense, and therefore more likely to overwhelm strained systems.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2022
U.N. says China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang
The report was hailed by human rights groups for adding credibility to long-running concerns over violations that some Western nations have labeled genocide.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2022
Sanna Marin, from youngest elected leader to 'partying PM'
The 36-year-old's reputation as a firm crisis leader has been challenged in the last few days.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 27, 2022
Singapore debate on LGBTQ rights heats up in test for leaders
The fallout shows the new generation of leaders taking over will have their work cut out to control a divisive issue in the city-state's multicultural society.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 22, 2022
Singapore will decriminalize sex between men, but no change in marriage rules
Under Singapore's Section 377A, a colonial-era law that criminalizes sex between men, offenders can be jailed for up to two years under the law, but it is not currently actively enforced.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2022
China's ex-COVID patients live under 'dark shadow' of stigma
The story of a woman who lived in a Shanghai railway station bathroom for weeks after being unable to find work due to the stigma of having been infected has been widely discussed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 9, 2022
Ahmaud Arbery’s killers sentenced on hate crimes charges
The three already are serving life sentences after being convicted of murder in a state trial last November.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2022
COVID stigma in China can cost recovered patients jobs and homes
One former worker at a government-run isolation facility in Shanghai slept on the streets during parts of June since he couldn't find work or housing after getting infected.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 7, 2022
‘Broken Commandment’: A timely call for a tolerant society
Kazuo Maeda's film about a man grappling with his identity as a member of the burakumin minority group in the late Meiji Era faces questions of equality that still exist in Japanese society.
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EDITORIALS
Jun 24, 2022
Japan's disappointing ruling on same-sex marriage
The Osaka court abdicated its fundamental job by deferring to public opinion rather than determining whether a right was either constitutional or not in its same-sex marriage ruling.

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