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DISCRIMINATION

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 24, 2021
Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine suspended and sent home for withdrawing to avoid Israeli
Nourine's withdrawal was 'in total opposition to the philosophy of the International Judo Federation,' the federation said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 23, 2021
Opposition to Tokyo Games podium protest ban grows
A letter signed by figures in the sporting world has called for no sanctions to be imposed on athletes who protest on the podium in Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 16, 2021
Malaysian mothers fight government over sexist citizenship law
Malaysia is one of 25 countries that do not give mothers and fathers equal rights to pass their nationality to their children.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 13, 2021
England's Black players face racist abuse after Euro 2020
The comments have prompted a police investigation and wide condemnation, although critics accused some politicians of hypocrisy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 12, 2021
Talk of 'vaccination harassment' puts Japan Inc. in a tough spot
The term has come into the spotlight in Japan ever since reports emerged of workers complaining of peer pressure and instructions from their bosses to receive a shot.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 12, 2021
England's Football Association condemns racist abuse of players after final
“We're disgusted that some of our squad — who have given everything for the shirt this summer — have been subjected to discriminatory abuse online after tonight's game,” the team tweeted.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / BLACK EYE
Jul 5, 2021
Dealing with discrimination? Mental health suffering? Let's make the time to talk.
Baye McNeil has a chat with Mark Bookman in which the pair discuss their experiences regarding mental health amid the pandemic as visible minorities in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2021
Same job, but the woman makes $200,000 less
Women account for nearly 14% of all named executive officers at Russell 3000 companies, up 60% over the past decade, according to Equilar Inc. But that's still a small number.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 3, 2021
Japan’s LGBTQ community ends up losing thanks to intraparty politics in the LDP
The media coverage of a bill on LGBTQ 'understanding' focuses on a conservative purity test instead of the contents of the legislation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2021
France investigates Uniqlo unit and other retailers over alleged Xinjiang abuses
Fast Retailing lost an appeal with U.S. customs in May after a shipment of Uniqlo men's shirts were impounded over suspected violations of a ban on Xinjiang cotton.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 2, 2021
Canada Day muted as country reckons with treatment of indigenous people
The discovery of hundreds of remains of children in unmarked graves at former indigenous schools has sparked a reckoning with the country's colonial past.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jun 28, 2021
Discrimination and inertia slow use of Ainu grants, two years after launch
The first law recognizing the Ainu ethnic minority as an Indigenous people took effect in May 2019, with that legislation designed to protect and promote their culture through subsidies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 26, 2021
Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22½ years in murder of George Floyd
The verdict was widely seen as a landmark rebuke of the disproportionate use of police force against Black Americans.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 21, 2021
Couple sues Japanese government for not recognizing gender transition
Tokyo's Meguro and Ota wards have refused to recognize a woman's gender transition due to the legal status of same-sex marriages in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Jun 21, 2021
Pandemic magnifies household gender roles in Japan
Latest figures show that women earn on average 44% less than men while also spending five times more time on housework and child care.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2021
In China's new Xinjiang: Patriotic tourism, riot police and minders
China is trying to move on from a security crackdown in Xinjiang in which more than a million ethnic Uyghurs were detained in so-called re-education centers from 2016.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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