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HUMAN RIGHTS

Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 20, 2018
'No job, no money': Life in Vietnam for immigrants deported by U.S. in violation of 2008 bilateral deal
It wasn't until Pham Chi Cuong saw the plane waiting to deport him from the United States that it sunk in that he was about to be sent back to Vietnam, the country he fled in 1993.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 17, 2018
Italian court releases migrant rescue ship seized last month, justifies vessel's actions
An Italian court on Monday ordered the release of a Spanish charity ship that was seized after prosecutors said it was helping to ferry migrants illegally from Libya.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 30, 2018
Japan can end child marriage at home, and help end it abroad
Japan is joining this important global fight by setting the minimum marriage age at 18. As the world's third-largest economy, Japan should not stop there.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2018
Journalist murders are a major EU problem
Clearly not all European Union members are enforcing the bloc's stated values.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 16, 2018
ICC eyed to condemn North's '59-'84 repatriation program
Eiko Kawasaki, an ethnic Korean woman who spent 43 years in North Korea, announced a plan Friday to file a petition with the International Criminal Court to declare Pyongyang's postwar repatriation program a crime against humanity.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 24, 2017
In 'China's Jerusalem,' Christians say faith trumps official Sunday school ban
Despite authorities in China's southeastern city of Wenzhou having outlawed Sunday school earlier this year, Christian parents are still determined their children learn about Jesus and the Bible.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 21, 2017
Philippine police chief defends high body count racked up by 'Davao Boys' squad in drug war
The police chief of the Philippines on Wednesday stood by the head of a secretive unit behind dozens of killings in the country's war on drugs, saying officers fired only in self-defense and the death toll reflected the danger and the scale of the narcotics problem.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2017
UNHCR chief praises Japan's willingness to address 'most serious refugee crisis since '90s'
While praising Japan's efforts to provide humanitarian aid, visiting U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Monday the ongoing Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh is the "most serious refugee crisis since the '90s."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Nov 18, 2017
'The Broken Commandment': Toson Shimazaki's humanist bildungsroman of a 'burakumin'
A classic from 1906, Toson Shimazaki's "The Broken Commandment" follows the ideological struggles of a young teacher, Ushimatsu Segawa.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2017
Duterte says he will tell Trump to 'lay off' if U.S. leader raises rights abuses in Manila talks
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he would tell U.S. President Donald Trump to "lay off" if he raises the issue of human rights when they meet.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 24, 2017
Starving Rohingya girls and women in refugee camps seen forced to engage in clandestine prostitution
As Rohingya women struggle to access even the very basics such as food and water in Bangladesh's overcrowded camps, a flourishing sex trade offers cash in times of desperation.
WORLD / Society
Oct 24, 2017
U.K. lobbies for transgender rights but seeks to retain the term 'pregnant women'
Britain is seeking to extend to transgender people protection granted to women in pregnancy by a U.N. treaty but has not asked for the term "pregnant women" be dropped from the text, the government said on Monday after controversy over its wording.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2017
Nigeria set to try over 1,600 Boko Haram suspects behind closed doors, drawing criticism
The trial of more than 1,600 people suspected of ties with Boko Haram was expected to begin in Nigeria on Monday behind closed doors, in the biggest legal investigation into the eight-year militant Islamist insurgency.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 5, 2017
Bangladesh destroys boats ferrying Rohingya from Myanmar, claims they carried drugs
Bangladeshi authorities have destroyed about 20 boats that ferried Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar, accusing smugglers of using the huge exodus to bring methamphetamine into the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2017
Japan accepts three refugees in first half of 2017, despite record number of asylum seekers
Japan accepted just three refugees in the first half of 2017 despite receiving a record 8,561 fresh asylum applications, the government said Tuesday, highlighting the nation's reluctance to accept immigrants.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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