Tag - uyghurs

 
Menu
Search
 
December 21, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

UYGHURS

Japan Times
WORLD
May 24, 2022
U.N. rights chief says her rare trip to China isn’t a probe
Michelle Bachelet said her trip aimed to promote, protect and respect human rights, sources have said.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 23, 2022
U.N. Human Rights chief due to arrive in China for historic visit
The May 23 to 28 trip has been long in the making after the commissioner said in 2018 she wanted unfettered access to Xinjiang.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2022
Supply chains widely tainted by forced labor in China, witnesses say
Human rights activists, labor leaders and others have urged the U.S. to put its weight behind a coming ban on products made with forced labor in the Xinjiang region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 7, 2022
Xi warns missteps on ethnic issues would ‘destabilize’ China
At a recent meeting during the National People's Congress, China's president made clear his party's expectation that race-related unrest be avoided at all cost.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 17, 2022
U.K. pledges $34 million to enhance security in Indo-Pacific region
The funds are part of a pact with Australia, with leaders of both countries also expressing 'grave concerns' about China's policies in its far western region of Xinjiang.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2022
Final Beijing Olympic torch-bearer's ethnicity not a factor in selection, IOC says
Yilamujiang Dinigeer, from Altay in China's western Xinjiang region, placed the lit torch onto a giant snowflake on Friday during the opening ceremony.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 3, 2022
Japan should press China more on human rights, Kishida adviser says
Gen Nakatani, the prime minister's human rights adviser, says he wants to push China harder on the issue following a parliamentary resolution that called on Tokyo to probe alleged abuses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 2, 2022
Asics defies Nike’s China underperformance in return to profit
Many foreign sports brands struggled in China last year as controversy erupted over cotton sourced from the Xinjiang region, making Asic's performance a surprise.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2022
Japan set to pass China human rights resolution before Olympics
The House of Representatives is set to pass a resolution expressing concern about Uyghur human rights as early as Tuesday, in a move likely to irritate China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2022
Uyghurs in Turkey call for boycott of Beijing Games
'China stop the genocide, China close the camps', chanted the demonstrators, some holding up a banner reading 'Stop Genocide Olympics'.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 18, 2022
Warriors co-owner sparks fury after saying ‘nobody cares’ about Uyghurs
Palihapitiya's comments drew sharp rebuke on social media, with many focusing on his role as a minority owner of the Warriors and on the NBA's already delicate relationship with China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 11, 2022
After China backlash, Intel deletes reference to Xinjiang from letter to suppliers
In the initial version of its letter, the U.S. chipmaker had asked suppliers to avoid the sanctions-hit region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2022
Tesla opens showroom in China’s Xinjiang region, cited by U.S. as genocide hub
The move comes just over a week after U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill requiring firms to prove their activities in Xinjiang don't involve forced labor.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 30, 2021
New Xinjiang chief expected to maintain policies while boosting economic focus
Ma Xingrui's stewardship of Guangdong, China's largest provincial economy, may point to why he was chosen to replace Chen Quanguo, who oversaw a heavy handed security campaign.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 24, 2021
Biden signs bipartisan law punishing China for Uyghur moves
The measure is motivated by concern about the oppression of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region, which holds a major place in global supply chains.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 23, 2021
Pro-China group continues to spread misinformation, researchers say
More than 2,000 accounts have promoted falsehoods such as COVID-19 misinformation and the denial of human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2021
Drones take center stage in U.S.-China war on data harvesting
A top Chinese drone manufacturer has become the poster child of a much wider national security threat: The Chinese government's ability to obtain sensitive data on millions of Americans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 10, 2021
China guilty of Xinjiang genocide, says independent U.K. panel
The tribunal has no government backing, meaning its conclusions are nonbinding, but its decision is certain to elicit an angry response from China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2021
U.S. House passes bill to punish China over oppression of Uyghurs
The 428-1 vote on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act demonstrated the broad, bipartisan sentiment in Congress for the U.S. taking a harder line against China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 7, 2021
'National interests' first: Japan weighs stance as U.S. plans Beijing Olympic boycott
Washington cited Beijing's human rights 'atrocities' in its planned diplomatic boycott, while Tokyo said its own 'national interests' would be key in determining whether to follow suit.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
A year after going private, structural reforms bearing fruit for Toshiba
Toshiba's Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Koji Ikeya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Yasuyuki Yoshida stirs a brew in a fermentation tank at his brewery in Hakusan.
The quake that shook Noto's sake brewing tradition
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’
Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER