National Oct 7, 2013
Court bans rightists' hate speech, rallies
The Kyoto District Court orders anti-Korean activists to pay damages for disrupting a Korean school with hate-speech demonstrations and bans them from staging further rallies.
National Aug 5, 2013
Koreans honor A-bomb victims in Hiroshima ceremony
A memorial service for Korean victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 was held Monday, with the South Korean consul general calling for improved ties between the two countries. More than 20,000 people from what is now South Korea are estimated ...
Social Issues Jul 10, 2013
Politicians silent on curbing hate speech
by Eric Johnston
Calls in the Diet for legislation to curb hate speech targeting foreign residents of Japan are being made even as the issue barely registers on the campaign trail for the July 21 Upper House poll.