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North Korea blasts Japan's role in pushing U.N. human rights resolution amid nuclear talks
North Korea has singled out Japan, criticizing Tokyo's leading role in crafting a U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations and the abductions of foreign nationals by the nuclear-armed country, amid its ongoing thaw with the outside world. In a commentary published late Monday, the North's ...
A video tape showing a horse getting whipped at a traditional festival held last month in the city of Kumamoto has caused a public outcry, with many people calling it a form of animal abuse. The clip, apparently taken Sept. 16 during a break in ...
'No regrets': South Korea's #MeToo trailblazer Seo Ji-hyun resolute despite paying high price
The woman who started South Korea's #MeToo movement has a shy demeanor and a whispery voice, but Seo Ji-hyun's actions have had a resounding impact on the lives of her countrywomen. A prosecutor in Seoul, Seo was repeatedly groped by a senior colleague at the ...
Girls are the primary victims of humanitarian crises, suffering forms of abuse ranging from forced marriage to denial of schooling and are "14 times more likely to die than boys in a conflict," according to the Plan International nongovernmental organization. The group was scheduled to ...
73.8% of Japan workers in the service sector are harassed by customers: survey
A labor union survey showed Tuesday that 73.8 percent of Japan workers in the service sector have faced harassment from customers. Of them, over 90 percent felt stressed due to such unreasonable acts, according to the survey by the Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Food, ...
Japan's child abuse hotline may go toll-free to reduce high hang-up rate
The welfare ministry has decided to make calls to its child abuse hotline free and increase staffing at child consultation centers, informed sources said. The centers answer calls made to 189, the number for reporting child abuse or seeking advice on child rearing, the sources ...
Former top Vatican official calls on Pope to resign amid abuse crisis
A former top Vatican official accused Pope Francis of having known of allegations of sex abuse by a prominent U.S. cardinal for five years before accepting his resignation last month and he called on the pontiff to resign. In an 11-page letter given to conservative ...
1,308 disabled people abused at workplaces in Japan in fiscal 2017
The number of people with disabilities who were abused at workplaces in fiscal 2017 surged 34.6 percent from the previous year to 1,308, the labor ministry said Wednesday. The figure marked the highest annual level since the survey started in fiscal 2013. Assaults and the ...
In rape and sexual assault cases, South Korean women seek justice even after telling the truth
As soon as the Seoul office worker told police she had been raped, her attacker struck back with a barrage of complaints against her under South Korea's criminal defamation law, which states that truth is not necessarily a defense. "He kept filing complaints against me ...
A French Catholic priest was suspended Friday after a video of him smacking a crying baby during a baptism ceremony went viral, drawing widespread condemnation on social media. In footage posted on Twitter on Thursday, gasps can be heard when the 89-year-old priest, after ordering ...
Taken from parents, hundreds of children being kept in Border Patrol facility in Texas
Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets. One ...
Abe directs Cabinet to take on child abuse after death of 5-year-old girl
The government on Friday said it will compile measures aimed at preventing child abuse following the recent death of a 5-year-old girl, who had written "forgive me" in a notebook to beg her parents to stop mistreating her. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for "sweeping ...
