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DISCRIMINATION

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Apr 8, 2015
Do Western men have it bad in Japan? Readers discuss
A small selection of the large number of comments received in response to Olga Garnova's recent column, 'Spare a thought for Western men trapped in Japan.'
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Apr 5, 2015
Viewed through a religious lens, Japan makes more sense
Ever noticed how Japan — and in particular, its ruling elite — keeps getting away with astonishing bigotry?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 3, 2015
Multiracial Miss Universe Japan hopes to change homeland's thinking on identity
Ariana Miyamoto hadn't planned to enter a Japanese beauty contest because she figured her multiracial origins meant she couldn't win. Then a close multiracial friend committed suicide.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 1, 2015
Do Western men have it bad in Japan?: views from the Fuji Five Lakes
Do interviewees agree with the controversial premise of Olga Garnova's recent Foreign Agenda column, 'Spare a thought for the Western men trapped in Japan'?
WORLD / Society
Apr 1, 2015
Wal-Mart leads outcry after Arkansas comes out with 'anti-gay' bill
Arkansas lawmakers passed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act on Tuesday that critics said would allow businesses to deny service to gays and lesbians, drawing a swift demand from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for the governor to veto the bill.
WORLD / Society
Mar 28, 2015
Arkansas Senate passes religion bill seen as targeting gays
The Arkansas Senate overwhelmingly approved on Friday a Republican-backed bill that, according to its authors, is intended to protect religious freedoms but which critics contend could allow businesses to refuse service to gay people.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 28, 2015
Jury clears venture capital firm in Silicon Valley gender bias case
A California jury on Friday cleared the venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers of gender discrimination claims that had been brought against it by a former female partner in a trial that transfixed Silicon Valley.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 23, 2015
Spare a thought for the Western men trapped in Japan
Japan can be the best place in the world for some, but for others it can be a trap — especially for Western men.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 23, 2015
Britain's Conservative Party suspends candidate over far-right plot claims
Britain's ruling Conservatives have suspended a Muslim candidate in a key seat following allegations he plotted with the far right English Defence League (EDL) to stir up racial tension to help win votes in May's election.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 18, 2015
Rights groups stage racism summit for embassy staff
Ethnic minorities and other socially vulnerable members of Japanese society gathered Wednesday to relate their stories of racial discrimination to embassy representatives in an effort to raise global awareness of their plight and fight racism.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Mar 18, 2015
From a minstrel no-show to a black beauty queen, in a week
From preventing a blackface TV broadcast to the nation embracing a black face as the embodiment of Japanese beauty, it's been quite a week.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2015
Multiparty group to examine LGBT discrimination
A group of lawmakers on Tuesday launched a multiparty caucus to examine discrimination against sexual minorities in a move expected to further intensify debate ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 11, 2015
Police shooting of unarmed, naked black Georgia man sparks fresh outcry
The shooting death of an unarmed, black, naked man by a white police officer in an Atlanta suburb prompted a social media outcry on Tuesday over what many people deemed to be unnecessary force against someone who may have been in mental distress.
WORLD
Mar 10, 2015
Atlanta-area police officer kills unarmed, naked black man
A white, Atlanta-area police officer shot dead a naked and unarmed black man acting erratically in his apartment complex and who was possibly suffering from a mental illness, the county police chief said.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 28, 2015
Inflammatory articles aren't helping mags' circulation numbers
In a controversial column by 83-year-old author Ayako Sono that appeared in the Feb. 11 issue of the Sankei Shimbun under the headline "Maintain a 'suitable distance,'" Sono suggested that when and if Japan changes its immigration policies to accept more foreign workers, they should live in racially...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 28, 2015
Shibuya's same-sex move kicks off debate
On Feb. 13, Asahi Shimbun's daily Vox Populi, Vox Dei column mentioned Morizo and Kiccoro, the official mascots of the 2005 World Expo held in Aichi Prefecture. These two "woodland fairies" supposedly hailed from Seto, which issued them the same resident cards (jūminhyō) held by everyone who lives...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 28, 2015
China inadvertently promotes Islamic extremism
March 1, 2014, was China's 9/11. That was the day Islamic Uighur terrorists slashed their way into the collective consciousness of the country's ethnic Han majority.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 26, 2015
Syrian Kurds cut Islamic State supply line as fears mount for abducted Christians
A Kurdish militia pressed an offensive against the Islamic State group in northeast Syria on Wednesday, cutting one of its supply lines from Iraq, as fears mounted for dozens of Christians abducted by the hardline group.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2015
Outrage grows over Sono 'apartheid' column
Public outrage over what is widely seen as a pro-apartheid column penned by conservative author Ayako Sono shows no sign of abating more than a week after its publication.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Feb 18, 2015
Time to shut down this modern-day minstrel show
If Fuji TV airs the modern-day minstrel show it has planned for next month, it will shine a national spotlight on Japan's extreme ignorance about issues of race and discrimination.
Typhoon Halong to cause windstorms, heavy rain and high waves on the Izu islands
Typhoon Halong is moving north near the Izu Islands, with strong winds, high waves and heavy rain expected as it passes early on Thursday, prompting warnings from the weather agency.
Japan to move toward five-year integrated bachelor's-master’s programs
Japan plans to introduce nationwide five-year bachelor's-master's programs to raise graduate school enrollment and train more highly skilled professionals amid a shrinking workforce.
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.
After 26 years, Komeito may be showing signs it will break with LDP
Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito (left) and LDP counterpart Sanae Takaichi meet in Tokyo on Tuesday.
LDP and Komeito's shaky ties throw doubt on Takaichi becoming prime minister
Komeito head Tetsuo Saito and the party's executives (left) meet with the LDP's Sanae Takaichi and counterparts in Tokyo on Tuesday.
A Japanese comedian walks into an Aussie bar … and stays there
Takashi “Waka” Wakasugi stopped by the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya Ward last month following his stint at Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing his show “Comedy Samurai.”
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.
University of Tokyo lands its highest spot ever in global higher education ranking
The University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward
Tokyo named world’s best big city for second straight year
Tokyo was ranked the world's best large city for the second year in a row in the Conde Nast Traveler's 2025 Readers' Choice Awards.
With nuclear sub proposal, Japan faces array of political and tech challenges
The Jingei, the third of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Taigei-class submarines, was commissioned in March last year. It is equipped with lithium-ion batteries, enabling it to have a longer diving time and cruising distance than older models with lead-acid batteries.

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