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ICC

Japan Times
WORLD
May 1, 2015
North Korean diplomats drown out defector dissidents at U.N., draw U.S. ire
The United States accused North Korea of bullying dissidents on Thursday after diplomats from the isolated Asian country disrupted statements by North Korean defectors on human rights abuses at an event at the United Nations.
WORLD
Jan 1, 2015
Palestinians join war crimes court after U.N. rejection
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements on Wednesday, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a day after a bid for independence by 2017 failed at the United Nations Security Council.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2014
Opposing Japan's whaling program is "eco-imperialism," official says
Opposition to Japan's whaling program is a kind of "eco-imperialism" that imposes one value system on another and is based on emotion, not science — much the way killing elephants is now opposed, Japan's top whaling official said on Wednesday.

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’