The Kawasaki Municipal Government presented on Friday draft guidelines aimed at eradicating hate speech in public spaces, the first effort of its kind in Japan. According to the draft, Kawasaki authorities can reject or revoke permission to use facilities such as parks and community centers ...
Two children who attended the same preschool in Kawasaki died within a week earlier this month, possibly due to an infectious disease, city officials said. The city said Wednesday it is examining blood samples from the children but has yet to detect any virus that ...
Lawmakers should take new steps that will contribute to building a society free from hatred and prejudice.
A tally of xenophobic rallies in Japan shows that a new law against hate speech is having a positive impact in stemming public attacks against minority groups.
The mysterious foot injuries reported this month by joggers who frequent a path along the Tama River in Kawasaki's Nakahara Ward were caused by chemicals leaching from the pavement, the Kanto Regional Development Bureau has determined. "It's the first time for such a thing to ...
The man who died during an attempt to rescue an elderly man at a rail crossing in Kawasaki was a Yokohama Bank employee, police said. Both died at around 9:10 a.m. Saturday while the banker was trying to drag the 77-year-old man out of the ...
An elderly man and his would-be rescuer died Saturday after being struck by a train at a level crossing in Kawasaki, police said. A man who appeared to be in his 40s was apparently trying to drag the other man, said to be in his ...
Motor company Kawasaki's sponsorship of "The New Celebrity Apprentice" was cast into uncertainty on Wednesday as the firm issued contradictory statements about its ties to the show over the continued involvement of President-elect Donald Trump. Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA spokesman Kevin Allen said in a ...
When Moon Kong-hwi saw the scene, he thought the bottom of society had dropped out. It was five years ago when he witnessed people engaged in hate speech in Osaka's Tsuruhashi district, one of the country's famous Korea towns. Since the vitriol came at maximum ...
A 19-year-old male is appealing a district court ruling that sentenced him to an indeterminate prison term of between six and 10 years for his involvement in the brutal murder of a teenage boy on a riverbank in Kawasaki last year. The defendant, whose name ...
A Kanagawa Prefecture bench prevents an anti-Korean activist from holding rallies near a group that supports ethnic Koreans.
The Yokohama District Court's Kawasaki branch handed down a provisional injunction Thursday banning an anti-Korean group from holding demonstrations within 500 meters from the office of a citizens' group fighting hate speech. The court prohibited a Kawasaki man who had repeatedly organized rallies ostracizing Korean ...
