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RIGHTS

Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 12, 2014
Malala becomes lightning rod for anger over neglect of her hometown in Pakistan
In the hometown of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, the students at the government-run Girls' High School Mingora sit cross-legged on sacks and sheets on the floor because there is not enough furniture.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 11, 2014
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters retrench after talks with government falter
Hundreds of student activists camped overnight in major protest sites in Hong Kong as the democracy movement showed signs of regathering momentum after the government called off talks with its leaders to defuse unrest in the global financial hub.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 8, 2014
Australian PM orders crackdown on visas for radical Islamist preachers
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday that he was ordering a crackdown to prevent radical Islamist preachers entering the country, amidst rising tension with the Muslim community following a series of security-related raids.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2014
Bahrain prince does not enjoy immunity over torture claims, U.K. court rules
A British court ruled on Tuesday that Bahraini Prince Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa, who has been accused of torturing detainees in Bahrain, does not enjoy immunity from prosecution in Britain.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 7, 2014
Pockets of Hong Kong protesters may defy student leaders
With Hong Kong's student-led protests dwindling and rally leaders in talks to end their 12-day campaign, a small number of demonstrators are threatening to ignore any call to abandon their posts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 6, 2014
In Hong Kong, police take a page from protests in Cairo, Kiev
Police around the world, who once routinely handled demonstrations such as Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests with batons and tear gas, face new dilemmas in an age when dissident crowds are armed with smartphones, Facebook and Twitter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 6, 2014
Chinese troops are waiting in the wings in Hong Kong drama
Maj. Gen. Tan Benhong, the commander of the People's Liberation Army in Hong Kong, was a picture of uniformed calm as he shared champagne toasts with Chinese officials on Wednesday at local celebrations marking China's national day.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 5, 2014
Hong Kong student protest movement struggles to communicate with the government — and its own followers
To catch a glimpse of the ragtag group of students going eyeball to eyeball with the Chinese government, peek inside a room on the ninth floor of the Legislative Council building in downtown Hong Kong.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 4, 2014
As Hong Kong protests turn violent, rival camps square off in gritty Mong Kok neighborhood
More than a thousand rival protesters, some wearing helmets, faced off in a densely populated, gritty district of Hong Kong on Saturday, fueling concerns that the city's worst unrest in decades could take a more violent turn.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 4, 2014
Chinese premier to attend Europe summit, sign Russia rail deal
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will attend a summit of European and Asian leaders on a trip starting this week that will also include a visit to Germany and the signing of energy and high-speed rail deals with Russia, the Chinese government said.
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2014
Beijing at crossroads with H.K. protests
China views the fate of Hong Kong as a purely internal affair. But how its leaders resolve the ongoing confrontation on the streets of the former British colony will determine China's external reputation for years to come.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2014
Hong Kong's luxury retailers lose sales as protests mar 'Golden Week' holiday
Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have disrupted business and hit share prices of luxury goods companies, ruining what is normally one of the busiest shopping weeks of the year.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2014
Hong Kong's Tiananmen moment challenging leadership in Beijing
Hong Kong's leaders have failed to let Beijing understand that, almost without exception, the leading Hong Kong politicians are good Chinese patriots.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 2, 2014
In Hong Kong protests, China confronts limits of its power
In the heart of Mong Kok, one of the most densely populated districts on earth, an abandoned Hong Kong police van is enveloped in the student-led demonstrations paralyzing swaths of the city. Along with yellow ribbons and flowers, symbols of the city's pro-democracy movement, protesters have taped a...
WORLD
Oct 2, 2014
Starvation and disease leave more than 100 ex-rebels and kin dead in Congo camp, says HRW
More than 100 people died from starvation and disease over the last year in a government-run camp set up to house former rebels and their families in Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 1, 2014
Activist Hong Kong academics allege death threats, intimidation
Some academics at the forefront of Hong Kong's fight for more democracy say they have become targets of death threats or other intimidation as the former British colony remains nearly paralyzed by the biggest protests since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 1, 2014
Divided Chinese eye Hong Kong protests with admiration, anger
For some mainland Chinese in Hong Kong, the sight of thousands of people on the streets protesting for greater democracy is an alien one that has prompted comparisons with the relative lack of political freedom back home.
WORLD / Society
Oct 1, 2014
Iranian prisoner executed for heresy, rights group says
A former psychologist has been executed for heresy in Iran after eight years in detention, human rights groups said, in the latest example of what activists say is a worrying rise in the use of death penalty by the Islamic Republic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2014
U.S. takes cautious line in response to Hong Kong protests
The United States is carefully calibrating its response to pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong, showing support for peaceful protests while signaling it has little interest in seeing the situation escalate and risk a harsher crackdown by Chinese authorities.
EDITORIALS
Sep 30, 2014
China's sentencing of a critic
lham Tohti, a moderate Uighur scholar who advocated for the rights of Muslim Uighurs, was sentenced to life in prison last week. Chinese leaders don't seem to realize that such severity will only deepen the resentment of separatists.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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