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RIGHTS

ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2019
South Korean human rights watchdog finds no foul play in defection of North Korean waitresses
An investigation by South Korea's human rights watchdog found no evidence the country's spy agency tricked or coerced a dozen North Korean restaurant workers into defecting in 2016, as some have alleged, documents reviewed by Reuters showed on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2019
Japan needs to improve medical care for detainees, immigration chief says
There is a need to improve medical care at immigration detention centers, the head of the country's recently created Immigration Services Agency has said, following widespread criticism of the care available to detainees.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 7, 2019
Two groups of U.S. states launch antitrust probes of tech companies like Facebook and Google
Reuters
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2019
U.S. will aim to persuade others to 'call out' China over Uighurs at U.N.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States would use the United Nations General Assembly this month to persuade countries to help "call out" China over treatment of its Uighur Muslim minority.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 7, 2019
Pence to deliver postponed and potentially hard-line China speech this fall, White House official says
A major speech on China by Vice President Mike Pence that was expected to take a tough line on Beijing has been rescheduled for later this year, a White House official said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Aug 28, 2019
Thailand may become first in Southeast Asia to allow same-sex unions
In Thailand, the ruling coalition and opposition lawmakers don't agree on much. Yet within both camps there's growing support for legalizing same-sex unions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 27, 2019
New Trump rule for indefinite immigrant family detentions faces legal challenges, tight space
A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia, led by California and Massachusetts, said on Monday they will sue the Trump administration to stop a sweeping new rule to indefinitely detain migrant families seeking to settle in the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 21, 2019
Saudis open borders for women to travel without male guardian's permission
Saudi Arabia said a landmark policy change allowing women to travel without permission from a male guardian has come into effect.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 17, 2019
British mall tested facial recognition of shoppers
A British mall that scanned shoppers using facial-recognition cameras said on Friday it is no longer using technology that advocacy groups called a threat to privacy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 8, 2019
As loved ones in China disappear amid crackdown, Uyghurs in Japan speak out
As the global outcry over China's crackdown on the Uyghurs grows, members of the same ethnic minority in Japan are calling for help out of desperation to discover what has happened to their families back home.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 4, 2019
Top Russian activist Lyubov Sobol and 700 detained at Moscow protest for free elections
Russian police forcibly detained nearly 700 people attending a protest in Moscow on Saturday to demand free elections, including prominent activist Lyubov Sobol, after authorities warned the demonstration was illegal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 31, 2019
Passports, maiden names, brackets: Japan Foreign Minister Taro Kono wades into a minefield
When Foreign Minister Taro Kono wrote on Twitter that he would order his ministry to look into the contentious issue of maiden names on passports in response to a tweet in early June, he may not have been aware of the minefield he was about to step into.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Jul 31, 2019
Women in male-dominated Japan fight for their identity — starting with their names
The nation's women are going through an identity crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2019
U.S. move to resume death penalty bucks domestic and global trends, U.N. says
The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday the Trump administration's decision to reinstate the death penalty at the federal level goes against the domestic and international trend to abolish or halt executions. The U.S. Justice Department last Thursday reinstated a two-decade dormant policy...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2019
Russia detains more than 1,000 people in opposition crackdown
Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent times against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin's tight grip on power.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 27, 2019
Japan panel resumes talks on steps to fight digital piracy
A government panel has resumed talks on measures against pirate websites where manga and other content are uploaded without the permission of copyright holders.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 23, 2019
Prominent feminist says Japan 'should not feel complacent' despite signs of progress on women's empowerment
Japan "should not feel complacent" amid signs of progress on female empowerment, sociologist and prominent feminist Chizuko Ueno has urged, saying much work remains to be done.
WORLD
Jul 13, 2019
Ecuador tribe's victory in legal battle over selling ancestral Amazon land is upheld
A court in Ecuador has upheld a ruling that prevents the government from selling land in the Amazon rainforest to oil companies, a move activists called a historic win for the Waorani indigenous tribe living there.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2019
Haruno Yoshida, leading businesswoman and adviser to Keidanren, dies at 55
She was a longtime proponent of improving workplace diversity and was featured regularly in international forums as a role model for working women.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2019
Botswana government to appeal court ruling that legalized gay sex
Botswana's government will appeal a high court ruling that decriminalized homosexuality, potentially resuscitating a law that punished gay sex by up to seven years in prison.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Elon Musk says he has created a new U.S. political party
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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