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Does Japan’s human rights resolution on China go far enough?

Commentary / Japan Feb 3, 2022

Does Japan’s human rights resolution on China go far enough?

by Kuni Miyake

Some say the China human rights resolution "was born at last after a difficult delivery,” while others call it “too little, too submissive.”

Japan to recommend Sado mine for UNESCO World Heritage listing

National Jan 28, 2022

Japan to recommend Sado mine for UNESCO World Heritage listing

by Eric Johnston

The move could inflame tensions with South Korea, which opposes the registration due to the use of Korean wartime labor at the site.

Japan to ignore South Korean opposition in Sado mine World Heritage push

National Jan 24, 2022

Japan to ignore South Korean opposition in Sado mine World Heritage push

Despite South Korea's objections, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said that the country will not receive "any diplomatic consideration" on the matter.

Japan considers delaying controversial Sado mine for World Heritage list

National Jan 21, 2022

Japan considers delaying controversial Sado mine for World Heritage list

South Korea's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a commentary that it opposes Japan's decision to push for the World Heritage designation of the mine.

<i>Taiko</i> group Kodo makes a plea for donations amid the COVID-19 crisis

Music Apr 30, 2020

Taiko group Kodo makes a plea for donations amid the COVID-19 crisis

by Gianni Simone

With Japanese drumming group Kodo forced to cancel this year's tour, the group has made an appeal for donations and equipment.

China plans to donate ibises to Japan in October amid warming ties

National Sep 26, 2018

China plans to donate ibises to Japan in October amid warming ties

China is planning to donate a pair of crested ibises to Japan in October as a symbol of friendship — the first such donation in more than a decade — amid warming relations between the two countries, Japanese government sources said Wednesday. The two countries ...

Third chick born to wild ibis pair confirmed as sibling of second bird seen earlier

National May 1, 2016

Third chick born to wild ibis pair confirmed as sibling of second bird seen earlier

The Environment Ministry said it has found a third crested ibis chick hatched in the wild on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, a sibling to a second chick first spotted two days prior. The chicks' parents were both born in the wild on the island in ...

Ibis reintroduction program sees fledging success

National Aug 20, 2013

Ibis reintroduction program sees fledging success

by Junji Ueda

Kei Osada, 41, is the man behind the recent success of a government effort to reintroduce the crested ibis as part of a captive breeding program for the species that once became extinct in the wild in Japan. In the three years since he took ...

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