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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...