A Japanese journalist Shiori Ito, whose rape accusations against a high-profile TV journalist turned her into a symbol of #MeToo movement in Japan, has been awarded 3.3m yen ($30,000) in damages. The Tokyo district court […]
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Traditional Japanese sitting style seiza will be recognized as punishment under new law
A welfare ministry panel said on December 3, that forcing children to sit for long periods of time in the formal Japanese seiza style will be recognized as a morally unacceptable form of punishment under a new […]
Studio Ghibli’s entire catalog will soon be available to buy digitally
Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli’s films have not be available to purchase digitally anywhere online. But finally, animated catalogue including classics like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro and Howl’s Moving Castle, will be available to purchase online by […]
“Some things are more important than rugby,” Canadian rugby players lauded for helping typhoon clean-up after game canceled in Japan
KAMAISHI, JAPAN—Canadian rugby players were seen shoveling mud, carrying furniture and helping with recovery efforts in Kamaishi, following the cancellation of their match against Namibia, which was called off due to the threat of Typhoon […]
Unearthed Japanese camp found in B.C. mountains, was likely an escape from racism, until internment in 1942
During WW II, twenty-two thousand Japanese Canadians were unfairly uprooted from the coast and sent to internment camp. EDMONTON— Hidden away in British Columbia’s North Shore mountains are the remnants of a Japanese-Canadian logging camp […]
Former NDP leader address the redress by Canada of wrongs committed against Japanese Canadians during WWII, urges action on Canadian children trapped in Syrian camps
LONDON— According to a report by CTV news, Ed Broadbent, the former leader of the New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989 and an elder statesman of human rights, spoke at an event celebrating the […]
People’s Party of Canada uses photo of Japanese Canadian internment in ad against multiculturalism
An ad released by the Peoples Party of Canada (PPC) against Canada’s official multiculturalism policy has sparked criticism for its confusing use of a photo of the Japanese Canadian internment during the Second World War. […]
“Infringement on freedom of expression,” Aichi government to sue ministry for withholding exhibit grants after ‘comfort women’ controversy
NAGOYA – Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura said that he intends to sue the Culture Ministry over its refusal to subsidize the Aichi Triennale 2019 arts festival in Nagoya, after it became mired in controversy over […]
Japan partakes in a massive Friday climate strike
Greta Thunberg, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist started massive Friday climate strike that 150 countries joined. The purpose of the march is to call on policymakers to take overdue steps against climate change as part of […]
Fukushima Trial ends in not guilty verdict, leads to angry fallout
TOKYO—The former CEO of TEPCO, along with two other executives, have been indicted by a Japanese court facing charges relating to the 2011 catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the second-largest nuclear disaster […]