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Japan firms pull out staff in Iran due to intense tension: Say no to World War Three
I want to start my article with my deepest condolence to the losses in the plane crashof Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 in Tehran, Iran. The year has just begun and the first sign of […]
Carlos Ghosn’s Escape From “Rigged” Japanese Justice System prompts talk of Japan’s “Hostage Justice”
Carlos Ghosn, Nissan’s ex-chairman, says he has not fled justice but “escaped injustice and political persecution”. Carlos Ghosn, the auto industry mogul who pulled off his escape from Japan, has revived global criticism of Japan’s […]
Your beauty shall last forever: Godfrey Gao | Hot Asian Men Friday
On Tuesday night, the world lost one of the most beautiful humans – Godfrey Gao. Gao is an Asian American model was remembered as the pioneer of Asian representation in Western media. Unfortunately, Gao passed […]
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 […]
No More Sexist Medical School Entrance Exams: After abolishing the unfair treatment of female applicants last year, women outperform men in Japanese medical school entrance exams
Last year, several medical schools in Japan were found to have manipulated exam results to give first-time male applicants an advantage over women and others who had previously failed the exam. Many medical schools, including […]
What the Hong Kong extradition bill means for Japan and Canada.
There are over a million protestors on the streets of Hong Kong Island, protesting against the extradition bill—a legislative proposal that will allow criminal suspects residing in Hong Kong to be sent to China for […]