A May 28 vote by the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s rubber stamp parliament, paves the way for a new security regime to be imposed...
EDITORIAL | The People of Hong Kong Have Spoken. Is Beijing Listening? The local district elections in Hong Kong on Sunday, November 24, resulted...
The author argues that strengthening Western democracies, instead of constraining China by restricting the liberties of Chinese individuals, is a better path.
“This is not something which Japan can do alone, I think the U.S. needs to take the lead, and the whole international community should follow.” -...
"We cannot just let China act as it wants," warns Japanese Diet member Keiji Furuya, leader of a cross-parliamentary human rights group in Tokyo.
At least ten cities in China — including Shanghai, Beijing, Wuhan, and Chengdu — were shaken by protests last weekend. What are they demanding?
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are about to begin and the stage is set for all the stars to shine, but global warming is casting its...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s newly appointed advisor on human rights issues should use his strong presence in the international field to confront China’s human rights abuses.
Xi Jinping is writing himself into history, clearing the way to be China's lifetime leader. In the process, he`s reviving memories of conflict with Japan.
The Olympic Charter honors human rights. After the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, will China continue to ignore calls from the international community to halt its human...
“Sport has to be politically neutral, but it is not apolitical. Sport is not an isolated island in the sea of society.” ー IOC President Thomas...
Toshihiro Nikai and other leaders of Japan's political parties have in effect lent support to the Chinese Communist Party, an openly repressive dictatorial party which also...