If Kishida is chosen prime minister again after the October 31 elections, he should immediately take away the Minister of Infrastructure, Land, and Transportation post from...
They failed to adopt a resolution condemning China’s human rights violations. Two parties tried to stop a law that would restrict foreigners’ acquisition of land near...
~~China’s human rights abuses are rampant as the party confines family members of the slain and democracy movement activists in an effort to silence calls for...
Japan is the only G7 nation that has not sanctioned China over its crackdown on the Uyghurs.
As of May 10, only Japan among the G7 has not imposed any sanctions on China for its human rights crackdowns. The bottom line is, lawmakers...
The Japanese government must speak out and lead the way, not just “watch with interest,” after a Chinese scholar with Japanese permanent residency is arbitrarily detained...
“We know how to do this. People should take comfort from the fact that sports have delivered big events. Some have had crowds, and not one...
“[It is] a message that human rights are fundamental, and democracy is universal. These values are in contrast with what China says is ‘socialism with Chinese’...
In another issue polled, the government gets firm public support for stronger action on China’s human rights violations.
A victim’s account of inhumane experiments on an estimated 1.8 million Uyghurs in the Xinjiang autonomous region paints a picture reminiscent of Nazi genocide.
More than one million members of the Uighur minority have been forced into internment camps in China. The U.K., U.S., Canada and European Union have acted,...
(Updated October 16, 2020) The Asahi Shimbun newspaper and other Japanese media have criticized the Suga administration’s refusal to appoint six of 105 candidates recommended...