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[Speaking Out] Japan Should Create Suprapartisan Advisory Panel on China Policy
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Japan visit as state guest has been postponed. The decision is natural as it is [&helli
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EDITORIAL | Outrageously Wrong for Philippine President Duterte to End Military Pact with the U.S.
The Philippine government has decided to scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States that stipula
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China Influences WHO Amid Coronavirus Crisis, and Guess Who’s Partly Responsible for That
I live near one of the top five sightseeing spots in Kyoto. For the last 10 years or so, when […]
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INTERVIEW | Hanjin Lew: Human Rights, Intelligence Sharing Will Help Repair U.S.-ROK-Japan Alliance
Credit: 우리공화당LIVE (First of 2 Parts) The relationship between Japan and South Korea is often said to be at [&hellip
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‘China Threat’ Prods NATO Toward Unity
United States President Donald Trump, known as a man of self-confident showy displays and a way with intemperate languag
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2019 in JAPAN Forward Stories: The World Around Us
As 2019 comes to a close, we at JAPAN Forward are reflecting on the stories that moved Japan […]
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[Speaking Out] Japanese Lawmakers Won’t Tolerate Human Rights Abuse in China
The international community, especially Western countries, are casting a stern eye on the suppression of Tibetan and U
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EDITORIAL | Japan Out of Step with the West on Beijing’s Human Rights Abuses
The Japanese government has to speak out on human rights in China. The publication of internal Chinese government [
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Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Vote is ‘Blood Shed By Citizens’ – Activist Agnes Chow Ting
In the aftermath of Hong Kong’s District Council elections, the overwhelmingly victorious pro-democracy camp pressed h
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Dewi Sukarno to Japan: Step Up on Human Rights and Help the Rohingya Refugees
Dewi Sukarno, the former first lady of Indonesia, pushed Japan for more support for the Rohingya minority refugee cris
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An Argument for Sustainable Whaling: The Case of Alaska’s Indigenous Peoples
Human history began with a hunter-gatherer lifestyle based on hunting animals and gathering plants for food. Up to the
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INTERVIEW | Japanese Actress and Model Suzuko Hirano on Why She Supports Hong Kong Protesters
Twenty-two years have passed since the handover of Hong Kong to China from British rule, and large-scale protests have