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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
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Activists Put Spotlight on China’s Infringement of Human Rights at Osaka G20
As the G20 summit was in full swing in Osaka on Friday, June 28, with leaders and ministers […]
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Former Gunkanjima Residents to Debunk Korea’s False Claims on Wartime Laborers at U.N. Side Event
A group of Japanese is set to bring to a United Nations symposium firsthand testimony against Seoul’s claims on [&hell
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Trump Didn’t Let Kim Avoid Abductions Issue at Hanoi Summit
United States President Donald Trump pressed North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un to settle the long-festering iss
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Tokyo Symposium Pushes for Resolution of North Korean Abductions, Human Rights Violations
The powerful voices of the victims of North Korea’s four decades of human rights abuses rang clearly in Iino […
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Japanese Academics’ Open Letter to U.N. Rights Body: CERD Report Bears ‘Distinct Ideological Bias’
The following letter was submitted to JAPAN Forward by Japanese academics with a request to help them have their [&hel
As Chinese Propaganda Pulls Its Punches, Japanese Media Should Ask the Hard Questions
By Duncan Bartlett for Japan Forward Donald Trump’s noisy and confrontational approach towards politics provokes c
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‘Pain with No End’: Why Abduction of Japanese by North Korea Should be Resolved Now
A new true-to-life film on the abduction of Japanese by North Korea is out. And Pain with No End […]
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Book Provides Insights Into Survival Strategies of Japanese Abducted by North Korea
A scene from the theater play on North Korean abduction. The Invitation-only Zone: The True Story of North […