“If your younger brother participates in the demonstration, your relatives will be put in prison,” one relative was reportedly told, according to his brother in Japan.
“It would appear that they were trying to squash in its infancy any effort that runs counter to Chinese Communist Party policy, even if it is...
As a member of the G7 and China’s neighbor, Japan should be in the forefront of efforts to thwart the CCP regime’s quest for hegemony.
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...
The image manages to capture the double standards permeating the debate when discussing Tokyo 2020 versus Beijing 2022.
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...
Japan has no means to counter a possible Chinese invasion. Its constitution, untouched for 74 years, prevents it from establishing land, sea, and air forces.
On the surface, Tibet appears to be Chinese. However, Tibetans consider their own language and culture to be important, and their soul, thinking, and loyalty cannot...
“[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’...
Human rights exist irrespective of the closeness or distance of one country to another. Japan should stop using proximity as an excuse and join its G7...
This CCP marginalized and subjugated China’s ethnic minorities by rewriting history, providing the basis for curbing fundamental religious and cultural freedoms, and economic rights and opportunities.
Towards the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the world tolerated China’s crackdown on Tibetans. Now it is Uyghurs, Hong Kong and more. Let’s not repeat the same mistake...
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