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China Strengthens Influence on the U.N. Through Big Data Collection

A United Nations research institute is being set up in China that will amass and analyze huge amounts of data from around the world on sustainable...

Politics & Security2 years ago

EDITORIAL | U.N. Must Tighten Criteria or Problem Countries Will Dominate Human Rights Council

This is a grave situation that cannot be brushed off as a bad joke. On October 13, the United Nations General Assembly voted...

Abducted: The Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea2 years ago

OBITUARY | Shigeru Yokota: Torchbearer for Japanese Effort to Rescue North Korea’s Abductees

Shigeru Yokota spent over half of his 87 years fighting for his daughter to be rescued after she was kidnapped by agents of the...

History2 years ago

The “Lai Dai Han”: UK’s BBC Reports on Korean Soldiers’ Deeds during the Vietnam War

A feature article reporting on sexual violence against women perpetrated by Korean soldiers during the Vietnam War, released by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)...

History4 years ago

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 views heard. It concerns a new...

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China Strengthens Influence on the U.N. Through Big Data Collection

EDITORIAL | U.N. Must Tighten Criteria or Problem Countries Will Dominate Human Rights Council

OBITUARY | Shigeru Yokota: Torchbearer for Japanese Effort to Rescue North Korea’s Abductees

The “Lai Dai Han”: UK’s BBC Reports on Korean Soldiers’ Deeds during the Vietnam War

Japanese Academics’ Open Letter to U.N. Rights Body: CERD Report Bears ‘Distinct Ideological Bias’

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