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Catholic bishop joins calls for end to ‘fossil fuel addiction’ of...

Bishop Gerardo Alminaza expressed concerns about the detrimental impact of the planned fossil gas and plants and terminals in the Philippines

Protests across Asia challenge Japan, G7’s fossil fuel approach

Japan's "Green Transformation" policy includes significant investments in LNG, hydrogen, and ammonia

Kabuki kids: the children of Japan’s traditional theater

Kabuki dates back to the 17th century, when a series of civil wars ended in Japan and a merchant class emerged

Japan approves abortion pill for the first time

The health ministry said on Friday it had approved the drug made by a British pharmaceutical company

Japanese governmental panel backs abortion pill amid small pro-life protests

Pro-life activists launch a protest out of concern that access to an abortion pill would increase the number of abortions in Japan

Japanese woman of Uyghur origin wins seat in Japan’s parliament

Arfiya Eri’s election gives hope to second-generation Uyghurs living in exile, advocates say

‘Don’t blame women’: Japan birth drive sparks online debate

Policy changes such as expanding daycare provision can help boost birth rates, but the increase is often "temporary"

Kenzaburo Oe: Novelist who won Nobel with ‘poetic force’

Known for his pacifist and anti-nuclear views, Oe saw himself as part of a generation of writers "deeply wounded" by World War II

Seoul to compensate Japan wartime forced labor victims

Seoul and Tokyo have ramped up security cooperation in the face of growing threats from Kim Jong Un's North Korea

Japan ‘Happy Science’ cult leader Okawa dies

Okawa was the singular leader and founder of the Happy Science group, which was started in 1986

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