Tag: Japan
Climate activists slam ‘false solutions’ being promoted at Tokyo GX Week
The protesters urged Japan to “channel their financing to phasing out fossil fuel use domestically and overseas”
Unification Church in Japan vows reform after criticism
The church will "respect the independence and free will of followers" on donations, said a church leader
Theater project aims to ease isolation of Japan’s social recluses
Through an experimental theater project, artists are hoping to offer hikikomori a chance to express themselves and regain self-confidence
Japan responds to rising China-Taiwan tensions by militarizing its remote islands
Both governments have agreed to begin talks on how to evacuate Japanese citizens living on the island in the event of a Chinese invasion
For restoring gift of sight to thousands, Japanese eye doctor given...
Tadashi Hattori, 58, is honored for his “skill and compassion in restoring the gift of sight to tens of thousands of people not his own”
Unification Church says Japan members received death threats
Some followers faced pressure to resign from jobs, or have seen their children unable to attend school because of bullying
Climate campaigners protest Japan’s promotion of ‘false solutions’ to climate crisis
The protesters called on the Japanese government and corporations to stop financing fossil fuels
Japan mourns as funeral for former PM Abe held in Tokyo
The country's longest-serving prime minister was gunned down on Friday while campaigning, in a crime that rattled Japan
Pope Francis sends condolences to Japan after death of Shinzo Abe
Pope Francis prays that Japanese society "will be strengthened in its historic commitment to peace and nonviolence”
Former Japan PM Abe dead after shooting: local media
The shooting of the country's best-known politician comes despite Japan's strict gun laws
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