Tag: Japan
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
Tokyo to recognize same-sex partnerships from November
Japan is the only nation of the Group of Seven countries that does not recognize same-sex unions
Japan’s PM tells Vatican of concern about human rights in Hong...
The meeting between the pope and the prime minister marked the 80th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations
Filipino bishop formally takes helm of Japan’s Diocese of Sendai
The 57-year-old Filipino also expressed hope that the war in Ukraine “would end soon”
3,000 households benefit from ILO, Japan water system project in Mindanao
The ILO and Japan handed over the water systems on March 9, 10, and 15, 2022, in Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao and Cotabato
Japan executes three prisoners in first hangings since 2019
Worldwide, at least 483 people were executed last year in 18 countries, according to rights watchdog Amnesty International
Pope Francis appoints Filipino missionary priest as bishop in Japan
Father Edgar Gacutan’s nomination makes him the first Filipino to be named bishop in Japan
Tokyo douses Olympic flame closing pandemic Games
In the end, two massive screens stadium projected a retro display that called back to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: the word "ARIGATO"
Plastic podiums, recycled medals, cardboard beds: sustainability at Tokyo 2020
"What we have seen is now everybody is much more aware that everybody has a role to play in climate action"
Top Japan medic urges nationwide state of emergency amid COVID surge
Japan has seen a sharp increase in coronavirus cases with Tokyo recording 3,709 new cases on Tuesday
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