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RIGHTS-JAPAN: Testing the New Anti-stalking Law
She had decided to end their relationship, but he was insistent in continuing it. When she would not relent, he began stalking her.JAPAN-PERU: More Japanese Clamour to End Fujimori’s Extended ‘Visit’
Tokyo remains mum about ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's request to stay in this country, but more and more Japanese are urging the government to roll up the welcome mat.EDUCATION-JAPAN: Time to Make School Fun Again
Plagued with disorder in classrooms, growing drop-out rates, and bullying among students, Japan's model school system is headed down a bumpy road to major reform./CORRECTED REPEAT/RIGHTS-JAPAN: Corporate Changes Throw Labour into Turmoil
His work can get tedious and at times, 31- year-old bureaucrat Hirofumi Sato finds himself thinking of his former job in the private sector. But he says he snaps out of such moments quickly, and insists that his decision to switch careers three years ago was a wise move.RIGHTS-JAPAN: Corporate Changes Throw Labour into Turmoil
His work can get tedious and at times, 31- year-old bureaucrat Hirofumi Sato finds himself thinking of his former job in the private sector. But he says he snaps out of such moments quickly, and insists that his decision to switch careers three years ago was a wise move.POLITICS-JAPAN: Voting Rights for Koreans Still Hanging
Debates about giving voting rights to foreigners who live permanently in Japan are not new, but a growing number of Japanese now agree that such rights be given though it remains a very emotional issue here.ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Tokyo Shows Poor Record on Global Warming
Japan is headed for this week's talks on global warming with few proposals to reduce its greenhouse gas production, and little genuine initiatives for progress on the issue, say critics.DEVELOPMENT-JAPAN: Women Find Strength in Uncertain Times
Japan's lingering political and economic malaise has given new strength to women, who find that hard times have freed them from old constraints that forced them to take second place to men.DEVELOPMENT-JAPAN: Protests Hold Back Philippine Dam Project
The massive San Roque dam now being constructed in the Philippine north was supposed to be the answer to that country's power problems. To its Japanese funders, however, it seems to have become a monumental headache.RIGHTS-ASIA: Tokyo Diplomacy Does Little on Torture – Critics
Kalsang Palmo, a shy 35-year-old nun from Tibet, recalls how the Chinese police slapped and kicked her, and used electric batons to torture her after she was arrested in 1988 for joining a protest demanding freedom for her homeland.DEVELOPMENT-INDONESIA: Jakarta Gets More Aid, but More Conditions Too
International donors wrapped up an aid conference to Indonesia on Wednesday by giving the country 4.8 billion U.S. dollars, a figure that meets the original request of the Jakarta government.JAPAN-CHINA: Once-Testy Ties Take Somewhat Warmer Tone
Yet another reopening of historical wounds between Japan and China was what many expected from Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji's visit here this week, but this time, such predictions were off the mark./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/FILM-JAPAN: Neglected in Life, Indian Wartime Labourer Honoured in Film
It has the same title as a Hollywood movie starring action star Clint Eastwood, but the new documentary by noted Japanese director Hideki Nakamura is hardly about some gruesome murder like the one investigated by Eastwood's character.ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Use Plastic Bags, Pay a Fee
Japanese shoppers in a Tokyo area got a surprise this month, after finding out that they were now being charged a fee for using plastic shopping bags.JAPAN: Tokyo Relies Less on on Oil, Sticks to Nuclear Power
As other Asian countries and European nations reel from high oil prices, Japan is patting itself on its back for seeing to it early that it would not be that dependent on oil.POPULATION-JAPAN: Elderly Women Seek, Find Social Support
To her children, Kazuko Iwatsuki, 82, is a "woman of vigour". This description was bestowed on her after her husband died five years ago, which also marked the start of her "new" life.ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Defiant Tokyo Stands Pat on Whaling Program
Japan is showing no signs of bowing to U.S. pressure to give up its whaling program despite the threat of being denied access to fishing rights in U.S. waters, possible trade sanctions and the cancellation of regular bilateral fisheries talks.DEVELOPMENT-JAPAN: Gov’t Seeks Harsher Penalties for Young Criminals
A spate of juvenile crimes over the past two years has prompted Japan's government to propose a new bill that would lower the criminal punishment age from 16 years to 14 years old.RIGHTS-JAPAN: Women Seek Legislation Against Domestic Violence
Domestic violence against women is becoming an increasingly serious problem in Japan, says a report compiled by a group of women's organisations tackling a subject once discussed only within the confines of one's home.JAPAN-RUSSIA: Far Apart on Islands Dispute But Leaders Agree to Talk More
As Russian President Vladimir Putin waved goodbye to Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Tuesday, another chapter was added to the decades-old territorial dispute, which has kept the two neighbours from signing a peace treaty.JAPAN: Economic Hardships Driving Men to Suicide
Nine years after his father committed suicide, Jun, now 23, says he is still filled with remorse and loneliness over the death, feelings that have led to difficulties in coping in school as well as in his relationships with the opposite sex.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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