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”
Japan honors assassinated former prime minister Abe at controversial funeral
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida described the former leader as a "person of courage"
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
For restoring gift of sight to thousands, Japanese eye doctor given...
Hattori, who is dubbed “the man with the golden hands,” insists that it is still the heart that matters most
Japan’s Catholic bishops reiterate call for peace, saying ‘peace is a...
The bishops drew attention to new threats to nuclear peace and international security due to Russia's war against Ukraine
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
Abe murder spotlights Unification Church controversy in Japan
The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe by a man resentful of the Unification Church has resurfaced years of controversy over the...
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
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