Academics reject J Mark Ramseyer’s claim women were not forced into sexual slavery during second world war …
In Japan, vending machines help ease access to COVID-19 tests
In Japan, convenience is king and getting tested for COVID-19 can be highly inconvenient. Part of solution, as it is for a range of daily necessities in Tokyo, has become the humble vending machine.
Harvard professor claims WWII ‘comfort women’ in Japan were not sex slaves, igniting uproar
J. Mark Ramseyer has ignited international uproar for a paper claiming that Koreans who were kept as sex slaves in wartime Japan, many of them teenagers, had willingly chosen to work as prostitutes.
India seeks funds from Quad alliance to match China’s vaccine push: source
India has urged the United States, Japan and Australia to invest in its vaccine production capacity, an Indian government source told Reuters, as the so-called Quad alliance tries to counter China’s …
A tale of two earthquakes: In Japan, some lessons learned, others deferred
But the focus on strengthening supply chain links was especially acute in seismically active Japan, which has long been expecting another major quake in the industrial heartland along this country’s …
A tale of two earthquakes: In Japan, some lessons learned, others deferred
But the focus on strengthening supply chain links was especially acute in seismically active Japan, which has long been expecting another major quake in the industrial heartland along this country’s …
Japan COVID-19 Inoculations off to Snail Pace Start Due to Vaccine, Syringe Shortages
A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as Japan launches its inoculation campaign, at Tokyo Medical Center in Tokyo, Japan February …
Women workforce participation in Japan makes progress, but glass ceiling still exists
Japan is seeing a notable increase in female participation in the workforce – but there is still a glass ceiling when it comes to women in top leadership roles, according to Kathy Matsui, a former …
AP PHOTOS: Tsunami scars linger a decade later in Japan
Deserted farms stand in the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear plant, where a catastrophic meltdown still reverberates. Ten years later, AP journalists have returned to document the communities that were …
Japan’s Green Future Means Reckoning With Its Nuclear Past
About once a month, the same group of two dozen Japanese government officials, company executives and professors file into a bland white and beige conference room at the nation’s economy, trade and …