I love to see people coming together for a positive reason. Too often, people unite over their dislikes but this is not the case. At least 13 Japanese couples are filing coordinating lawsuits on Valentines day to argue their right to marry whomever they choose. Fortunately enough, being gay is not illegal in Japan, but it is still frowned upon… Read more »
The head of South Korea’s top sports body has apologised for a litany of sexual assault cases between young athletes and their coaches and vowed to impose lifetime bans on offenders. The move comes after double-Olympic short-track gold medallist Shim Suk-hee, 21, accused her former coach last week of raping and sexually molesting her multiple times, prompting several other victims… Read more »
A senior American negotiator arrived in North Korea on Wednesday to sort out crucial details for a nuclear summit meeting in Vietnam between President Trump and the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, with only three weeks to go before the talks take place. Stephen Biegun, the Trump administration’s special representative for North Korea, arrived in Pyongyang, the North’s capital, around the… Read more »
Human rights groups called on Monday for a United Nations investigation into China’s mass detention of Muslims in the western region of Xinjiang, seeking to galvanize an international response to allegations of widespread abuses. The rights organizations, presenting the issue as a test of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s credibility, urged it to set up an international fact-finding mission… Read more »
The couples will file suits on February 14 in at least four cities, including Tokyo, claiming the government is violating their constitutional rights to equal treatment, said one of their lawyers, Yoshie Yokoyama. “The constitution gives you the right to pursue happiness and equality before the law,” Yokoyama said in a phone interview from Tokyo. “Not recognising same sex marriage… Read more »