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Japan Court Finds Rohingya Ethnicity Grounds for Refugee Status

Japan Court Finds Rohingya Ethnicity Grounds for Refugee Status
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Disabled people seek accessible Nagoya Castle to be enjoyed by all | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

NAGOYA After more than 400 years, the iconic Nagoya Castle is under siege, this time by those wanting to make it more accessible to wheelchair-users and those who are determined to keep it as original as possible.

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They Don t Treat Us like Human Beings : Abuse of Imprisoned Women in Japan

The 76-page report, “‘They Don’t Treat Us like Human Beings’: Abuse of Imprisoned Women in Japan,” documents the abusive conditions in many women’s prisons in Japan. Government policies towards women in prison violate international human rights conventions and contravene international standards such as the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules of the Treatment of Prisoners, known as the Mandela Rules. Prison authorities use restraints on imprisoned pregnant women, arbitrarily employ solitary confinement as a form of punishment, verbally abuse women in prison, deny incarcerated women’s opportunities to parent their child in prison, and fail to provide adequate access to health and mental health care.

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EDITORIAL: Time to revamp flagging system to recruit legal eagles as judges | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

An overhaul of the judicial system to recruit lawyers to become judges is long overdue. There is a desperate need to increase the number of judiciary members who can breathe new life into the nation’s courts.

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Climate litigation remains a tough sell in Japan despite wins overseas

So far, Japan has seen just four climate lawsuits, all concerning the construction and operation of coal-fired power plants.

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