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The families of those who have been forcibly sterilized demand compensation
Japan sterilization law victims included nine-year-olds
TOKYO — Two nine-year-olds were among the 25,000 people forcibly sterilized in Japan under its post-World War Two eugenics law, a parliament report has revealed.The law, in place for 48 years, forced people to undergo operations to prevent them having children deemed "inferior".Many of them had physical or cognitive disabilities or mental illness.The law is widely recognized as a dark chapter in Japan's post-war recovery and was repealed in 1996.On Monday, parliament released a long-awaited 1,400-page study, based on a government investigation that began in June 2020.It acknowledged that about 25,000 people had been subjected to operations — more than 16,000 of which were performed without consent.Some people were told that they were undergoing routine procedures like...
June 20, 2023

Japan sterilization law victims included nine-year-olds

Police cordoned off a number of restaurants after the attacks
Four injured in ax attacks at Chinese restaurants in New Zealand
AUCKLAND — Four people have been injured after a man allegedly attacked diners with an ax at several Chinese restaurants in Auckland, New Zealand.Footage showed people running from one restaurant after witnesses said the man entered and started hitting people at 21:00 local time Monday (09:00 GMT.)They told local media he was carrying a number of other weapons, including a "hammer-like thing".A Chinese national was arrested at the scene, police said.He has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm. He has not been named and his age has been withheld.Police said the attack did not appear to be racially motivated and was being treated as an isolated incident.Three people remain in hospital in stable condition, they said.Police rushed to the scene after receiving calls from...
June 20, 2023

Four injured in ax attacks at Chinese restaurants in New Zealand

Blinken said he was 'clear-eyed' about China
Anxious neighbors sigh in relief as US and China talk
SEOUL — If China's neighbors, near and far, could have sent Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden a text in the last 48 hours, it would probably have been some version of: "Can you two please sort things out?"Of course, the entire world was watching US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Beijing over the weekend — but perhaps none more so than the countries that would be on the frontlines of any conflict between the US and China.For 35 minutes on Monday, when Blinken became the top-ranking US diplomat to meet Xi since 2018, a collective sigh of relief was likely heaved through that tactical stretch of US allies in the Pacific — from Japan and South Korea in the north, through the Philippines, all the way to Australia in the south. Southeast Asian economies...
June 20, 2023

Anxious neighbors sigh in relief as US and China talk

Five teachers at a preschool in Taiwan have been accused of drugging students
Taiwan kindergarten druggings spark alarm among island's parents
TAIPEI — Investigations into the drugging of preschool children in Taiwan have sparked widespread alarm on the island.Teachers at a kindergarten in New Taipei City have been accused of sedating students with cough syrups containing drugs like phenobarbital and benzodiazepines.Police have been investigating for weeks and say it's not clear why the children were fed the addictive syrups.But the scandal has sparked family protests outside government buildings.Hundreds joined a demonstration in New Taipei City on Sunday calling for greater transparency from the police investigation, with many criticising authorities for their lack of public disclosure.On Monday, a separate case also emerged concerning a medical practice in the southern city of Kaohsiung, on the other end of the...
June 20, 2023

Taiwan kindergarten druggings spark alarm among island's parents

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023
US and China pledge to stabilize tense relationship after talks
BEIJING — The US and China have pledged to stabilize their tense relationship following US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's two-day visit to Beijing.Blinken met China's President Xi Jinping for talks on Monday, restarting high-level communications between the rival superpowers.Xi said they had made progress, while Blinken indicated that both sides were open to further talks.But the top US diplomat made clear that there remained major differences."I stressed that... sustained communication at senior levels is the best way to responsibly manage differences and ensure that competition does not veer into conflict," Blinken told reporters after the 35-minute meeting at the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square."I heard the same from my Chinese...
June 20, 2023

US and China pledge to stabilize tense relationship after talks

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China
Blinken meets China’s Xi Jinping in final day of high-stakes Beijing visit
BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and top American diplomat Antony Blinken met in Beijing on Monday, in a potentially crucial step toward patching US-China ties after they cratered in the wake of a dispute over a Chinese surveillance balloon earlier this year.Blinken is the first US Secretary of State to visit Beijing in five years and his talks with senior Chinese officials are seen as a key litmus test for whether some sort of detente can be forged at a time of lingering distrust.Uncertainty around whether Xi and Blinken would meet during the two-day visit further highlighted the fraught US-China relations and a failure to schedule a face to face would have been seen by Washington as a slight, breaking with a number of previous visits from top American diplomats.The meeting, which...
June 19, 2023

Blinken meets China’s Xi Jinping in final day of high-stakes Beijing visit

Adipurush stars Indian stars Prabhas (left) and Kriti Sanon
Adipurush: Indian film dialogue sparks Bollywood ban in Nepal cities
KATHMANDU — Officials from two cities in Nepal have said they will not allow Bollywood films to be screened until an "objectionable" line is deleted from a new Indian movie.The makers of Adipurush say the film is inspired by the Hindu epic Ramayana.The Ramayana depicts the victory of Hindu god Ram over the demon king Ravana after the latter kidnaps his wife, Sita.In the film, the main characters are called Raghav, Lankesh and Janaki.The mayors of Kathmandu and Pokhara have criticized a line that calls Janaki "India's daughter".Hindus in Nepal — about 80% of the country's population — believe that Sita was born in Janakpur, a city about 220km (136 miles) away from capital Kathmandu.Balendra Shah, mayor of Kathmandu, said in a Facebook post on Sunday that he...
June 19, 2023

Adipurush: Indian film dialogue sparks Bollywood ban in Nepal cities

Mourners leave the memorial hall during the funeral of model Abby Choi in Hong Kong on June 18, 2023
Slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi mourned at pink-themed funeral
HONG KONG — Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral on Sunday for a Hong Kong model whose grisly death earlier this year shocked the city, with floral tributes flowing in from loved ones, friends and celebrities alike.Abby Choi, a 28-year-old mother of four, went missing in late February until parts of her dismembered body were found by police in a rural village house.The death of the prominent model and influencer, who had made appearances at international fashion shows and commanded significant followings on both Instagram and Douyin – China’s version of Tik Tok – made headlines worldwide.Friends and loved ones were finally able to bid Choi goodbye some four months after her death at a funeral service that was decked out in her favorite color pink.Hundreds of people dressed in...
June 19, 2023

Slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi mourned at pink-themed funeral

There is widespread international interest in whether Blinken’s trip can secure a cooling of tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
Blinken meets China’s top diplomat in final day of high stakes visit
BEIJING — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sat down with China’s top diplomat Monday on the final day of a high stakes visit to Beijing aimed at stabilizing relations, which cratered in the wake of a dispute over a Chinese surveillance balloon.All eyes are on whether Washington’s envoy will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later in the day for what could be a crucial step in patching fractured ties.The global powers are increasingly at loggerheads and there is widespread international interest in whether Blinken’s trip can secure a cooling of tensions between the world’s two largest economies.Both sides have come into the visit – the first by a US Secretary of State to China in five years – with an expressed goal of course correcting their relationship, which has been...
June 19, 2023

Blinken meets China’s top diplomat in final day of high stakes visit

An aerial shot of the fishing vessel carrying migrantsImage source, Greek Coast Guard
Hundreds of Pakistanis dead in Greek migrant boat disaster
KARACHI — More than 300 Pakistani nationals have been killed in the sinking of an overcrowded fishing trawler off the coast of Greece, the latest tragedy to expose the refugee crisis confronting the European Union as tens of thousands seek sanctuary from war, persecution and poverty.The chairman of Pakistan’s Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, disclosed the numbers in a statement Sunday, sending condolences to grieving families of the dead.“Our thoughts and prayers are with you, and we pray that the departed souls find eternal peace,” Sanjrani said. “This devastating incident underscores the urgent need to address and condemn the abhorrent act of illegal human trafficking.”Greek authorities have yet to confirm Pakistan’s death toll.Pakistan is in the midst of its worst economic...
June 19, 2023

Hundreds of Pakistanis dead in Greek migrant boat disaster

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