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HUMAN RIGHTS

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was released from detention in Russia, waves as he disembarks the aircraft upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on Aug. 1, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
Evan Gershkovich on prison, Russia and liberty
The reporter was the first U.S. journalist to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War before being freed in 2024.
Au Kam San, a primary school teacher who became one of Macao's longest-serving pro-democracy legislators, in 2024. On Friday, a court in the Chinese territory convicted Au of several offenses, including subversion, sentencing him to 12 years and six months in prison.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
Macao jails ex-lawmaker in first national security trial
Au Kam San co-organized annual vigils for victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, something previously tolerated in Macao.
Myanmar's coup chief turned president, Min Aung Hlaing. Myanmar was placed on the Financial Action Task Force's blacklist in 2022 as the country was plunged into turmoil and widespread civil war following a military coup.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2026
Japan denies seeking Myanmar’s removal from blacklist
Myanmar was put on the Financial Action Task Force blacklist in 2022 as the country was plunged into turmoil and civil war following a military coup.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong in 2019
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 5, 2026
Hong Kong jails Joshua Wong for a decade in collusion case
The sentencing marks the activist’s second national security conviction, extending his incarceration just two months before he was due to be freed.
A file in the Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security in Budapest on Sept. 29
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2026
Hungary opens communist-era informer files
During the 1949-89 one-party rule that repressed dissent, authorities employed an extensive network of informants to monitor public sentiment.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary To Lam meet for talks in Hanoi in May.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2026
Japan and Vietnam consider new pact to prevent crimes
The plan would allow them to mutually provide information on each other’s nationals arrested or detained in their own countries.
Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 31, 2026
Japan pushes to remove Myanmar from global financial watchdog’s blacklist
The move is the latest sign that some major countries are looking to bring the pariah state’s military-backed government in from the cold.
Author Li Kotomi speaks at a news conference on Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 29, 2026
Politician ordered to pay ?1.1 million for outing author as transgender
A Tokyo court ruled that the disclosure of the author’s assigned gender at birth without her consent was an unlawful invasion of privacy.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Japan should support the ICC while leading reforms that strengthen its legitimacy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 29, 2026
Tokyo should lead ICC reform, not just defend it
The better path is harder but more defensible: preserve the court, reform its operation and confront the limits of international law honestly.
The family of a Kurdish man who died in custody at the Metropolitan Police Department's Takao station has sued the metropolitan government and a clinic for ?57 million in damages.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2026
Bereaved family of Kurdish man who died in custody sues Tokyo government
The man’s death “reflects a profound lack of human rights awareness within the police organization,” the family’s attorney said.
Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2026
New justice minister eager to legalize sole use of maiden names
Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita noted that he does not think amendments to the Civil Code or the family register law are necessarily required.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on effective altruism threaten efforts to reduce suffering, prevent catastrophic risks and ensure global cooperation on AI safety.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2026
Trump’s misguided war against effective altruism
Why would the Trump administration, which with great fanfare created a Department of Government Efficiency, now oppose being effective?
A demonstrator stands atop a barricade during a protest seeking the resignation of Indian Election Commission chief Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 20, 2026
Declared dead: Indian voters fight to get back on electoral rolls
The name deletions have triggered a political storm, with opposition parties and youth groups staging near-daily protests in New Delhi and elsewhere.
Under Article 112 of Thailand’s Criminal Code — the country’s lese-majeste law — anyone who defames, insults or threatens the king, queen or heir apparent faces a prison sentence of three to 15 years.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2026
It’s time for Thailand to amend its controversial lese-majeste law
Thailand’s lese-majeste law is sending pro-democracy activists to prison.
South African jurist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay poses in Nuremberg, Germany, on Friday, soon after being awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2026
And the Nobel Peace Prize goes to the opposite of Trump
ICC jurists have now been frozen out of everything from bank accounts to VISA and Mastercard credit cards and Amazon subscriptions.
Two girls overlook a camp for displaced people in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on June 23.
WORLD
Oct 12, 2026
UNRWA warns Gaza is becoming an increasingly unlivable place
Gaza faces persistent shortages of medical supplies due to delivery restrictions. Hygiene conditions also remain dire.
Security personnel detain Cockroach Janata Party leader and member of Parliament John Brittas (center) during a protest demanding the resignation of Indian Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged voter roll irregularities, near Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 11, 2026
India releases ‘cockroach’ leaders as movement calls for more protests
Sweeping security restrictions have underscored tensions facing Narendra Modi’s government as it confronts a sustained wave of youth-led dissent.
Displaced Palestinian women gather to receive hot meals distributed by a charity kitchen in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 25.
WORLD
Oct 11, 2026
Hunger and malnutrition stalk Gazans, one year on from ceasefire
Every day, Niyaha al-Masri spends six exhausting hours or more queueing at a community kitchen in the hope of getting some food for her family.
Navanethem Pillay speaks during a news briefing at the United Nations headquarters in New York in 2022.
WORLD
Oct 9, 2026
Nobel Peace Prize goes to international jurist Navi Pillay
The committee said it awarded Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
A Palestinian woman with a child walks past the rubble of houses destroyed during the Israeli military offensive against Hamas in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, in November 2024.
EDITORIALS
Oct 9, 2026
Oct. 7 was a tragedy, what followed was worse
There have been no winners among the moving forces of this tragedy although some actors on the periphery of the fight may have benefited.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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