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Japan's "human rights deficit" and the undercurrent of historical revisionism
15 Jan 2026 08:39 GMT
… Promotion Act that Japan legally recognized the Ainu as an indigenous people for the first time … suffering and dispossession for the Ainu people. Yet the Japanese government systematically downplays the oppression …
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Ainu Stand Up to Discrimination
14 Jan 2026 06:30 GMT
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A preview trailer has … against discrimination targeting the Indigenous Ainu people.
For many years … prohibited discrimination against the Ainu but did not include … deny the Ainu’s status as an Indigenous people have continued …
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Why Does Trump Want Greenland?
16 Jan 2026 11:23 GMT
… Americas, was initially inhabited by indigenous people, who still make up about … determined to annex it before Japan or Britain got to it …
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‘Dawgs On Tour: Prime Time Golf
15 Jan 2026 19:33 GMT
… wonder of nature taken from indigenous people would cause lawsuits over use … became the first Asian and Japanese player to win on the …
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Who Will Stand Up for Human Rights in 2026 – and How?
15 Jan 2026 14:39 GMT
… years. Some — especially women, youth, Indigenous people, and disabled defenders — have often … stepping up already. Examples include Japan playing a leading role in …
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Indigenous-owned skincare brand on reclaiming space in the beauty industry
15 Jan 2026 05:19 GMT
… and it had Korean , Japanese. And she came over and … t realize that , you know , indigenous people have had incredibly , um , incredibly … like , oh , these are the indigenous people , you know , they' … Sephora and you see a Japanese product , you don…
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The Domestic Global South and The Need for Climate and Environmental Internationalism
14 Jan 2026 06:16 GMT
… people, and, specifically, Black and Indigenous people, provide some of the more … dismissed a lawsuit against a Japanese-owned rubber company that was …
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The world’s wildest art gallery
14 Jan 2026 00:03 GMT
… struggles of the Yanomami, an indigenous people living in the Amazon rainforests … – or about Brazil – it is Japan’s Yayoi Kusama who draws …
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Desecrated bones, denied rights: Pain of past and present fuels Ryukyu people's identity awakening
13 Jan 2026 19:37 GMT
… ; and racial differences. Ryukyuans, Ainu, Koreans, as well as indigenous people from the Taiwan island and … them whether they considered themselves Japanese, some would hesitate or remain …
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Caught in the Crosshairs, Okinawa Faces the Taiwan Test
13 Jan 2026 10:14 GMT
… recognized Ryukyuans as an indigenous people and Japan';s colonial rule over … s sovereign status within Japan.
Camp Schwab, a US military … in Nago, Okinawa. (JAPAN Forward by Kenji Yoshida)
A … made far away.
As Japan braces for an increasingly unstable …