THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 5, 2023 at 16:27 JST
Kenta Izumi, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, expresses his anger at discriminatory comments against sexual minorities uttered by a key aide, now fired, to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Izumi was speaking in Tokushima on Feb. 4. (Shohei Sasagawa)
Opposition parties seized on discriminatory comments that resulted in the sacking of a key aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and sparked fury in the LGBT community to attack the administration over its commitment to inclusiveness and diversity. [Read More]
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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
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Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
