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Japan, US vow crackdown on crimes by US military - Yahoo! News
“It is an undeniable fact that there was violence,” said Suzuyo Takazato, head of a local citizens group supporting female victims of crimes involving the US military.
“Shutting our mouths right now means we give in to violence,” she said, adding that her group and other citizens’ organisations will go ahead with a planned rally in Okinawa on March 23.
Arms wide open for Chinese brides - The Japan Times
He illustrates a pattern. As of 2005, Shukan Bunshun says, one Japanese marriage in 17 united a Japanese with a foreigner — most typically (80 percent of the time) a Japanese man with a Chinese woman.
50-something surrogate mother gives birth to uterus-less daughter’s child - Mainichi Daily News
“I can’t overlook the fact that people with what you could call reproductive disabilities are being discriminated against and shunned by society,” he said.
Japan’s poor rise up to demand share of plenty - The Peninsula Online
Recent cases of people dying of starvation, the poor being unable to afford shelters and the young working poor being stuck in a cycle of perpetuating poverty has brought the issue to the forefront.
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