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March 16, 2013
The chants of "Kill Koreans," "Shoot 'em dead" and similarly threatening slogans being shouted at radical demonstrations across Japan are fueling debate over the need to...
March 10, 2013
It might seem far-fetched to some, but the simple act of taking a clump of soil as a souvenir of a visit to a foreign land could result in a charge of biopiracy.
January 26, 2013
MOSCOW--Russia's parliament backed a draft law on Jan. 25 banning "homosexual propaganda", in what critics see as an attempt to shore up support for President Vladimir Putin in ...
December 28, 2012
SHANGHAI--Beijing will introduce tough new laws to punish firms that flout food safety laws, the official Xinhua news agency reported, a significant move in China's struggle to ...
December 28, 2012
YANGON, Myanmar--Myanmar said Dec. 28 it will allow private daily newspapers starting in April for the first time since 1964, in the latest step toward allowing freedom of...
November 03, 2012
YANGON--Myanmar's new foreign investment law allows overseas firms to fully own ventures and offers tax breaks and lengthy land leases, state media said on Nov. 3, releasing...
October 27, 2012
BEIJING--China adopted a law on Oct. 26 to protect for the first time the rights of the mentally ill after years of accusations that psychiatric hospitals are used to lock up...
August 21, 2012
A group of big-name anti-nuclear activists led by Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto is pushing lawmakers to support legislation that would phase out...
August 17, 2012
Has Japan opened the door--slightly--to developing nuclear weapons? The nation has amended its nuclear manifesto to cite "national security" as a reason for possessing the...
August 10, 2012
YANGON -- Myanmar's parliament is due to debate a keenly awaited foreign investment law next week and the president could sign it into law this month, sources close to the...
June 21, 2012
Supporters of an amendment quietly slipped into Japan’s nuclear power law saying it should contribute to "national security" are denying it could provide cover for military...
March 15, 2012
A court dismissed a charge against a man accused of sexually abusing two girls because one of the victims was deemed too young to be competent to file a criminal complaint.
October 31, 2011
Two years after the passage of the revised immigration control law, and nine months before it takes effect, criticism against the government's new requirements for foreign...
October 05, 2011
Life has suddenly just got tougher for Japan's yakuza organized crime syndicates. Anti-yakuza ordinances came into effect in Tokyo and Okinawa on Oct. 1. They are the last two...
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