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These tents were set up by anti-nuclear protesters at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district. Some passers-by exchanged words with those manning the tents on May 22, when this photo was taken. (Ryujiro Komatsu)
May 24, 2013
Anti-nuclear activists blasted the government at the Tokyo District Court on May 23 in the first hearing over the legality of protest tents set up on the grounds of the...
China battery plant protest gives voice to rising...
More than 1,000 people gathered to voice their opposition to the construction of a petrochemical plant by China National Petroleum Corp. during a rally in Kunming, Yunnan province, on May 4. (AP Photo)
May 12, 2013
SHANGHAI--Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai on May 11 to oppose plans for a lithium battery factory, highlighting growing social tension...
Activists protest government suit to have anti-nuke ...
Tents pitched in front of the industry ministry's office building in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district serve as a rallying point for anti-nuclear power demonstrators. (Satoru Ogawa)
April 09, 2013
A citizens' group that set up three tents in front of a ministry office building that have served as a rallying point for anti-nuclear demonstrators said April 8 it will fight...
Weekly anti-nuclear protests losing steam after...
Protesters outside the Diet building in July rally against the restart of nuclear reactors. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
March 07, 2013
Interest is fading in the weekly anti-nuclear protests near the prime minister's office that once attracted thousands of people and pressed the government to adopt a policy of...
Chinese protests assail North Korea for nuclear test
Protesters at a Feb. 16 protest in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, denounce North Korea's third nuclear test on Feb. 12. Participants held up slogans including one which said: Kim Jong Un "bit the hand that feeds him." (Provided by sources involved)
February 18, 2013
BEIJING--Small, apparently unsanctioned protests broke out in China on Feb. 16 by demonstrators denouncing North Korea's leadership for conducting a third-ever nuclear test...
Australia protests to Japan about whaling ship
A support vessel for the Japanese whaling fleet is sailing in Australian waters in pursuit of anti-whaling activists, Australia said after protesting to the Tokyo government. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
February 02, 2013
CANBERRA, Australia--A support vessel for the Japanese whaling fleet is sailing in Australian waters in pursuit of anti-whaling activists, Australia said after protesting to...
Weekly anti-nuclear rallies resume in central Tokyo
Anti-nuclear protesters outside the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 11, the first rally this year. (Satoru Ogawa)
January 12, 2013
In their first mass protest this year, anti-nuclear protesters rallied outside the prime minister's office Jan. 11 and denounced the Shinzo Abe administration for failing to...
Tens of thousands protest against Hong Kong leader
Anti-government protesters, surrounded by police officers, block the main road in downtown, on New Year's Day in Hong Kong Jan. 1 to call for the resignation of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. (AP Photo)
January 02, 2013
HONG KONG--Tens of thousands of people marched in Hong Kong to call for the city's Beijing-backed leader to step down over allegations he was untruthful about illegal...
Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore hospital
Indian High Commissioner to Singapore, T.C.A. Raghavan speaks to reporters about the death of a young Indian woman who was gang raped, at Mount Elizabeth Hospital late on Dec. 29 in Singapore. (AP Photo)
December 29, 2012
SINGAPORE --An Indian woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi died Dec. 29 at a Singapore hospital, after her ordeal galvanized Indians to demand greater...
Chinese women protest ‘men only' recruitment
A woman holds a note declaring “No! to sex discrimination in employment” in front of a post office in Beijing on Dec. 26. The woman, who graduated from university in June, mailed the letters she is holding to government organizations protesting against companies that seek only male applicants. (Provided by the woman in the photo)
December 29, 2012
SHANGHAI--A group of women, including college students, in eight cities across the country, accused companies of gender discrimination in their hiring practices, flooding...
India gang-rape victim in Singapore for treatment
An ambulance is parked outside the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on Dec. 27. A young woman who was gang-raped and assaulted on a moving bus in the Indian capital was flown on Dec. 27 to the Singapore hospital for treatment of severe internal injuries that could last several weeks, officials said. (AP Photo)
December 27, 2012
SINGAPORE--A young woman who was gang-raped and assaulted on a moving bus in the Indian capital was flown on Dec. 27 to a Singapore hospital for treatment of severe internal...
Dancing demonstrators stage festive protest in...
Drum-beating protesters dance their way to the Futenma air station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 23. (Wataru Sekita)
December 24, 2012
GINOWAN, Okinawa Prefecture--Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Ginowan on Dec. 23, but the angry rhetoric and chanting that characterize most protests were conspicuously...
India moves to quell gang-rape protests, but crowds ...
Indian police use water cannon on Dec. 23 to disperse protesters demonstrating against a gang rape and brutal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi. (AP photo)
December 23, 2012
NEW DELHI--The Indian government moved on Dec. 23 to stamp out protests that have swelled in New Delhi since the gang-rape of a young woman, banning gatherings of more than...
Anti-nuclear protests continue on theme of...
Anti-nuclear protesters hold up banners proclaiming "No nuke" and "No to restart" in front of the Diet building in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Nov. 23. (The Asahi Shimbun)
December 22, 2012
They’re angry, frustrated and persistent. Some have been influenced by past movements in Japan. Others say they are reacting to what they perceive as slights by the...
China students protest gynecological tests for...
Students protest mandatory gynecological tests for those seeking to join the civil service, in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Nov. 26.
December 05, 2012
SHANGHAI—Female students have protested intrusive gynecological tests conducted as part of the application process for China's elite civil service.
Riot police move in to end Myanmar copper mine...
Buddhist monks who suffered burn injuries when security forces cracked down protesters are treated at a hospital in Monywa town shop, northwestern Myanmar, on Nov. 29. (AP photo)
November 29, 2012
YANGON--Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas on Nov. 29 to break up a three-month protest against a vast copper mining project run by the powerful Myanmar military and...
Tibetan protests against Chinese rule in new phase
Monks and worshippers pray at a Tibetan Buddhist temple in Beijing on Nov. 12. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
November 28, 2012
BEIJING--Two dozen Tibetans have set themselves on fire in western China this month in a marked acceleration of the protests against authoritarian Chinese rule, activist groups ...
Angry Chinese protesters overturn police vans
November 18, 2012
BEIJING--Thousands of residents have protested in a southeastern Chinese city after a traffic accident, smashing police cars and overturning three police vans, police and...
China steps carefully with protesting middle class
A Chinese police officer stands behind his folks confronting residents who gathered outside the government office in Zhejiang province's Ningbo city, during a protest against the proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory on Oct. 28. (AP Photo)
October 30, 2012
NINGBO, China--A victory by protesters against the expansion of a chemical plant proves the new rule in China: The authoritarian government is scared of middle-class rebellion...
UPDATE: Chinese officials bow to protests against...
A protester holds up a banner which reads "PX get out of Ningbo, get out of China" as they march in Zhejiang province's Ningbo city, protesting the proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory on Oct. 28. (AP photo)
October 28, 2012
NINGBO, China--After a weekend of protests by thousands of citizens over pollution fears, a local Chinese government relented on Oct. 28 and agreed that a petrochemical factory ...