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Americans in Japan to Trade One Quarantine for Another
A passenger aboard a cruise ship quarantined in Japan because of the coronavirus, has accused the U.S. government of “holding me hostage” ahead of a planned evacuation on Sunday.
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Okinawa Gov. Renews Demand to Stop US Base Relocation Plan
Okinawa’s Gov. Denny Tamaki has renewed calls for Japan’s central government to halt construction of a U.S. Marine Corps. base being relocated to a less-crowded area of the southern Japanese island despite vehement local opposition.
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Japan Court Upholds Sterilization to Register Gender Change
Human rights and LGBT activists on Friday denounced a ruling by Japan’s Supreme Court upholding a law that effectively requires transgender people to be sterilized before they can have their gender changed on official documents. The court said the law is constitutional because it was meant to reduce confusion in families and society. But it acknowledged that it restricts freedom...
