The phrase 'Japanese military' in 'Japanese military comfort women' delated from history textbooks

The government applied pressure to rewrite accounts on the Japanese military comfort women issue in history textbooks which will be used in junior high schools and high schools in Japan from this coming April.

Beijing Winter Olympics closes amid criticism over China's human rights abuses

The Beijing Winter Olympics closed amid international criticism over human rights abuses by the Chinese government. The IOC, however, served to defend the Chinese government. The depth of the doping issue also came into relief.

JCP Koike criticizes DPP’s approval of 2022 budget draft as declaration of virtually sitting at ruling party table

JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira stated that the Democratic Party for the People (DPP), with its support for the government-proposed 2022 budget draft, virtually announced that the party will play a part in supporting the ruling bloc.