Refugees will give their testimony during a public session on 23 March. The EU has been committed to helping this people since 2002. The USA started safeguarding human rights there and the United Nations is also involved.
Strong-willed and a non traditional wife, Princess Masako has run up against Conservative opposition. Princess Kiko's pregnancy stops in their tracks Koizumi's plans to change succession rules to let women ascend to the throne.
A constitutional amendment is proposed to "ensure peace and the independence of the nation" and enable the government to "maintain self-defence forces under the supreme command of the Prime Minister".
For South Korea, it was an opportunity to host important world leaders, for Japan a political insult due to Hu Jintao's refusal to meet Koizumi. North Korea's problematic human rights record showed up the opposing stands of Seoul and Washington.
The decision of the former president of Peru to try to return to his homeland led to the recall of the Ambassador of Lima in Japan, even is Tokyo is trying to play things down.
This is the outcome of an agreement which modifies Japanese pacifism, enshrined in the Constitution. Some see it as a reaction to the growth of China.
A minimal, good result after nearly three years of talks and tensions
Behind Koizumi's victory lies the desire of the Japanese people to change the way of governing
Defined by many as "bizarre" and "going against the current", the Prime Minister is playing cards of true modernization and democracy in the country. A PIME missionary explains why.
A PIME missionary explains how Japan is preparing to commemorate 60 years since the nuclear holocaust.
Despite controversy in the international press, Emperor Akihito undertook this visit to "commemorate, independently of nationality, people who lost their lives in the Second World War".
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