TOKYO: A court in Japan dismissed a bid by Ainu Indigenous people to reclaim rights over river fishing for salmon, an official said on Thursday (Apr 18). It was the first court decision on Indigenous rights related to Ainu people, who traditionally lived in what is now northern Japan as well as in territory now part of Russia. Ainu history includes decades of discrimination and forced assimilation, and Japan did not legally recognise them as…

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ISRAEL AND UKRAINE The war in Gaza has exposed differences between EU countries between those closer to Israel and those supportive of Palestine, but on Tuesday there was no major opposition to imposing new sanctions against Iran.The EU already has multiple sanctions programmes that target Iran – for human rights…

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One of his favourite accommodations is The Capitol Hotel Tokyu. The original hotel has an illustrious history. It was built in 1963 as Japan’s first foreign-affiliated hotel (then, as Tokyo Hilton Hotel) and hosted many dignitaries. The new building was completed in 2010 and rebranded as The Capitol Hotel Tokyu,…