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Articles Written by: CATHERINE MAKINO
JAPAN:
Analysis by Catherine Makino
TOKYO, Nov 16 (IPS) - Setting foot on the Land of Cherry Blossom over the weekend, U.S. President
Barack Obama waxed nostalgic, recalling his first visit to Japan as a young boy,
when his mother brought ...
JAPAN:
TOKYO, Nov 11 (IPS) - There is more to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyamas pledge last week to extend at least 500 billion yen (5.6 billion U.S. dollars) in fresh assistance to the Mekong region than meets the eye, or so observers think. ...
RIGHTS-CHINA:
Catherine Makino interviews REBIYA KADEER, president of the World Uyghur Congress
TOKYO, Nov 3 (IPS) - Following the bloody clashes in July in Urumqi, the capital of the restive
Xingjian region in China, activist Rebiya ...
From CATHERINE MAKINO INTERVIEWS REBIYA KADEER, PRESIDENT,
Inter Press Service,
3 Nov 2009
JAPAN:
TOKYO, Oct 29 (IPS) - One morning nine months ago, Kenji Hamadas colleagues were surprised to
find him in their Tokyo office slumped over his desk. They thought he was
sleeping, but when he did not wake up after two hours, they ...
RIGHTS-JAPAN:
TOKYO, Oct 3 (IPS) - Japan's new female justice minister has promised to get serious about gender equality.
Minister Keiko Chiba said on Sep. 29, she intends to propose legislation as early as next year to allow women and men ...
JAPAN:
By Catherine Makino and Ogi Naoyuki
TOKYO, Oct 2 (IPS) - Hip hop. Fashion. Zen café. Animation.
Who could have thought that these pop culture staples would come to be associated with a religion known for its centuries-old traditions ...
From CATHERINE MAKINO AND OGI NAOYUKI,
Inter Press Service,
2 Oct 2009
RIGHTS-BANGLADESH:
Catherine Makino interviews leading Bangladeshi human rights activist SULTANA KAMAL
TOKYO, Sep 22 (IPS) - Sultana Kamal dreams of a country "where every single citizen will live in democracy, in equality" and where ...
From CATHERINE MAKINO INTERVIEWS LEADING BANGLADESHI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SULTANA KAMAL,
Inter Press Service,
22 Sep 2009
JAPAN:
TOKYO, Sep 16 (IPS) - The newly elected Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) plans to open government organisations to the foreign press, party member Kuniko Tanioka revealed in an interview with IPS.
"We are going to do away with media ...
Q&A:
TOKYO, Sep 9 (IPS) - Kuniko Tanioka is the woman to watch in Japanese politics.
From the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), she managed the campaigns of its women candidates, dubbed the Princess Corps, in last months elections to the ...
TOKYO (WOMENSENEWS)--Japanese women are showing signs of breaking the taboo against reporting cases of domestic violence to the police.
A key indicator of that: a healthy jump in the number of women speaking out to protect themselves and their children. ...
From CATHERINE MAKINO,
Womens Enews,
14 Aug 2009
