How to Improve the Human Rights Situation in North Korea
A United Nations (UN) rights expert has appealed to governments and civil society organizations to put people squarely at the centre of their approaches to improve the human rights situation…
Izumi Nakamitsu of Japan Appointed UN Adviser for Refugees
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Monday the appointment of Izumi Nakamitsu of Japan as Special Adviser on Follow-up to the UN Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees…
Yoshinori Ohsumi Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet decided Monday to award the 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy. This year’s…
Obama Responds to North Korea’s Nuclear Test
The United States has termed North Korea’s September 9 nuclear test a grave threat to regional security and to international peace and stability. According to a White House communiqué released…
How the World Is Aging: Japan is the Oldest
America’s 65-and-over population is projected to nearly double over the next three decades, ballooning from 48 million to 88 million by 2050. However, the U.S. Census Bureau projects the U.S.…
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Invites Investors to Japan
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news company, held a Japan Finance Forum with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tuesday. Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP, and three-term mayor…