A diplomatic row has intensified between China and Japan after collisions between two Japanese patrol boats and a Chinese trawler on Tuesday. Beijing has urged Japan's ambassador to stop the "illegal interception" of Chinese fishing boats. Meanwhile, Japan has arrested the captain of the Chinese vessel. The incidents in the East China Sea took place near a disputed chain of islands, which Japan co
The ethical case against eating animal produce once seemed clear. But a new book is an abattoir for dodgy arguments This will not be an easy column to write. I am about to put down 1,200 words in support of a book that starts by attacking me and often returns to this sport. But it has persuaded me that I was wrong. More to the point, it has opened my eyes to some fascinating complexities in what s
I have always wondered why so many politicians are lawyers. I learned a few years ago that – while in civil law countries such as those in continental Europe most politicians are bureaucrats, in Africa many have military backgrounds, and in China many are engineers – in England and America many of the most memorable heads of state have had backgrounds in the law. People say that one of the reasons
Fatima beamed broadly as she knelt in the mud outside her tent and filled two-year-old Reza Khan's baby bottle with milk. "Look, he's not crying any more," she said, as he sucked down the liquid. It had been a month since the little boy had tasted milk. The mother of eight kept an eye on her son as she lifted the lid on a blackened aluminium pot, her only one, that was bubbling over a campfire and
Mr Kan sees the figures as proof of an economic and emotional downturn The government in Japan says suicides and depression cost its economy almost 2.7tn yen ($32bn; £21bn) last year. The figures refer to lost incomes and the cost of treatment. It is the first time Japan has released such figures. Japan has one of the world's highest suicide rates, with more than 32,000 people killing themselves l
Nearly three quarters of people believe retirement as we currently understand it will not be possible in the future, a BBC Newsnight poll has suggested. Some 70% of the 1,000 asked thought it would not be feasible for people to stop work then live on a pension for up to 30 years, the ComRes survey found. Some 72% of those in work were also worried about not having the funds to live as they would l
Iran has launched a fresh crackdown on human rights activists by arresting an outspoken Iranian lawyer and charging a young activist with "waging war against God", a crime punishable by death in Iranian law. On Saturday Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has represented several political activists and protesters arrested in the aftermath of the disputed presidential election last summer, was arrested and charge
The threat posed by al-Qaida and the Taliban is exaggerated and the western-led counter-insurgency campaign in Afghanistan risks becoming a "long, drawn-out disaster", one of the world's leading security thinktanks warned today. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the west's counter-insurgency strategy has "ballooned" out of proportion to the original aim of prev
OSAKA, Japan � From 9 to 5, Hiroko Yokogawa toils at a small architectural design firm, doing clerical work and managing accounts. But even when her shift is over, her day’s work is nowhere near done. She might go home and promote products and stores on her blog. Or in another role, as a work-life coach, she might meet a client for a consultation. Ms. Yokogawa, 32, makes about one-third of her inc
Mr Soros said that HRW was one of the most effective organisations he supported George Soros is to donate $100m (£65m) to Human Rights Watch (HRW) over the next 10 years, the investor and philanthropist has announced. "Human Rights Watch is one of the most effective organisations I support," Mr Soros said. The gift from Soros's Open Society Foundations is the largest the billionaire has made to a
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