It's the debate of the year so far - well - on Twitter at least and has been the top trending topic worldwide.
Suspension of government support for the HPV vaccine in Japan Why the Japanese government is not currently recommending the HPV vaccine;The ongoing court battle over smoking laws in Uruguay; Lengths people would go to to avoid a daily pill Show more The HPV vaccine was first licensed in Japan in 2009 and was initially well received; in the first year there was 70% uptake for the target population
Kirsten Sandberg from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) said a "code of silence" had been imposed on children The UN has said that the Vatican should "immediately remove" all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers. The UN watchdog for children's rights denounced the Holy See for adopting policies which allowed priests to sexually abuse thousands of children. In a report, i
Protests against Japan's wartime use of "comfort women" have taken place repeatedly in South Korea (pictured) and other Asian nations The new head of Japan's national broadcaster NHK has caused controversy by playing down the military's use of sex slaves - so-called "comfort women" - during World War Two. Days after taking up his new job, Katsuto Momii said the practice was common in any country a
So here I am, again, on the top of a Swiss mountain, surrounded by the world's wealthiest and most powerful. And, as per normal, I am suffering from mild altitude sickness. Here is a typical (and true) conversation with a random stranger sitting in the partners' lounge of the Davos congress centre. "Where are you from? Your badge says India." "Well, I sit on the board of a big Indian institution,
Mathenge Wa Ireri: "It is not quite enough because of the punishment we had" Kenyans tortured by British colonial forces during the Mau Mau uprising will receive payouts totalling £20m, Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced. He said the UK government recognised Kenyans were tortured and it "sincerely regrets" the abuses that took place. A lawyer for the victims said they "at last have the
Toru Hashimoto said former comfort women should be offered "kind words" A prominent Japanese politician has described as "necessary" the system by which women were forced to become prostitutes for World War II troops. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto said on Monday that the "comfort women" gave Japanese soldiers a chance "to rest". On Tuesday, Japanese ministers tried to distance themselves from his rem
Japan's top female judo wrestlers were subjected to violence by their coach, officials have admitted. The acknowledgement followed a complaint by 15 athletes to the Japanese Olympic Committee in December. In the complaint, the group said that they had been slapped and hit with wooden swords by their head coach, local media said.
The "criminal" penguin takes stones from its neighbour's nest A "criminal" stone-stealing Adelie penguin has been captured on camera by a BBC film crew. The team, filming for the documentary Frozen Planet, spent four months with the penguin colony on Ross Island, Antarctica. The footage they captured shows a male penguin stealing stones from its neighbour's nest. The birds build their stone nests
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