日本は均質でおおむね調和的な社会という定評がある。外国人は少ないし言語の違いもあまりなく、表面上は階級の区別もほとんどみられない。だがそんな日本にもひとつだけ例外がある。普段は目につくことのない被差別民を取材した。 東京・芝浦の食肉市場の一角にある飾り気のない部屋。片隅のテーブルに手紙が積んである。露骨な文章を書き連ねた嫌がらせの手紙だ。そこに示された偏見の源は、中世の時代までさかのぼる。
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レバノン当局によると、首都ベイルート南部の住宅街で12日夕方に自爆攻撃が相次ぎ、少なくとも37人が死亡、181人が負傷した。内戦が25年前に終結して以来、レバノン国内で最悪の爆弾攻撃という。 爆破犯2人は現地時間午後6時ごろ、イスラム教シーア派組織「ヒズボラ」が拠点とするブルジ・アルバラジネの混雑する往来で、近距離で相次いで自爆。スンニ派過激派勢力「イスラム国」(IS)が犯行声明を出したが、確認はされていない。
"I want to live a safe and clean life, eat gourmet food, go out, wear pretty things, and live a luxurious life… all at the expense of someone else," reads the text on the illustration above. "I have an idea. I'll become a refugee." The image and caption were posted by a right-wing Japanese artist last month. Now, more than 10,000 people have signed a Change.org petition in Japanese, external urgin
The BBC's Yalda Hakim: "Scenes like these are unprecedented in Japan" Thousands of people have protested outside of Japan's parliament against new legislation that would allow the military to deploy overseas. The changes would allow Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two. The legislation has already been passed by Japan's lower house and is expected to be endorsed b
Japanese troops set to fight overseas for first time since World War Two Japan's military looks set to expand its remit, after new security laws were approved by a parliamentary committee. Since the end of World War Two the country's constitution has only allowed the military to use force for self defence, so this could be a significant change of policy. There has been vocal resistance to the legi
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says the apparent threat to kill the hostages is "unforgivable" Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has condemned an apparent threat by the Islamic State group to kill two Japanese hostages. A video purportedly from the group shows a militant threatening to kill two hostages unless a ransom is paid. In the video, which has not been independently verified, the militant also cr
Former comfort women and their relatives have held demonstrations in Tokyo demanding justice Japan's biggest newspaper has issued a controversial apology for using the term "sex slaves" when referring to women who worked in brothels set up for Japanese soldiers in World War Two. Yomiuri Shimbun said its English version should not have used the phrase as it implied the women were coerced. Japan apo
Protestors holding 'No' signs drowned out the final vote to restart the reactor Two reactors at Japan's Sendai nuclear plant are due to become the first to be restarted in the country since the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima facility. The governor of Japan's Kagoshima prefecture gave his approval, marking the final hurdle for the restart, which is now likely to happen next year. Before the acciden
Mr Abe sent his message to the Koyasan Okuno-in temple, which has a compound honouring war criminals Japanese PM Shinzo Abe sent a message to a ceremony honouring war criminals, officials have confirmed, amid strained ties with China and South Korea. In the message, sent in April, he paid tribute to soldiers who gave their lives for "the foundation of the fatherland", reports said. A government sp
The Spanish conquistadors who landed in 1521 dubbed the Philippines the Islands of the Painted Ones after the heavily tattooed locals. Nearly 500 years on, tribal tattooing is almost extinct. Aya Lowe met the islands' last practitioner and those trying to keep the tradition alive. For more than eight decades, Whang-Od has been inking the headhunting warriors and women of her Kalinga tribe. Using t
The game features a cast of "Mii" characters or personalised avatars of real players Nintendo has said it will not allow gamers to play as gay characters in its life-simulation game Tomodachi Life. A fan had launched a social media campaign urging Nintendo to allow same-sex relationships between characters in the game - modelled after real people. Nintendo said it "never intended to make any form
Shigeru and Sakie Yokota have campaigned for years to find out what happened to their daughter, Megumi Shinzo Abe took up the cause of the Yokota family, and their missing daughter, Megumi, and helped drive it to the top of the political agenda. He and the then prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, went to Pyongyang and secured a stunning confession from the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il. Their vi
Hideko Hakamada has been campaigning on behalf of her brother for decades A man who has been on death row for more than four decades has been granted a retrial by a Japanese court. Iwao Hakamada was sentenced to death in 1968 for killing his boss, the man's wife and their two children. Hakamada, now 78, confessed after 20 days of interrogation during which he says he was beaten. He later retracted
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