Events had been held throughout the United States on Saturday to boost consciousness of racial discrimination.
On February 19, 1942, then-US President Franklin Roosevelt signed an govt order that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans.
The order, signed about two months after Japan’s assault on Pearl Harbor, stripped folks of Japanese descent of their civil rights.
About 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry and others had been despatched as hostile aliens to internment camps across the US.
On Friday, US President Joe Biden issued an announcement in regards to the govt order, saying the US won’t ever once more have interaction in such an un-American act.
Kishida holds telephone talks with Putin
NHK – Feb 18
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio spoke by telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday evening and defined his issues.
Japan mulls scraping 100-day remarriage ban
bangkokpost.com – Feb 15
A Japanese authorities panel on Monday advisable abolishing the present 100-day remarriage ban for girls after a divorce, in step with scrapping a century-old Civil Code provision that determines authorized paternity.
Japan to contemplate easing nonresident foreigner entry ban: Kishida
Kyodo – Feb 12
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida mentioned Saturday the federal government will contemplate easing an entry ban on nonresident foreigners launched in November to forestall the unfold of the novel coronavirus, amid rising criticism from educational and enterprise circles.
Japan to increase coronavirus quasi-emergency measures
NHK – Feb 10
Japanese authorities are struggling to curb a spike in coronavirus infections. The authorities is about to increase quasi-emergency measures overlaying Tokyo and 12 different prefectures and implement a extra targeted method for youngsters and the aged.