This year marks the 100th year of Japan's first Women's Day action

The International Women's Day in Japan reached a significant milestone on March 8, a hundred years after Japanese women's first action.

Issue of Korean forced labor in wartime Japan should be resolved based on bilateral partnership agreement

In place of Japanese companies, the South Korean government will shoulder the compensation payments. The former Korean laborers, however, claim that only after the Japanese government and the companies concerned offer apologies can their honor and dignity be restored.

Gov't in 1984: Japan not allowed due to constitutional constrains to have Tomahawk missiles

The Japanese government in 1984 recognized that Tomahawk missiles are "offensive weapons" and that Japan's Self-Defense Forces are "not allowed to possess" them because of constitutional constraints.