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A Tokyo court ordered television journalist Noriyuki Yamaguchi to pay in damages to Shiori Ito, a freelance journalist who has become a well-known face of Japan’s #MeToo movement. Photograph: Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images
Japanese journalist wins €27,000 in damages in alleged rape case

A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered a prominent reporter to pay damages to a female journalist in a civil lawsuit over her allegations he raped her,(...)

A policeman fires a teargas shell during a protest against a new citizenship law at the Seelampur area of New Delhi, India on Tuesday. Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP
India’s neighbours dispute claims of minorities persecutions

India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act has not only triggered violent protests across the country, but also adversely impacted New Delhi’s di(...)

A Toyota concept car at the Tokyo motor show earlier this year. Photograph: EPA
Toyota forecasting sales of 10.77 million vehicles next year

Toyota is forecasting sales of 10.77 million vehicles worldwide during 2020, nudging it closer to number one automaker Volkswagen. Toyota’s outlook, (...)

Marieke Vervoort of Belgium celebrates as she wins gold in the Women’s 100m T52 Final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium on September 5th, 2012. (Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
Marieke Vervoort - the Paralympic champion who chose her time to die

Champagne flutes were hastily unpacked from boxes, filled to their brims and passed around the room. Dozens of people stood around inside Marieke Verv(...)

Jennifer Morgan (centre) executive director of Greenpeace International, talks to reporters on the last day of the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid. Photograph: EPA
COP25 reaction: ‘We got two weeks of blocking from big polluters’

Climate activists and environmental NGOs have expressed dismay at the weak outcome at the UN climate talks. After two weeks of talks all countries a(...)

A woman carries her luggage past a sign of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. Photograph: Reuters
Climate change: Ten things we learned from COP25 talks

1. There is a profound disconnect between people and politicians: As the UN climate talks moved into crunch phase, almost 200 global leaders landed i(...)

Leo Cullen: “It was a tough period to get through,” said the 41-year-old. “It’s not something I’ll ever forget.” Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
Leinster’s trust in Cullen paying handsome dividends

Leo Cullen laughs out loud as the darkest moment of a still fledgling coaching career gets reflected in a positive light. Four awfully long years ago(...)

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