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The Science Centre, organiser of the panel discussion, cancelled the event after receiving “feedback” from the public. It said it would also “review [its] approach” and offer refunds.
BANGKOK — Rainbow flags filled the streets of Bangkok on Saturday (June 1) at the start of Pride Month as Thailand inches closer to recognising same-sex marriages.
This year’s Pride Parade, marking its 25th anniversary and one of the largest in Asia, was denied permission to gather at the Seoul Plaza in front of City Hall, where the main festivities have traditionally been held.
“I hope this helps more and more people understand the reality that women and LGBTQ people face in Japan,” Akira Nishiyama, deputy secretary general of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation (J-ALL), told This Week in Asia. “The reality is prejudice, discrimination and no legal protections.”
Kabosu, a Shiba Inu whose “much wow” face helped launch one of the defining memes of the last decade and inspired the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, died on Friday. She was 18 years old.
Changes to the 2002 broadcast law were first discussed in 2020 but the details in the latest revisions have spurred concern, with Indonesia’s press council saying it would undermine media independence.
TOKYO (AP) — Sorry, the screen is now up — no more snapping cute photos of Mount Fuji from a popular sidewalk spot in the Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko.
In the quest to address dwindling birth rates across much of the Asia-Pacific, governments routinely say they want to encourage people to have more babies.