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FORCED LABOR

The Doyu no Warito open-cut site, regarded as the symbol of the Sado Island Gold Mines in Sado, Niigata Prefecture
51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Jul 24, 2026
UNESCO panel urges Japan to improve exhibits at Sado Gold Mines
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee made the request as it adopted a resolution on the conservation status of the gold mines during a meeting in Busan, South Korea.
Akhmad, a former crew member of a Chinese fishing vessel, shows his contract document indicating his monthly wages during an interview on June 10 at the port of Bungko Lor hamlet in Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 20, 2026
¡®No rest¡¯: Indonesians overworked and abused on foreign fishing vessels
Many are recruited online and assigned ships without being properly informed about their rights, leaving them vulnerable to abuse, experts say.
Australian Attorney-General Michelle Rowland speaks during a press conference as Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke (center) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese look on in Sydney on April 30.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 16, 2026
Australia to toughen modern slavery penalty after U.S. tariff threat
Laws will have a new criminal offense if companies with revenue over $70 million fail to prevent modern slavery, including forced labor and debt bondage, in their supply chains.
A cotton farm worker in the Xinjiang region of China. Trade and human rights experts said U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariff threats would do little to solve widespread issues of abusive employment practices in the global supply chain.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 6, 2026
Trump¡¯s latest tariff salvo no fix for global issue of forced labor
Experts, business groups and some human rights groups say the move could actually make things worse.
Shipping containers at Qingdao port in China's eastern Shandong province on Tuesday
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2026
U.S. cites forced labor concerns as grounds for new tariffs
The proposal comes from an investigation designed to help rebuild the U.S. President¡¯s emergency tariffs, struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in February.
Lalit Bishowkarma (center), the son of migrant worker Rudra Bahadur Kami, loads his father's coffin onto a truck upon its arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. Every day the bodies of three or four migrant workers are handed back to their families at Kathmandu airport.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 18, 2026
Nepal is ¡®addicted¡¯ to the trade in its own people
The money sent back by Nepalis working abroad represents more than a third of the country¡¯s gross domestic product, according to the World Bank.
Cambodia Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 27.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 14, 2026
Cambodia to keep up crackdown on scam centers after arrest of alleged mastermind
The arrest of Chen Zhi and his extradition to China was ¡°not the end¡± of the Southeast Asian nation¡¯s battle to stamp out transborder crimes, its foreign minister said.
Buildings are adorned with advertisements for gambling sites and what appears to be Starlink satellite dishes at KK Park complex in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township, as pictured from Mae Sot district in Thailand's border province of Tak on Sept. 17.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2025
Myanmar junta says demolishing 150 scam hub buildings
Experts say the raids are likely limited, choreographed and intentionally publicized as the junta tries to appear cracking down on scammers while still profiting from them.
A Thai soldier keeps watch over people who crossed over from Myanmar, as they wait to be screened and interrogated by officials on Oct. 23.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2025
Myanmar detains over 10,000 foreigners in scam center crackdown
The move comes as the international community pressures the junta to dismantle billion-dollar scam networks.
Construction at the KK Park complex in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township on Sept. 17, seen from across the Thai border
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2025
Hundreds flee to Thailand after latest raid on Myanmar scam center
A recent investigation revealed construction at several compounds, while Starlink receivers had been installed apparently connecting the hubs to the satellite internet network.
Motorists ride past the Prince International Plaza in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. U.S. authorities on Tuesday unsealed an indictment against Chen Zhi, a British-Cambodian businessperson who owns Prince Group and who is accused of running forced labor camps in Cambodia.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2025
U.S. and U.K. sanctions target Cambodia¡¯s Prince Group and tycoon Chen Zhi
Prince Holding Group, one of Cambodia¡¯s largest conglomerates, was a front for ¡°one of Asia¡¯s largest transnational criminal organizations,¡± the U.S. Department of Justice said.
South Korea will send a special team to Cambodia to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centers involved in kidnapping dozens of its nationals.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 15, 2025
Seoul sends team to Cambodia over scam center kidnappings
The team, headed by the vice foreign minister, will depart Wednesday evening, according to a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Amina (L), a household helper, sits beside her mother as she speaks during an interview in Karachi on July 31.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 14, 2025
¡®I know it¡¯s immoral¡¯: Child workers still common in Pakistan
One in four households in a country of 255 million people employs a child as a domestic worker, mostly girls aged 10 to 14.
Yasuhiko Ito speaks of his experience as an internee under the Soviet Union after World War II, in the city of Fukuoka in April, prior to his death in May at the age of 100.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / History
Sep 17, 2025
Former Japanese internee in Ukraine pained by Russian invasion
After World War II, Yasuhiko Ito was taken as a disarmed soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army by the former Soviet Union to Ukraine for forced labor.
Cars drive along a road during a snowstorm in the Arctic city of Norilsk, Russia, on March 19.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Sep 16, 2025
Ticket to the Arctic: Inside Russia¡¯s system of convict labor
Russia says forced labor, introduced in 2011, is a humane form of punishment. Convicts tell a much different story.
A building slated for demolition that was once a clinic for sex workers hired to serve U.S. soldiers protecting Seoul from North Korea
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2025
South Korean women target U.S. military in landmark forced prostitution lawsuit
Historians and activists say tens of thousands of South Korean women worked for state-sanctioned brothels from the 1950s to 1980s, serving U.S. troops stationed in the country.
Trucks heading toward the Jianxiawo lithium mine, in Yichun, Jiangxi province, China. The U.S. government said it will increase scrutiny of lithium, steel and other materials imported from China.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 20, 2025
U.S. targets Chinese steel and lithium for forced-labor scrutiny
The move fits within Trump¡¯s trade goals and previous government action against alleged forced labor in China.
A suspected victim of modern slavery who was initially denied state support after Britain introduced a tougher immigration policy, in London on Sept. 19
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2025
U.K.¡¯s tougher immigration policy risks trapping victims in modern slavery
The protections created under Britain¡¯s Modern Slavery Act have been eroded by rules introduced in 2023 to curb illegal migration.
In an interview in Tokyo with the BBC that was published on Thursday, Fast Retailing CEO Tadashi Yanai said the company does not source cotton from China's Xinjiang region.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 29, 2024
Uniqlo criticized in China after CEO says retailer does not use Xinjiang cotton
Tadashi Yanai, the CEO of Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing, said it does not source cotton from the region, which has faced allegations of forced labor.
Employees work on assembling vehicles at a SAIC Volkswagen plant in Urumqi, in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in September 2018.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2024
VW confirms plans to exit controversial Xinjiang operation
The decision to free itself from the plant comes as the firm is battling to boost flagging sales in China.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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