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Japan's CRA, CDP, Komeito Confirm Merger Cancellation

Tokyo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)--The leaders from the Centrist Reform Alliance, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito confirmed at a meeting Monday that the three opposition parties will not merge. "In order to expand centrist forces and realize a change of government, we want to pursue a new form," CRA leader Junya Ogawa told reporters after his meeting with CDP head Shunich...

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UN committee says countries must consider reparations for slave trade

Guidance published on Monday by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination stated that the obligations arise from a legally binding 1965 convention on racial discrimination.

  • Approximately 12.5 million Africans forcibly removed and sold between 15th and 19th centuries.
  • Measures include archives opening, public memorials revision, and independent truth commissions.

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