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Japan study: 1/3 of working women were sexually harassed

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese government study has found nearly a third of working women who responded to a survey reported being sexually harassed on the job, such as being subjected to unwanted physical contact or degrading comments. The study, released March 1 and the first of its kind, examined […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Although Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Associated Press, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, World Economic Forum, japan

BLOG: Health is wealth

January 30, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Recently, the World Economic Forum in Switzerland had a panel called “Health is Wealth.” I just want to tell you readers that I heard this phrase when I was a child. The Western world shouldn’t be credited with the origin.  

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2014, Chinese, Hong Kong, Lunar New Year, Publisher Ng's blog, Switzerland, Vol 33 No 6 | February 1 - February 7, World Economic Forum, Year of the Horse

China offers to reduce friction

April 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charles Hutzler The Associated Press BOAO, China (AP) — With pressure growing on Beijing to get North Korea to step back from its war-like footing, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Sunday, April 7 that no one country should be allowed to upset world peace and added China would work to reduce tensions over regional […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, Australia, BOAO, Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping, East China Sea, Korean Peninsula, North Korean, Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, United States, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19, World Economic Forum, Zaire, language

Wen Jiabao’s family denies $2.7 billion in ‘hidden riches’

November 1, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — Lawyers have denied a report that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s family

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Eileen Murphy, Hong Kong, South China Morning Post, Vol 31 No 45 | November 3 - November 9, World Economic Forum

Gates Foundation agriculture chief tapped for USDA post

April 22, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Donna Gordon Blankinship The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The director of the agriculture program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been nominated by President Obama to be an undersecretary in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: 2008, Africa, Al Gore, Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, President Obama, Rajiv Shah, Seattle Community College District, Seattle Public Library, South Asian Americans, USDA, Wharton School, World Economic Forum, World Health Organization

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