In real terms, resident doctors’ pay has been eroded for over a decade. Meanwhile, in comparable countries, doctors are not ...

China’s tightening export controls on Japanese firms and restrictions on critical minerals were intended to punish Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s firm line on Taiwan and defence policy, but they risk ...

A new Japanese study finds that informal coercion applied during psychiatric hospitalization resulted in less autonomy for people diagnosed with schizophrenia. A new study examines informal coercion ...

A sentiment that is not uncommon to hear in discussions about abortion rights in the UK is ‘At least it’s not as bad as America’. In Coercion: Surviving and Resisting Abortion Bans, Kylie Cheung ...

Japan’s rare February 2026 snap general election delivered a decisive result. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, not only retained power but also expanded its ...

At last week's Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on mifepristone (Mifeprex) safety, Republican senators and anti-abortion rights witnesses deployed a cynical ...

The image shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that claimed the lives of Al Jazeera journalists, including Anas Al Sharif. This tragic event highlights the ongoing conflict and its ...

The EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument now faces an allied challenger. Qualified-majority votes remove national vetoes on retaliation. A €93B tariff package offers a middle path short of full ACI use. For ...

In their article, Smith and Mackie argue that vaccine mandates do not impair the voluntariness of informed consent, even when refusal entails significant consequences, such as the loss of employment.1 ...

Coercion is one of those things that can be considered a gray area for many people. In this day and age when everyone throws around terms like “narcissist” and “gaslighting” without regard for their ...

Sino-Japanese relations are in freefall again after comments by new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Nov. 7 suggesting that Chinese use of force against Taiwan could lead to Japan deploying ...

Coercion, including involuntary hospitalization, forced medication, isolation, and mechanical restraints, is a controversial practice that remains prevalent in many mental health systems globally.