A report to the JapaneseNational Diet revealed that from the end of World War II to 1996 over 25,000 Japanese citizens were forcibly sterilized under their eugenics law, including two nine-year-olds.
The foreign ministries of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates announce that they will restore diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies in Doha and Abu Dhabi, after relations were suspended six years ago during the Qatar diplomatic crisis.
The Constitutional Court of Moldova outlaws the Șor Party after accusations that the party was trying to undermine the rule of law during the recent protests in Moldova.