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Jun Hongo
Jun Hongo graduated from Boston University and joined The Japan Times in 2006. He covers a wide range of domestic news, including politics and business. He is an avid Red Sox fan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2007
Will entry checks cross the line?
Despite government claims it is necessary to counter terrorism, a new immigration procedure obliging most foreigners to be fingerprinted and photographed upon entry to Japan has come under fire as an unwarranted invasion of privacy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2007
Slipshod architect Aneha loses appeal, faces prison
The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court-imposed five-year prison sentence and ¥1.8 million fine for architect Hidetsugu Aneha for fabricating building safety data and committing perjury.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2007
Recidivism rate reached an all-time high in 2006
Despite an overall decline in reported crimes nationwide, those committed by repeat offenders reached a record high in 2006, according to a Justice Ministry white paper released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2007
Nanjing survivor wins ¥4 million in libel suit
," the court said. Xia welcomed the ruling, telling reporters that Higashinakano "lied and spread wrongful information" in his publication. "Higashinakano is an insolent man," she said after the ruling.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2007
Hatoyama in hot water over 'al-Qaida connection'
Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama found himself in hot water Monday after telling reporters that he has an acquaintance who was a friend of an al-Qaida terrorist involved in the October 2002 bombing in Bali, Indonesia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2007
Blind adventurer refuses to accept limits
Blind adventurer Miles Hilton-Barber has climbed both Mount Kilimanjaro and Mont Blanc, completed an 11-day marathon across China and crossed Qatar's desert on foot without any sleep — all within the last seven years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2007
Teachers angry and insecure over future
Thrown suddenly out of work, language teachers with Nova Corp. in Tokyo were quick to react to their employer's move Friday to file for court protection from creditors.
Reference / Special Presentations / WITNESS TO WAR
Oct 24, 2007
Vivisectionist recalls his day of reckoning
Eleventh in a series
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2007
Fugitive gets 15 years for killing partner
would die," they stated, adding that Maeda bore great responsibility for "using pseudonyms for two years to remain at large and rebuffing the advice of friends to turn herself in."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2007
Repeat offender sentenced to 14 years for confining and abusing four females
A 26-year-old man who, as a repeat offender, confined and sexually abused four women between 2003 and 2004 was sentenced to 14 years in prison Friday by the Tokyo District Court.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2007
Groping economist gets four-month prison term
The Tokyo District Court sentenced well-known economist Kazuhide Uekusa to four months in prison Tuesday for groping a high school girl on a train — his third conviction for an indecent act.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2007
Murderer-for-insurance gets 25 years, DVD confession or no
The Tokyo District Court sentenced a man to 25 years in prison for murder Wednesday in a case that drew national attention for allowing a recorded interrogation to be used as evidence for the first time.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2007
Death penalty foes hit Hatoyama over accountability snub
Opponents to capital punishment took issue Wednesday with Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama's recent remarks suggesting a system should be established whereby he did not personally have to sign execution orders, saying he was trying to dodge accountability and also lacked regard for human rights.
Japan Times
Reference / Special Presentations / WITNESS TO WAR
Oct 5, 2007
Veteran navy officer keeps an open mind
As the public still debates the Imperial navy's activities during the war, many veteran sailors say that at the time, at least, they saw their objective as liberating Asia from Western colonial rule.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2007
Mob leaders found liable for botched hit
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered the two top executives of Japan's second-biggest crime syndicate, including its "Godfather" and three hit men, to pay a combined ¥59 million in damages to the family of a South Korean student killed in a botched revenge shooting in 2001.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2007
Ishihara's new right-hand man settles in
All eyes were on Naoki Inose as his new career as a politician got into full swing Wednesday with the opening of the first session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 18, 2007
Typhoons more predictable but still deadly
Most years, the typhoon season peaks in September, as illustrated by the recent Typhoon No. 9, called Fitow, which killed two, and Typhoon No. 11, also known as Nari, which approached Okinawa last week.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2007
South Koreans testify against Yasukuni's inclusion of their kin
A group of South Koreans testified in court Friday in a bid to have their relatives' names struck from Yasukuni Shrine's list of war dead, saying the inclusion is "shameful and a disgrace."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2007
Media ignoring mercury-tainted dolphin meat: assemblyman
The Japanese media's lack of condemnation is the principal reason mercury-tainted dolphin meat continues to be consumed, including in school lunches, a local assembly member from Wakayama Prefecture said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2007
Hatoyama a hawk on death penalty, illegal immigrants
." A close friend to LDP Secretary General Taro Aso, Hatoyama promised not only to "become a good justice minister" but also support Abe and his Cabinet in the wake of the LDP-New Komeito ruling bloc's loss of its majority in the July Upper House election.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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