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Yumi Wijers-Hasegawa
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2004
Family plot not for all women
Women in Japan may have made great strides in deciding how they live their lives, but such freedom has yet to translate into their final resting place.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2004
Anatomy exhibit's real bodies prove popular draw
Women giggle and men turn pale at the "Mysteries of the Human Body" exhibition at the Tokyo International Forum in Chiyoda Ward.
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2003
Death penalty upheld for Hayashi
The Tokyo High Court on Friday upheld the death penalty for senior Aum Shinrikyo member Yasuo Hayashi for his roles in two fatal sarin attacks and an attempt to spread cyanide gas at JR Shinjuku Station.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003
Saitama governor's daughter admits funds donation scam
The eldest daughter of former Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya pleaded guilty Friday to misappropriating 116 million yen in political funds donated to her father between 1998 and 2002.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2003
Tsujimoto admits to defrauding state out of cash for nonexistent secretaries
Former House of Representatives member Kiyomi Tsujimoto pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding the state out of nearly 19 million yen in government-paid salaries for her policy secretaries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2003
Expert seeks tougher attitude on parental murder-suicide
South Koreans and Japanese need a tougher attitude when it comes to parents who take the lives of their children when they commit suicide, a South Korean expert on suicide prevention says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2003
Contact, peer power key to curbing suicides
Close, personal contact -- involving peers whenever possible -- is the key to preventing suicide, experts agreed Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2003
Improve job situation for women, firms told
Japanese companies have been told to wake up and treat their female employees better.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2003
Trial ends with a blank stare from Aum guru Asahara
After 256 court sessions, the trial of Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara finally drew to a close on Friday, with the defendant again refusing to speak.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2003
Asahara's lawyers blame murders on Aum disciples
Lawyers representing Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara argued Thursday that their client is innocent of masterminding a series of grisly crimes, including two fatal sarin gas attacks.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2003
Japan not attacking root causes of abused, exploited foreigners: experts
Many foreigners in Japan have secure lives and careers, but there are also many who, even though here on a technically legal basis, have a more tenuous existence and are abused.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2003
Fertility experts urge health insurance help
In response to the increasingly serious problem of Japan's falling birthrate, patients and medical professionals involved in fertility treatment are calling for the cost of treatment to be covered by national health insurance.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2003
Foster parenting getting belated attention
The 60-year-old mother has been a foster parent half her life, caring for 11 kids besides her own two children.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003
High court begins hearing air pollution appeal
With one plaintiff coughing up phlegm as she testified, the first hearing of an appeal of a long-running air pollution suit got under way Thursday at the Tokyo High Court.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2003
Ex-students of elite universities admit to gang rapes
Six former members of a Waseda University social club pleaded guilty Wednesday to gang raping female students in 2001 and earlier this year.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2003
598 Japanese abandoned in China after war to sue government this month
Another 598 Japanese who were abandoned in China at the end of World War II will sue the government later this month, bringing the total number of plaintiffs seeking compensation to more than 1,200 -- about half of the roughly 2,400 war-displaced orphans who have returned.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2003
Mount Fuji ascent shows climber Japan's two faces
A man who refuses to see limits in life had one unexpectedly plunked down in front of him last week.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2003
AIDS threat is explosive among young, expert says
The threat of HIV/AIDS in Japan, especially among young people, is far more alarming than the government may want to think, an expert warned during a symposium Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2003
Workers happy to serve as jurors as long as trials are short
Some 72 percent of respondents in a recent survey said they would be willing to act as jurors if a quasi-jury system being contemplated by the government is introduced -- as long as the trial did not run longer than three days.
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2003
Building owner enters no plea in Kabukicho fatal fire case
The owner of a building in Shinjuku, Tokyo, gutted in a fire in 2001 withheld entering a plea Thursday on charges of professional negligence resulting in death.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.

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