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Keiji Hirano
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2003
Ainu teen's legacy reprinted to fete her 1903 birth
To celebrate the centennial of the birth of Yukie Chiri, an Ainu who was instrumental in putting her people's oral history on paper, a new edition of her famous story collection has been published.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2003
Ainu teen's legacy reprinted to fete her 1903 birth
To celebrate the centennial of the birth of Yukie Chiri, an Ainu who was instrumental in putting her people's oral history on paper, a new edition of her famous story collection has been published.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2003
Ainu teen's legacy reprinted to fete her 1903 birth
To celebrate the centennial of the birth of Yukie Chiri, an Ainu who was instrumental in putting her people's oral history on paper, a new edition of her famous story collection has been published.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2003
Complainants over ODA dam double
A further 3,900 residents of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Friday will add their names to a lawsuit targeting the legitimacy of Japanese overseas aid, their lawyer said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2003
Transsexuals, sex-change advocates fight on against social, registry snub
Transsexuals and their supporters have teamed up to seek public acknowledgment of those who suffer from gender identity disorder and to pressure the government into allowing sex changes to be recorded in official documents.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2002
Victims of over-zealous media weigh new human rights bills
The media are both Kenichi Ino's worst enemy and strongest ally.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2002
Law grad opts for freelance reporting, not elite track
With an average monthly income of just 150,000 yen, Maiko Morimoto is the exception among graduates of the University of Tokyo's law department, which has turned out a slew of elite bureaucrats and lawyers.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2002
Killer's legacy builds bridges
One of the last wishes of executed mass murderer Norio Nagayama has helped to link Japanese kids who refuse to go to school with working children in Peru.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2002
Lawyers defend poisoning suspect's silence
Legal experts and journalists in Japan sometimes forget that defendants in criminal cases are guaranteed the right to remain silent.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2002
Efforts to preserve Ainu language gain momentum
An independent television producer and an Ainu-language teacher recently released a compact disc featuring traditional Ainu stories in a bid to pass down the indigenous minority's language.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2002
Transsexual to lecture at medical university
A transsexual activist will serve as a part-time lecturer at the medical school of Mie University, a public school, in November to educate students on sexual identity disorder.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2002
Antiwar campaigners to donate documents to Vietnamese museum
Members of a Japanese group that campaigned against the Vietnam War will visit Ho Chi Minh City later this month to donate materials and documents detailing their activities in the 1960s and 1970s to the state-run War Remnants Museum.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2002
Fictional kids' book tells of Afghan detainee plight
His family murdered by the Taliban, an Afghan boy called Mohammed comes to Japan as a refugee because his father had always told him the country was a peaceful one.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2001
Asia Press freelancers find niche in Afghan war
The ongoing military operation in Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States has widened opportunities for freelance journalists in Asia.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2001
Japanese firm helping detect mines, restore villages
A Tokyo-based venture has played a key role in creating a new device to detect land mines that will soon be used on the Thai-Cambodia border.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2001
Ainu-language picture book, CD released
Efforts by an independent TV producer in Tokyo to hand down the traditions of the Ainu and their history have come to fruition via an illustrated storybook and a compact disc.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2001
NGOs lament Okinawans' plight
Three Japanese nongovernmental organizations have submitted a report to the United Nations detailing human rights abuses by the Japanese government and U.S. military forces against the people of Okinawa.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2001
Steelmaker NKK comes to terms with correct words
Sometimes words hurt. But an NKK Corp. employee is trying to ensure that the language fellow workers use at the major steelmaker does not discriminate against people.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2000
Scholar hits execs' Bangkok flings
When Yoko Kusaka moved to Bangkok with her family in 1996, she decided to pursue postgraduate studies in sociology, focusing on the corporate entertainment practices of Japanese companies in the city.
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.
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.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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