National
Researchers hurt at Ibaraki nuclear facility
Up to 30 researchers are feared to have suffered internal radiation exposure after an experiment went awry at a Japan Atomic Energy Agency facility.
Social Issues Feb 14, 2013
Osaka high school basketball coach fired for battering student who killed himself
The Osaka city board of education fires a 47-year-old high school basketball team coach for alleged violence against the club's captain that led to the youth's suicide in December.
National Feb 11, 2013
Violent coaching rooted in militarism
by Shigemi Sato
The judo coach who beat his Olympic charges with a bamboo sword is a nasty reminder of how Japan still depends on the traditions that led it to war.
Social Issues Jan 18, 2013
Coach linked to suicide beat another student
The 47-year-old basketball coach at Osaka’s Sakuranomiya Senior High School whose beating of the team’s 17-year-old captain allegedly prompted the youth to kill himself last month slapped another boy the face repeatedly in 2008 during practice for a sports festival, the city board of ...