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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.
For Jun Hongo's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2006
Aneha handed five years
The Tokyo District Court sentenced architect Hidetsugu Aneha to five years in prison Tuesday and fined him 1.8 million yen for fabricating earthquake-resistance data on six condominiums and hotels.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2006
Air guitar champ fans out the hits
On Sept. 8, Yosuke Ochi walked out to the spotlight in front of approximately 3,000 screaming fans to perform at the 11th Annual Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2006
Air guitar champ fans out the hits
On Sept. 8, Yosuke Ochi walked out to the spotlight in front of approximately 3,000 screaming fans to perform at the 11th Annual Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2006
Four sent to the gallows
The Justice Ministry sent four death row inmates to the gallows Monday, inflaming lawmakers and protesters over the first executions to be carried out in 15 months.
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2006
People slow to embrace offer of free hugs
embraces a passerby in the rain in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Nov. 19. ERIC PRIDEAUX PHOTO
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2006
People slow to embrace offer of free hugs
embraces a passerby in the rain in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Nov. 19. ERIC PRIDEAUX PHOTO
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2006
Prosecutors demand four years for Horie
Prosecutors on Friday demanded a four-year prison sentence for Takafumi Horie, the former president of Internet firm Livedoor Co., for alleged violations of the Securities and Exchange Law.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2006
Quake survivor sees self in art by orphans
and three orphans (from second from left) Nabukenya Ritah, Masaki Nishiyama and Hayumi Amada pose Thursday in front of illustrations by orphans at Gallery Hibiya in Tokyo. YOSHIAKI MIURA PHOTO
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2006
Accused in Blackman trial denies all charges
Joji Obara, accused of fatally drugging two women, including British hostess Lucie Blackman, and raping eight others, made his final plea Monday at the Tokyo District Court, denying all charges against him.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2006
Ishihara tells Tokyo he wants third term
Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara officially announced his decision Thursday to run for a third term in next April's gubernatorial election.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2006
China filmmaker finds wartime sex slaves
In 1995, Chinese filmmaker Ban Zhongyi set out to meet a woman in a remote part of central China to record her story of sexual enslavement by the Imperial Japanese Army.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2006
Everyone neglecting problem: experts
Unlike some Western countries that have long been taking action to curb bullying in schools, education experts say Japan has not been able to deal with the problem because people are failing to make a concerted effort.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2006
Horie defiant at opening of prosecutors' questioning
picture" but had not had time to look at the details of what some of the people he trusted were doing. Horie is on trial for allegedly ordering Livedoor's executives to fake a pretax profit of 5 billion yen to hide the firm's real loss of 300 million yen for the business year to September 2004. He is also charged with spreading false information on the takeover of a publishing firm in an effort to boost Livedoor's share price.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2006
Fewer visa violators sold on leniency exits
The Immigration Bureau on Thursday called on foreigners who are overstaying their visas to turn themselves in because the number of visa violators who take advantage of the bureau's amnesty measures is decreasing.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2006
Horie sticks to claim of innocence
Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie said in court Tuesday he was unaware of any securities laws violations his company allegedly committed.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2006
Crime cases drop 1.8% but cyber, foreigner offenses up
Police in 2005 turned over 1.5 million criminal cases to prosecutors, a 1.8 percent drop from the previous year, but cyber crimes rose as more people were defrauded in Internet auctions, the Justice Ministry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2006
Kimura exec who cooked the books can walk
The Tokyo District Court sentenced former Kimura Construction Co. executive Akira Shinozuka to a suspended one-year prison term Wednesday for window-dressing the firm's 2004 financial statements.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006
Foreigners to need 'skills' to live in Japan
A Justice Ministry panel discussing long-term policies for accepting overseas workers said Friday the government should seek out those with special skills and expertise to cope with the shrinking labor force in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2006
Tokyo teachers win anthem fight
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to pay 12.03 million yen, or 30,000 yen each, in compensation to 401 teachers who objected to a city directive obliging them to stand and sing the national anthem at school ceremonies.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2006
Public gives mixed reactions to Abe's win
Koizumi or (Democratic Party of Japan President) Ichiro Ozawa. I don't understand why the media consider him hawkish," Umeda said. Eini Okubo, 72, also backed Abe, saying the new leader has "more common sense then Koizumi" and that he will be able to build a strong country that is not influenced by other countries.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Yen’s fragility raises specter of a new currency war in Asia
Suspected intervention to drag the yen off a 34-year low against the dollar is already seen as unlikely to have a lasting effect if Japan continues alone.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
Online booking for Mount Fuji climb to open on May 20
Visitors climb the slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters. From May 20, climbers will have access to a new online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.

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