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Setsuko Kamiya
Setsuko Kamiya is a staff writer and editor covering local news, including legal issues, and has been following the ongoing judicial reform. A 2005 Fulbright journalist grantee, she studied the American jury system in California.
For Setsuko Kamiya's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2011
Tokyo faces somber 'hanami' this year
The Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday that Tokyo's cherry trees will enter full bloom within a week. But the capital's annual blossom-viewing parties, or "hanami," will be much quieter this year because festivals here and elsewhere are being called off in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2011
Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan group providing warm help for victims
SAGAMIHARA, Kanagawa Pref. — A group of Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans living in Kanagawa Prefecture has been providing warm bowls of Bangladesh curry since Monday to quake and tsunami survivors in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture.
JAPAN / Q&A
Mar 16, 2011
Take proper steps to avoid exposure to fallout
More residents near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture were ordered to evacuate Tuesday, raising concerns about radiation exposure.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Mar 5, 2011
Kodansha ends export strategy
Publishing giant Kodansha Ltd.'s recent decision to close down its subsidiary, Kodansha International Ltd., by the end of April reflects the firm's change in its business strategy from shipping its English-language books made in Japan to publishing and distributing them in its largest market, North America.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2011
Kodansha International to close doors
Kodansha International Ltd., a leading English-language publisher of translated books on Japan, is closing down by the end of April, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 22, 2011
NPO tax status threatened by Diet split
With the opposition camp trying to veto all budget-related bills in the divided Diet, the fate of legislation proposed by the Democratic Party of Japan-led government to enhance the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations is hanging in the air.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2011
Kato shouldn't be hanged: lawyers
Tomohiro Kato was mentally ill and lacked the ability to control his actions when he murdered seven people and wounded 10 others on the streets of the Akihabara electronic district in 2008, defense attorneys told the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday, hoping to keep their client off death row.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2011
Ozawa ex-aides deny cooking funds books
Three former aides of Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa pleaded not guilty Monday to falsifying the records of his political fund management body Rikuzankai in 2004, 2005 and 2007.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Q&A
Feb 1, 2011
Ozawa saga moves to trial phase
Former Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa has been indicted and will stand trial over his role in a political funding scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2011
FCCJ retools to remain relevant
With the Internet pressing down on traditional media and interest in news from Japan apparently in decline, many foreign journalists say reporting with a Tokyo dateline is increasingly becoming a challenge.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2011
Gallows urged over Akihabara rampage
Prosecutors demanded Tuesday that Tomohiro Kato be sent to the gallows for the 2008 massacre of seven people and wounding of 10 others in Tokyo's popular Akihabara electronics district.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2011
Snafu forces reset for U.K. visa program
The 1,000 applicants who booked appointments with the British Embassy for this year's working holiday visas will need to book again next week because the system started taking applications a day earlier than scheduled.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2011
Ogata to Japan: Remember, pay it forward
The top provider of official development assistance in the 1990s, Japan has since been shrinking its foreign aid budget as the economy stagnates.
Japan Times
JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 28, 2010
Fund helps NPOs extend help to asylum-seekers
Nonprofit organizations that support refugees say the number of asylum-seekers coming to Japan this year is likely to reach 1,000 for the third year in a row.
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2010
Prosecutor ignored evidence: report
An Osaka prosecutor who tampered with evidence to try to convict a former senior welfare ministry official failed to consider the weight of the evidence that favored the accused, the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office admitted in a report Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / RESETTLEMENT
Dec 16, 2010
Critics slam settlement program's lack of vision
Lawyers and supporters of asylum-seekers in Japan have cast a critical eye on the start of the government's third-country refugee resettlement program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 7, 2010
Hakone Ekiden gave relay races new fascination
As the new year approaches, many people are looking forward to gathering with their families to eat special New Year's dishes. Some also will be tuning in to watch the Hakone Ekiden, the two-day long-distance collegiate relay race held from Jan. 2.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2010
Grad gets 18 years for killing professor
Lay and professional judges sentenced a Chuo University graduate Thursday to 18 years in prison for stabbing his professor to death last year on the school's Korakuen campus in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2010
Man admits killing professor, claims disorder
A 29-year-old Chuo University graduate on Wednesday admitted stabbing a college professor to death last year, but his lawyers said the Tokyo District Court should take into consideration that he has a delusional disorder.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2010
Voice of youth made itself heard at COP10, targets India
NAGOYA — While the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity finally wound to an end Saturday morning, a group of international students said their work toward COP11, slated for 2012 in India, was only just beginning.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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