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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 Times

JAPAN

Jan 17, 2003

Friends strive to prove woman innocent of murder

Calligraphy teacher Ritsuko Tada was used to the quiet life in small-town Hokkaido, but all that changed when one of her students was arrested on suspicion of murdering a female colleague.

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

Nov 21, 2001

Kurdish refugee works for NGO to help Afghans in Pakistan

Simko Amen, the first Kurd to obtain refugee status in Japan, is now working for a Japanese nongovernmental organization in Pakistan to support Afghan refugees. "My experience as a refugee has enhanced my capacity as an aid worker," said the 32-year-old architect, who has been in Peshawar, a city near the Afghan border, since early October working for Peace Winds Japan.

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 14, 2001

Saitama University displays materials from anti-Vietnam War movement

If you want to feel the verve of the anti-Vietnam War movement in Japan, visit Saitama University. The university's Resource Center for Socio-Dynamic Studies has opened to the public a vast quantity of documents belonging to the Japan "Peace for Vietnam!" Committee, a nongovernmental organization that promoted the anti-Vietnam War movement from 1965 to 1974.

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.

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.

[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

When trying to trace your lineage in Japan, the "koseki" is the most important form of document you'll encounter.

Climbing the branches of a Japanese family tree

By Alex K.T. Martin

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