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Keiji Hirano
For Keiji Hirano's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
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JAPAN
Mar 1, 2012
Mercury pact falls short on Minamata
There is growing debate over how best to reflect the lessons learned from Minamata disease in the so-called Mercury Treaty now being discussed with the aim of reducing the use of mercury around the world to prevent environmental damage and harm to humans.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2011
Calls for Mainali retrial gain momentum
Calls are growing for a retrial of a Nepalese man serving a life sentence for a 1997 murder in Tokyo in the wake of a fresh DNA test.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2011
Photo collection depicts Ainu lives
A recently published photo collection put together over a span of almost two decades explores the traditions of the Ainu through a portrait of a woman and her extended family in Nibutani, Hokkaido.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2011
Japan's Filipino wartime sex slaves tell their story in documentary
The director of a recently completed documentary on Filipino victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery says the memories of the aging women now won't be lost to posterity.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2011
Documentary depicts Palestinian kids' sense of loss, resolve to live
A Japanese journalist is set to release a documentary on Palestinian children who lived through the Israeli military intervention in the Gaza Strip between December 2008 and January 2009.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2011
'70s activist foresaw nuclear disaster
When the late Shizuko Sakata started distributing the newsletters she wrote in Nagano Prefecture more than 30 years ago to campaign against nuclear power, her daughter, Masako, was not fully supportive.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2011
Director sets up fund to support Vietnamese Agent Orange victims
Vietnamese schoolchildren born with physical problem, apparently due to the lingering effects of Agent Orange sprayed during the Vietnam War, are getting a helping hand in the shape of a scholarship from a Japanese film director.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2010
'49 Mitaka Incident retrial sought
On July 15, 1949, Hitotsubashi University freshman Sakuji Horikoshi was returning to his dormitory when he hopped off a late-night train at Mitaka Station in western Tokyo to have some quick noodles. He suddenly found himself in the middle of a disaster zone.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2010
Tokyo rally against death penalty draws over 1,800
More than 1,800 people staged a rally Sunday in Tokyo to call for abolition of the death penalty.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2010
Calls grow to give wartime sex slaves official apology
Calls are growing for the government to offer an official apology to the wartime sex slaves, known as "comfort women," and to provide them with compensation through legislation.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2010
Rights still lacking over gender identity disorder
More than 10 years have passed since gender reassignment surgery was introduced in Japan as part of treatment for gender identity disorder patients.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2010
Essays recount deadly Tokai nuke debacle
Seeking to hand down lessons from Japan's first criticality accident, the village of Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, has published an anthology of essays contributed by people involved in the Sept. 30, 1999, fatal disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2010
Convicts' art show makes Tokyo debut
A unique art show is under way at a small Tokyo gallery displaying 40 paintings by 26 prisoners, including current and executed death row inmates.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2010
Exhibit shows struggle of 'comfort women'
An exhibition to look back on developments over the past 10 years in addressing wartime sexual slavery is now under way at a Tokyo museum and resource center on the former "comfort women."
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2010
Lawyers work to undermine death penalty
In the face of recent revelations of wrongful accusations, lawyers involved in capital cases are calling for abolition of the death penalty, arguing at a Tokyo gathering that innocent people could be hanged.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2010
Legacy of 1960 protest movement lives on
Yuichi Yoshikawa visits the south entrance of the Diet building every June 15 to offer flowers in memory of a female college student who died there in a clash between police forces and anti-Japan-U.S. security treaty demonstrators on the day 50 years ago.
JAPAN
May 7, 2010
High school tuition waiver alters donor dynamics
The new tuition waiver at public high schools is making some people less willing to support high school students from single-parent households who are forced to give up further education amid financial difficulties.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2010
Cuba block prints to be displayed
Tama Art University Museum in Tokyo will exhibit 40-year-old block prints expressing the ideas of the Declaration of Havana of September 1960.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2010
Okinawa's residents await verdict on reversion disclosure
HAEBARU, Okinawa Pref. — While searching for records on the postwar history of Okinawa in the United States for nine years through 2006, Kazuhiko Nakamoto was impressed with the meticulous documentation management there.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2010
Bio a lesson in journalist principles
On June 17, 1960, seven major newspapers in Tokyo simultaneously carried a "joint declaration" concerning a bloody public clash over the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty that left a female University of Tokyo student dead, calling for a quick resolution to the situation.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
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.

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