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Magdalena Osumi
For Magdalena Osumi's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 5, 2020
Naha goes on high alert, days after visit by virus-hit cruise ship
A Naha official said the municipal government was trying to verify whether any passengers who left the Diamond Princess had spread the virus while it was docked in the city.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2020
Japanese justice: Innocent until proven guilty or innocent until detained?
It's been a month since ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn's dramatic escape pushed the Japanese justice system back into the global spotlight. Critics have long called Japan's extended detentions and other legal practices "hostage justice" and an affront to international standards.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2020
Justice chief Masako Mori defends Japan's judicial system but says debate could spark change
Justice Minister Masako Mori has hinted the government may push for amending the criminal justice system if debate over its fairness continues at the national level.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2020
Japan to cast net wider after sluggish start for blue-collar visa program
Less than 2,000 have obtained working permits under the program, a low figure given that Japan was expecting to draw 40,000 in the first year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2020
Former Mr. Todai finalist Daiki Inai gets three-year suspended sentence for Tokyo rape
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday handed a three-year suspended sentence to a 26-year-old man for raping a woman living in the apartment building where he was living in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in 2018.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2020
Australian father gets suspended term for trespassing at in-law's Tokyo home
A Tokyo-based Australian journalist and father was given a suspended prison term of six months by the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday for illegally trespassing into a building complex where his in-laws live in Tokyo's Suginami Ward in October, in what the journalist said was an attempt to check on...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 10, 2020
Justice Minister Masako Mori backtracks on comment suggesting Carlos Ghosn should prove innocence
Justice Minister Masako Mori has backtracked on an inflammatory comment in which she said fugitive ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn should come to Japan to "prove his innocence."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2020
Japan's famed cherry blossom season to arrive earlier than usual
Hanami is going to start a week earlier than last year, with full bloom in Tokyo due on March 27, an Osaka weather-forecaster says.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 9, 2020
Japanese entrepreneur's baby monitor puts prenatal care online
Japan prides itself on having the world's lowest birth mortality rates for women and infants, but a decline in facilities staffed with obstetricians and gynecologists, as well as the advancing age of first-time mothers here, has raised growing doubts about the future of that claim.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2020
Japan justice chief vows to pursue Ghosn and tighten checks to prevent a repeat
Justice Minister Masako Mori vows to pursue the criminal prosecution of fugitive Carlos Ghosn.
Japan Times
JAPAN / New Year's Special
Jan 1, 2020
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike looks ahead to 2020 Games and end of her term
With a little over half a year to go until the start of the Summer Games, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike says the host city is all set for the sporting extravaganza and is focusing on ensuring the games will have a long-lasting legacy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 29, 2019
Japan's immigration chief optimistic asylum and visa woes will improve in 2020
With Japan expecting to welcome a record 40 million visitors in 2020, including for the Summer Games, immigration authorities are strengthening security to manage the influx and prevent abuse of their policies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2019
Japan journalist Shiori Ito awarded ¥3.3 million in damages in high-profile rape case
Ito said she hopes her case and the court's decision will lead to changes in the criminal law that will offer victims greater protection.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2019
Japan's crime rate hits postwar low, but child abuse, domestic violence and offenses by elderly on rise
The transition from Heisei to Reiwa came at a relatively peaceful time, with the nation's crime rate falling to a postwar low in 2018, an annual white paper released Friday by the Justice Ministry has shown.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 26, 2019
Tokyo's restaurants again boast world's most Michelin stars in 2020 guide
The capital once again led its global peers, but one of the city's most famous restaurants is no longer listed in the prestigious guidebook.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 22, 2019
Japanese parents file liability lawsuit against state over joint custody rights
The 12 divorced parents want u00a512 million in damages for allegedly being denied the right to raise their children. They also want Japan to create a joint custody system.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2019
New Japan Justice Minister Masako Mori vows reforms to protect human rights
Justice Minister Masako Mori has pledged to prioritize the protection of human rights and support services for victims of crime in her new role.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2019
Only 895 granted blue-collar visas since April, immigration agency admits
The immigration service had issued just 895 working permits as of early November under the new visa system for skilled blue-collar foreign workers, a far lower number than had originally been forecast for this time, agency officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2019
Japan's immigration agency to adopt stricter measures to curb disappearances of foreign trainees
The agency will ban firms from taking in new trainees if they are found to have violated the program's conditions and their trainees have gone missing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2019
Japan to pardon 550,000 convicts on occasion of imperial enthronement ceremony
The government on Friday approved granting pardons to roughly 550,000 petty criminals in light of Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony next Tuesday.
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.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
U.S. envoy to Japan makes landmark visit to front-line island near Taiwan
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel meets with members of the Self-Defense Forces stationed on Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, on Friday.
Japan passes bill to introduce 'blue ticket' fines for cyclists
A new system under which bicycle riders pay fines for minor traffic violations to escape criminal punishment is expected to be introduced in Japan no later than 2026.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
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.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
Massimo Bottura: 'The Japanese let ingredients express themselves'
Italian chef and restaurateur Massimo Bottura is increasingly focusing on passing on his knowledge to chefs such as Antonio Iacoviello.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.

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