National Dec 26, 2019

Father of Nasu avalanche victim conflicted about media naming victims

Masaru Oku, father of one of the seven high school students killed in a March 2017 avalanche in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, says he is torn over identifying crime and accident victims by name: He wants to stay anonymous so he can grieve silently without ...

National Sep 7, 2017

Afghan woman given new artificial leg by Shimane prosthetics maker

Amiri Afifa, a 24-year-old Afghan woman who lost one of her legs to a land mine at age 4, visited an orthotics and prosthetics maker in western Japan this summer to be fitted with an artificial limb for the second time. "Does it hurt here?" ...