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SRI LANKA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 13, 2022
Drugs running out and surgeries canceled as Sri Lanka's health system buckles
Under the weight of the island nation's worst economic crisis, the health care system is close to collapse.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2022
Memorial service held for Sri Lankan woman, a year after death in detention
Around 50 people braved the rain and wind to attend the Buddhist service in Aichi Prefecture for Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 4, 2022
Relatives of dead Sri Lankan detainee sue Japanese government
The damages suit was filed at the Nagoya District Court by the family of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, who died on March 6 last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 1, 2022
Family of Sri Lankan woman who died in immigration custody to sue government
The family filed their complaint with Nagoya's public prosecutor against the immigration facility's director, deputy director and officers in charge on the day of her death.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2021
Sri Lankan ministers plan meeting to consider seeking IMF bailout
Sri Lanka struggles with limited options to address upcoming debt maturities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2021
Kishida reads letter from kin of Sri Lankan woman who died in detention
The prime minister said he 'firmly accepted' the feelings of the family of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, who died in detention.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2021
Kin of dead Sri Lankan files criminal complaint against Japan immigration officials
The move is considered a push for the Nagoya District Public Prosecutors' Office to further investigate the woman's death at a facility in the city.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2021
Kin of Sri Lankan who died in custody urge Japan immigration to accept responsibility
Family members have been demanding that the immigration agency disclose two weeks' worth of security camera footage showing the 33-year-old's final days and clarify her cause of death.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2021
Kin of Sri Lankan who died in Japan immigration custody urge full release of surveillance video
The family members of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali were only able to see about half of a two-hour edited version of the footage in August due to its shocking content.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 4, 2021
A lesson is lost in the coverage of one immigrant’s death
Immigration centers may pay closer attention to the health of their charges following the death of one Sri Lankan woman, but the problem of extrajudicial imprisonment remains.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 13, 2021
Sri Lankan detainee 'treated like a dog' and 'murdered,' family says
Shocked and feeling unwell, the family could only sit through half of the two-hour video documenting detainee Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali's final days.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 11, 2021
Her death shook Japan. But it may not shift its refugee policy.
A report on the death of a Sri Lankan detainee fails to assign blame to any individuals, nor address some of the more systemic issues with Japan's immigration system.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2021
Footage of detained Sri Lankan before her death to be shown to family
The Immigration Services Agency is expected to release next week a final report on the death in March of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 20, 2021
Japan’s tightened travel bans trigger confusion
The decision to expand the travel restriction list comes amid calls from lawmakers to tighten border control measures after Japan failed to prevent the arrival of new variants.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 19, 2021
Withdrawal of immigration bill underscores Suga's precarious standing
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito had hoped to pass the bill during the current Diet session, set to end June 16.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 19, 2021
Japan left shaken after a detainee, wasting away, dies alone in her cell
Critics of Japan's immigration system say that Wishma Ratnayake was the victim of an opaque, capricious bureaucracy that has nearly unchecked power over those who run afoul of it.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 18, 2021
Japan expands travel ban on foreign residents to cover Bangladesh and the Maldives
Foreign residents who have left before the latest entry ban is in place will be able to return even after Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 18, 2021
Japanese government drops bill to revise immigration law amid opposition
Opponents of the legislation had feared it could worsen conditions for asylum seekers, pointing to the March death of a detained Sri Lankan woman as evidence of problems with the system.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 17, 2021
Family of Sri Lankan woman who died after Japan detention visits facility
Supporters of 33-year-old Wishma Sandamali say when they last met her there was foam around her mouth and her fingers were stiff, and that her eyes appeared hollow.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 12, 2021
Sri Lankan's death in spotlight as Japan debates immigration bill
Many foreign nationals seeking refugee status in Japan have been closely monitoring the Diet debates as possible revisions of the immigration law could affect their lives.
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 homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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.
'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.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
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.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
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.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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