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TETSU NAKAMURA

Tetsu Nakamura was a Japanese doctor who spent decades addressing some of the root causes of Afghanistan’s health crisis. He was killed, along with five others by still-unidentified armed men in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Dec. 4, 2019.
CULTURE / Film
Jan 5, 2024
New film ensures slain Japanese doctor's Afghan legacy lives on
An English-language documentary is set to introduce the humanitarian feats of Tetsu Nakamura, who spent decades tackling Afghanistan’s health crisis, to a new audience.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2021
Aid groups in Japan vow to continue support for Afghanistan
Humanitarian organizations in Japan have said they are determined to continue support for Afghanistan despite deteriorating security and logistics issues following the Taliban's takeover.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2021
Mural of murdered Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura in Afghan capital erased
The portrait of Tetsu Nakamura is believed to have been painted over along with other murals at the direction of the Taliban, which seized control of the country in mid-August.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2020
Japanese doctor remembered one year after killing in Afghanistan
None of those involved in the killings has been caught.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2020
Thousands attend ceremony honoring globally known Japanese doctor murdered in Afghanistan
Some 5,000 people showed up Saturday in the city of Fukuoka to pay their respects at a farewell ceremony for famed Japanese humanitarian aid doctor Tetsu Nakamura, who was murdered in Afghanistan in December.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 28, 2019
Tetsu Nakamura's death in Afghanistan exposes a gap of perception in Japan
Following the assassination of Dr. Tetsu Nakamura in Afghanistan earlier this month, the government of Afghanistan held a memorial ceremony for him as his body was delivered to the airplane that would take it out of the country. President Ashraf Ghani was one of the pallbearers. When Nakamura's coffin arrived at Narita Airport on Dec. 8, the highest public official on hand was Japan’s state minister of foreign affairs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2019
Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura posthumously receives Order of the Rising Sun for service in Afghanistan
Doctor Tetsu Nakamura, who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this month, was posthumously awarded on Friday a decoration for his contribution to the development of the central Asian country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2019
Japan to recognize doctor killed in Afghanistan with Order of the Rising Sun
The government said Monday it will award a decoration to Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese aid worker who was killed in a shooting earlier this month in Afghanistan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2019
Some of slain Japanese doctor's ashes to be buried in Afghanistan
Some of the cremated remains of Tetsu Nakamura, the Japanese doctor who was shot dead in Afghanistan last week, will be buried in the country based on his wishes, a person close to him said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2019
Funeral held in Fukuoka for famed Japanese doctor slain in Afghanistan
The funeral of Tetsu Nakamura, the Japanese physician and devoted aid worker who was killed last week in Afghanistan, was held in his home prefecture of Fukuoka on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2019
Afghan police detain six men over killing of Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura
Afghan police said Monday they have detained a total of six men in connection with last week's shooting of Tetsu Nakamura, a well-known Japanese aid worker in the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2019
Body of slain Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura arrives in Fukuoka after Afghanistan shooting
Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Fukuoka. Japanese police will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death and launch an investigation into his murder.
EDITORIALS
Dec 6, 2019
Afghanistan and Japan lose a hero
It is up to us to ensure that the work and spirit of Tetsu Nakamura live on.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2019
Famed Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura, slain in Afghanistan, spent his life helping the poor
Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura, one of six people gunned down in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, was a committed aid worker who had for decades provided medical treatment and help to the poor in the borderlands of the country and Pakistan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2014
Defense revamp imperils Afghan aid: doctor
Physician Tetsu Nakamura, 67, tries to take a different route to work each day and varies his departure times because that is the safest way to live in Taliban-troubled eastern Afghanistan.

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