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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Dec 1, 2018
23 days later: Getting arrested in Japan
Freedom is easy to take for granted ¡ª at least until it is taken away from you without warning.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2018
Hundreds of scholars condemn China for Xinjiang camps
Countries must hit China with sanctions over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in its western Xinjiang region, hundreds of scholars said on Monday, warning that a failure to act would signal acceptance of ¡°psychological torture of innocent civilians.¡±
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2018
Surveillance cameras removed from shower area at Ibaraki immigration center
Support groups for detainees had complained that the cameras, set up after cases of vandalism, violated the privacy of those held there.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 4, 2018
Teens taken at U.S. border tell of crammed ¡®icebox¡¯ and ¡®kennel¡¯ cages
A 15-year-old girl who was forcibly separated from her mother after fleeing to the U.S. from El Salvador described to a Washington state investigator how she was crammed into a windowless room with 60 other girls and deprived of proper sleep or food for three days.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2018
Indian man dies in Japanese immigration detention center in apparent suicide
An Indian man died Friday at a Japanese immigration detention center in an apparent suicide, the latest death in a system widely criticized over medical standards, monitoring of detainees and mental health care.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 25, 2017
Backers of immigration detainees blast prolonged stays as violation of human rights
After a nearly two-week hunger strike at two immigration centers, supporters of the detainees blast Â鶹´«Ã½ practice of consecutive detentions as a violation of human rights.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 3, 2017
Vietnamese who died in Ibaraki detention center killed by stroke: official
A Vietnamese man who died in solitary confinement last month at the East Japan Immigration Centre in Ibaraki Prefecture succumbed to a stroke, a Justice Ministry official said Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2016
Inmates on hunger strike at Osaka immigration detention center
Fourteen inmates in an Osaka immigration detention center are on hunger strike over what they call ¡°inhumane conditions¡± including poor medical care, drawing fresh attention to the country¡¯s detention system.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Mar 9, 2016
Japan detention center deaths cast doubt on ¡®appropriate medical steps¡¯
Niculas Fernando died at a Tokyo immigration detention center sometime between 9:33 a.m. and 10:44 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2014, according to the coroner.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2015
Immigration detention centers like prisons, U.K. inspectors say
When British incarceration inspection expert Hindpal Singh Bhui last month paid his first visit to a Japanese immigration detention center, his overriding initial impression was that it looked like a prison.
WORLD
Jan 5, 2015
Israel announces arrests of Islamic State-linked Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli forces have detained three Islamic State-inspired militants in the occupied West Bank, the first known Palestinian cell linked to the Syria- and Iraq-based insurgent group, the Shin Bet internal security service said on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2014
China holding three workers, Marubeni says
Three employees at one of Marubeni Corp.¡¯s grain trading units in China have been detained by authorities, the trading house said Thursday, a move sources said was prompted by allegations it evaded taxes on soybean imports.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
A day in the life of an Asakusa rickshaw driver
Rickshaws are a fixture of Japan's tourist hot spots, but driving them is far from a leisure activity.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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