Japan This Week 7/15/07

今週の日本

Ministry of Education whitewashing wartime history and suffering of
Okinawans.

Guardian

Tojo's granddaughter running for national office.

Herald Asahi

Japanese conservatives want US Congress sex slave apology resolution dropped.

Japan Times

Tokyo man arrested for throwing water bombs at neighbor.

Mainichi Shinbun

Japanese look for new meaning from kamikaze sacrifice.

CNN

Just like sturgis, but serving sushi with the corn dogs.

NY Times

Feel free to shout at the visitors from Japan.

NY Times

Rubik's Cube sex - imagine it.

Mainichi Shinbun

Ichiro Suzuki resigns for MLB's Seattle Mariners for 90m USD.

Mainichi Shinbun


Japan Stats

The prosecution rate for serious crimes in Japan including murder and rape has fallen from 90.5% in 1995 to 59.4% in 2006 according to the Japan Times.

The recent upping of the reward money to find Tatsuya Ichihashi, the number one suspect in the case of murdered English language teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker in Tokyo in March, is an indication of the desperation of the Japanese police who rarely persue criminal cases over 2 months if no suspects have been apprehended, according to a July 12 report in Shukan Shincho.

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