Eugenic sterilisation in Japan: 'We all have the right to live'
As Tokyo prepares for the 2020 Paralympics, victims of Japan's forced sterilisation programme are fighting for justice.by Jenni Henderson & Drew Ambrose
When Kikuo Kojima returns to Japan's Nakae Hospital, the memories come flooding back - of isolation, electric shocks, beatings, starvation and finally, surgery.
"They pinned me down, took my pants off, and when I tried to resist, they gave me an injection in my arm ... the anaesthetic didn't work. It was excruciating," he recalls.
Kojima was one of 25,000 people who were sterilised in Japan under the government's Eugenic Protection Law.
Marie Colvin: ‘She illuminated the cost of war through individuals’ pain’
The fearless war correspondent is celebrated in a new book and two films. But any portrayal of her as a tragic heroine must not undermine the power of her life and work
Until a Syrian government attack killed her six years ago, in the desperate, besieged town of Homs, Marie Colvin was the doyenne of Britain’s war reporters, although she would probably have hated the phrase.
She wrote for the Sunday Times, but she didn’t need its seal of authority on her work; her reputation outshone the paper that published her. Colvin was brave, bold, any edge of recklessness blunted by the fact that her work really had achieved what most journalists dream of when they start their career – saving lives by bearing witness.
Nasa spots new iceberg three times size of Manhattan in Antarctica
Enormous mass of ice is latest to split apart from Pine Island Glacier
Josh GabbatissScience Correspondent
Nasa has spotted an enormous new Antarctic iceberg while on a mission to survey the region’s shifting sea ice and glaciers.
It marked the first time anyone had laid eyes on the massive expanse of ice, which the agency said had broken off from Pine Island Glacier in late October and was first observed by satellites.
The US National Ice Centre estimates the iceberg, dubbed B-46, was 66 square nautical miles (87 square miles) in size, around three times the size of Manhattan.
Pinhas ZahaviInside the World of a Powerful Football Agent
Football agent Pinhas Zahavi sought to free Robert Lewandowski from his contract with Bayern Munich this summer. The Israeli is one of the most influential professionals in the business. He brought Neymar to Paris, but was also involved in murky deals with underage players.
It was 1 p.m. on June 10, 2018, and Maik Barthel was sitting in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Vienna. The longtime confidant and agent of striker Robert Lewandowski, Barthel was waiting for a man known to most people around the world simply as "Pini." The two had to talk.
Pinhas Zahavi, 76, is a heavyweight in the world of professional football. In a rare profile in the British weekly The Observer, Zahavi was once referred to as football's "first and only super-agent." But for Barthel, the man had presented a significant problem for weeks because his top client, Lewandowski, had engaged Zahavi's services.
DEMOCRATS SHOULD REMEMBER AL GORE WON FLORIDA IN 2000 — BUT LOST THE PRESIDENCY WITH A PREEMPTIVE SURRENDER
AT MIDNIGHT ON election day last Tuesday, vote tallies showed Republican candidates ahead in key races in Florida, Georgia and Arizona. However, many votes remained to be counted in all three states. The stakes are high: two Senate seats (Florida and Arizona) and two governorships (Florida and Georgia), plus some lower offices. And as the count has proceeded, the Democratic candidate in each case has gained more votes than the Republican, narrowing the margin or – in the case of the Senate election in Arizona – taking the lead.
Republicans, led by President Trump, have responded by declaring that counting these votes is somehow fraudulent. The GOP’s rhetoric has been particularly preposterous in Florida, where Governor Rick Scott is attempting to switch offices by ousting incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson. Scott’s Tuesday night margin of 50,000 votes is now down to 15,000, and he’s demanded that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigate some unspecified malfeasance. Each race now appears likely close enough to trigger a recount (or in the case of the Georgia governor’s race, a run-off.)
Japan's corporate image hit by falsification scandal: poll
By Japan's corporate image hit by falsification scandal: poll
Almost three-quarters of Japanese firms said the recent data falsification scandal involving KYB Corp, a maker of earthquake shock absorbers, has hurt Japan's corporate image, a Reuters poll found, although few saw any impact on their businesses.
KYB last month admitted it had falsified data on the quality of some of its quake "dampers" since at least 2003, one of the latest compliance scandals that has shaken confidence in Japan's manufacturing prowess.
Earlier this month, Hitachi Chemical Co said it found improper tests were conducted on nearly 30 more products, after Kobe Steel Ltd and Toray Industries Inc admitted data falsification or other types of misconduct.
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