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Nurse Breaks Silence, Reveals WWII Atrocity
A wartime nurse has broken more than 60 years of silence to reveal her part
in burying dozens, perhaps hundreds, of bodies there as American forces occupied
the Japanese capital.
The way experts see it, these were no ordinary casualties of war, but
possible victims of Tokyo's shadowy wartime experiments on live prisoners of war
- an atrocity that has never been officially recognized by the Japanese
government, but is well documented by historians and participants.
Source: AOL News, September 16, 2006
Japan passes bill to fingerprint foreigners
Foreigners arriving in Japan will be photographed and fingerprinted on
arrival as part of measures to prevent terrorism, under a measure approved by
Japan's parliament Wednesday.
Source: Reuters (online), May 17, 2006
School daypack features satellite tracking
Responding to a rise in crimes against children, a Tokyo
manufacturer is joining forces with a security firm to create
school bags with a global positioning system, or GPS.
Source: WorldNetDaily, November 6, 2004
Japan plans GPS tracker for teens
Stunned by the kidnapping of a teenage girl, a rural Japanese city
plans to use a satellite-linked tracking system to help parents find
their children.
The northern city of Murakami has asked two security companies to provide the
service for the families of 2,700 elementary and junior high school students,
said Kenkichi Kimura, an official on the city's Board of Education....
Source: The Globe and Mail (online), October 2, 2003
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