Univ. mulls not rehiring ex-reporter amid threats over sex slave issue

SAPPORO, Japan - Shinichi Tamura, president of Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan, tells a press conference in Sapporo on Oct. 31, 2014, he is considering not renewing the contract of a part-time lecturer for the school year starting April, following threats to the university due to the lecturer's involvement in controversial reporting on the issue of wartime sex slavery. The school said in a statement it has "not made a final decision" but stressed that it regards "protecting the safety of the students as a top priority."

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