HIV victims call for patient rights over SARS

HIV victims call for patient rights over SARS

TOKYO, Japan - Jugo Hanai (R), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 9 for victims of a scandal involving HIV-tainted blood products in Japan in the 1980s. Hanai urged the government to protect the rights of patients diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). A group of such victims said it is concerned that public fears of SARS will spark discriminations against SARS patients.

Prizewinning novelist Jugo Kuroiwa dies at 79

Prizewinning novelist Jugo Kuroiwa dies at 79

TOKYO, Japan - Jugo Kuroiwa (file photo taken in October, 1991), a prizewinning novelist known for his works based on ancient history, died on March 7 of liver failure at a hospital in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture. He was 79.

Mori uses another war-era word

Mori uses another war-era word

KAGA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori addresses an audience in his home prefecture of Ishikawa on June 10, where he again used a phrase harking back to Japan's militaristic past. He told the audience in Kaga to ''kindly take care of the 'jugo' (home front).'' The term ''jugo'' literally means ''behind the guns.'' The prime minister has been under fire for using other wartime expressions.

Prizewinning novelist Jugo Kuroiwa dies at 79

Prizewinning novelist Jugo Kuroiwa dies at 79

TOKYO, Japan - Jugo Kuroiwa (file photo taken in October, 1991), a prizewinning novelist known for his works based on ancient history, died on March 7 of liver failure at a hospital in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture. He was 79. (Kyodo)

HIV victims call for patient rights over SARS

HIV victims call for patient rights over SARS

TOKYO, Japan - Jugo Hanai (R), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 9 for victims of a scandal involving HIV-tainted blood products in Japan in the 1980s. Hanai urged the government to protect the rights of patients diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). A group of such victims said it is concerned that public fears of SARS will spark discriminations against SARS patients. (Kyodo)

Mori uses another war-era word

Mori uses another war-era word

SAGA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori addresses an audience in his home prefecture of Ishikawa on June 10, where he again used a phrase harking back to Japan's militaristic past. He told the audience in Kaga to ''kindly take care of the 'jugo' (home front).'' The term ''jugo'' literally means ''behind the guns.'' The prime minister has been under fire for using other wartime expressions.