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Univ. to retain ex-reporter despite threat over "comfort women" issue

SAPPORO, Japan - Shinichi Tamura, president of Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in northern Japan, holds a press conference in Sapporo on Dec. 17, 2014. Tamura said the university will renew the contract of a part-time lecturer, a former reporter for The Asahi Shimbun newspaper, for the school year starting in April despite threats to the school over the lecturer's involvement in controversial reporting on the issue of "comfort women."

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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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Japanese judo gold-medal winners return home

NARITA, Japan - Seven members of the Japanese judo team show off the gold medals at Narita airport Oct. 13 on their return from the world judo championships in Birmingham, England, where they won a total of eight golds. The judoists are (front from L) Noriko Narasaki, Ryoko Tamura, Keiko Maeda, (Rear from L) Noriko Anno, Kosei Inoue, Shinichi Shinohara, Hidehiko Yoshida.

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Japanese judo gold medalists salute supporters

BIRMINGHAM, England - Japanese gold medalists salute supporters after the Oct. 10 end of the World Judo Championships held in Birmingham, England. The gold medalists (from L to R) are Shinichi Shinohara (men's open event), Ryoko Tamura (women's 48-kg), Keiko Maeda (women's 63-kg) and Hidehiko Yoshida (men's 90-kg).

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TAMURA-Judo-BIRMINGHAM-2

Ryoko TAMURA (R): Ryoko Tamura won her fourth straight world title while Shinichi Shinohara completed a double in style as Japan added two more gold medals on the final day of the world judo championships on Sunday. (October 11, 1999 BIRMINGHAM, England)

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Univ. to retain ex-reporter despite threat over "comfort women" issue

SAPPORO, Japan - Shinichi Tamura, president of Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in northern Japan, holds a press conference in Sapporo on Dec. 17, 2014. Tamura said the university will renew the contract of a part-time lecturer, a former reporter for The Asahi Shimbun newspaper, for the school year starting in April despite threats to the school over the lecturer's involvement in controversial reporting on the issue of "comfort women." (Kyodo)

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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." (Kyodo)

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Japanese judo gold-medal winners return home

NARITA, Japan - Seven members of the Japanese judo team show off the gold medals at Narita airport Oct. 13 on their return from the world judo championships in Birmingham, England, where they won a total of eight golds. The judoists are (front from L) Noriko Narasaki, Ryoko Tamura, Keiko Maeda, (Rear from L) Noriko Anno, Kosei Inoue, Shinichi Shinohara, Hidehiko Yoshida.