U.S. teen mulls gun safety at school of slain Japanese

U.S. teen mulls gun safety at school of slain Japanese

NAGOYA, Japan - Californian student Betty Pan (R) engages in a discussion on "guns and safety" in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16, 2014, with students at Asahigaoka High School, the alma mater of Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori who was shot dead in Louisiana in 1992. Pan is studying in Japan supported by the Yoshi Foundation set up in memory of the slain student. On the left is Hattori's mother Mieko.

Parents of Japanese boy killed in U.S. receive award

Parents of Japanese boy killed in U.S. receive award

NAGOYA, Japan - Masaichi Hattori (L) and his wife Mieko, whose son was shot dead while studying in the United States 10 years ago, received the Galatti Award on Dec. 3 in Nagoya from the American Field Service (AFS) Intercultural Programs for their volunteer work to promote cultural understanding. The couple established the Yoshi Foundation in June 1993 with 10 million yen from their son Yoshihiro's life insurance.

U.S. teen mulls gun safety at school of slain Japanese

U.S. teen mulls gun safety at school of slain Japanese

NAGOYA, Japan - Californian student Betty Pan (R) engages in a discussion on "guns and safety" in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16, 2014, with students at Asahigaoka High School, the alma mater of Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori who was shot dead in Louisiana in 1992. Pan is studying in Japan supported by the Yoshi Foundation set up in memory of the slain student. On the left is Hattori's mother Mieko. (Kyodo)

Parents of Japanese boy killed in U.S. receive award

Parents of Japanese boy killed in U.S. receive award

NAGOYA, Japan - Masaichi Hattori (L) and his wife Mieko, whose son was shot dead while studying in the United States 10 years ago, received the Galatti Award on Dec. 3 in Nagoya from the American Field Service (AFS) Intercultural Programs for their volunteer work to promote cultural understanding. The couple established the Yoshi Foundation in June 1993 with 10 million yen from their son Yoshihiro's life insurance. (Kyodo)