Top court rules stories on Abe's HIV role not defamatory

Top court rules stories on Abe's HIV role not defamatory

TOKYO, Japan - Journalist Yoshiko Sakurai speaks with a smile during a news conference in Tokyo on June 16 after the Supreme Court ruled that stories written by her about HIV caused by tainted blood products used to treat hemophilia were not defamatory of the late hemophilia expert Takeshi Abe, former vice president of Teikyo University.

Journalist, critic, ward chief protest nat'l registry network

Journalist, critic, ward chief protest nat'l registry network

TOKYO - Prominent journalist Yoshiko Sakurai speaks to passers-by outside a department store in the Sukiyabashi area in central Tokyo on Aug. 4 during a campaign against a government plan to launch a nationwide resident registry network.

Top court rules stories on Abe's HIV role not defamatory

Top court rules stories on Abe's HIV role not defamatory

TOKYO, Japan - Journalist Yoshiko Sakurai speaks with a smile during a news conference in Tokyo on June 16 after the Supreme Court ruled that stories written by her about HIV caused by tainted blood products used to treat hemophilia were not defamatory of the late hemophilia expert Takeshi Abe, former vice president of Teikyo University. (Kyodo)

Journalist, critic, ward chief protest nat'l registry network

Journalist, critic, ward chief protest nat'l registry network

TOKYO - Prominent journalist Yoshiko Sakurai speaks to passers-by outside a department store in the Sukiyabashi area in central Tokyo on Aug. 4 during a campaign against a government plan to launch a nationwide resident registry network. (Kyodo)

"National Forum" formed to seek early enactment of security bills

"National Forum" formed to seek early enactment of security bills

Journalist Yoshiko Sakurai (C), university professors and others hold a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2015, saying they have established a National Forum to demand the early enactment of security bills currently under Diet deliberation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Constitution Day rallies highlight stark divide in reform debate

Constitution Day rallies highlight stark divide in reform debate

Journalist Yoshiko Sakurai speaks at a rally in favor of amending Japan's war-renouncing Constitution in Tokyo on May 3, 2015, the 68th anniversary of the implementation of the supreme law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Journalist Sakurai speaks at constitutional change rally

Journalist Sakurai speaks at constitutional change rally

Japanese journalist Yoshiko Sakurai delivers a speech at a rally organized by a group seeking constitutional change at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Constitution Day rallies highlight stark divide in reform debate

Constitution Day rallies highlight stark divide in reform debate

Journalist Yoshiko Sakurai speaks at a rally in favor of amending Japan's war-renouncing Constitution in Tokyo on May 3, 2015, the 68th anniversary of the implementation of the supreme law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Panel meets more experts to study emperor's possible abdication

Panel meets more experts to study emperor's possible abdication

Journalist Yoshiko Sakurai speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2016, after attending a meeting of a government advisory panel on the possible abdication of 82-year-old Emperor Akihito. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Panel meets more experts to study emperor's possible abdication

Panel meets more experts to study emperor's possible abdication

Journalist Yoshiko Sakurai speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2016, after attending a meeting of a government advisory panel on the possible abdication of 82-year-old Emperor Akihito. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo