Posted in Food, tagged chickens, eggs, food production, free range, japan, yoshiya on January 29, 2008 | 8 Comments »
My egg-hunt
Poached in ramen or yosenabe, as a main ingredient in okonomiyaki or omelettes, and, my favourite, raw with sukiyaki. I find myself eating a lot of eggs in Japan.
Unfortunately the standard chicken egg here is a battery-farmed, thin-shelled, pale and watery mess. The difference in quality from the free-range eggs I usually eat is [...]
Posted in Death Penalty, tagged Death Penalty, japan, Masayuki Suo, media criticism, Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(Following on from The Death Penalty in Japan Part 2: Criminal Justice and Opposition to Capital Punishment)
Popular opinion
The Japanese government, and in particular the Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama, justify their position on the death penalty with the widespread support it has among the public. There is an oft-quoted figure that Japan enjoys a pro-death penalty [...]
Posted in Death Penalty, tagged Death Penalty, forced confessions, japan on January 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Following on from The Death Penalty in Japan – Part 1: Recent Executions and Kunio Hatoyama)
Innocence
I like to think my attitude towards capital punishment is due to my Quaker background, but when I was a child there was also a fright factor that lingered at the back of my mind – what if I was [...]
Posted in Death Penalty, tagged Death Penalty, hatoyama, japan on January 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to Japan
On December 7th 2007, the day after I arrived in Japan, the news that three men had been executed was released by the authorities. The men were Seiha Fujima (47), Hiroki Fukawa (42) and Noboru Ikemoto (75).
It surprises many to learn that Japan utilises the death penalty, a practice which is facing [...]
