Japanese-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi describes how she was arrested for espionage and sentenced to eight years in an Iranian prison.
Journalist Roxana Saberi has been released
Roxana Saberi is an Iranian/Japanese American journalist, who was arrested in Iran in February 2009 for working as a reporter without press credentials – her credentials were revoked in 2006. On April 8, 2009, the Iranian government charged Saberi with espionage, and she was subsequently sentenced to an eight-year prison term. An appeals court reduced [...]
Halvsie Ehren Watada’s case has been dismissed
[[Ehren Watada]] is a First Lieutenant of the United States Army who in June, 2006, refused to deploy to Iraq for his unit’s assigned rotation to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Watada said he believed the war to be illegal and that, under the doctrine of command responsibility, it would make him party to war crimes. At [...]
HArts Club = Hapa + Arts
HArts is a new group interested in the combination of Hapa identity and the arts which started out on Mixi, and has recently begun having exhibits around Tokyo. Founded by Jamie Belton, a full-time painter and graphic designer, who is a half Japanese and half English. Belton is founding the group to explore hapa issues [...]
Anna Tsuchiya, a global fresh face
Anna Tsuchiya was one of five Japanese actresses named as a “fresh face in the global spotlight” in the May 15th Variety.
