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After nearly fifty years of persevering with a life under her husband’s surname, 75-year-old Kyoko Tsukamoto is taking the Japanese government to court so that she can at least bear her own name when she dies. “My husband and I still love each other, but this and the issue of Tsukamoto are different,” she said. The former teacher uses her ... Read More »

The Green Party is celebrating news that Pete Bethune is to come home. “Pete Bethune is a brave Kiwi who protected whales when his Government would not and we look forward to his return to NZ,” Dr Russel Norman, Green Party co-leader said today. Pete has been on trial in Japan for boarding a whaling vessel and has was today ... Read More »