Rui’s Birthday – Friday, November 16, 2012 “Takes more than guns to kill a man.” “Joe Hill” (Alfred Hayes & Earl Robinson, 1925) I had forgotten what day … More New Year’s Eve Memory, 2005 (Rui is 7 Years Old)
On Rosh Hashana, the New Year in autumn, I walked Rui down to East Broadway in New York to peer into the windows of the study houses where men with long gray beards and black caftans swayed over their books, like Roman Vishniac photographs come to life. There, down at the East River where “bubas” … More Hine Ma Tov
「引き取りたかった」別居中の実子連れ去り逮捕 北九州市八幡東区で、離婚に向けて別居中の自分の子どもを連れ去ったとして、35歳の男が逮捕されました。 In Yahatahigashi Kitakyushu District, a 35-year-old man, estranged from his wife and moving towards divorce, was arrested for abducting his child. Minoru Tamura, the father, was arrested (and declared a suspect). According to the police, the 1-year-old Tamura boy was taken around 9:30 pm July 19, on the Yahataekimae JR. While talking to … More Japanese Freeze and Father Flees: “I just wanted to get the custody of my child!”
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