Yuko Miyazaki

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'''Yuko Miyazaki''' is a lawyer and Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Japan]].

She was born on July 9, 1951.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Miyazaki earned her legal education respectively from the [[University of Tokyo]] (Faculty of Law; 1976) and [[Harvard Law School]] (1984). In 1979, after having worked as a legal apprentice, Miyazaki registered with the Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association and began practicing as a taxation attorney.<ref name=":0"></ref> In 1979, she was hired as a permanent attorney at the law firm Nagashima & Ohno.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She became legal counsel for the [[World Bank]] in 1984. Miyazaki also taught as a visiting professor at [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo University]] and [[Kyoto University]].<ref name=":0" /> In January 2018, she became the sixth female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Miyazaki is noted as foregoing tradition and becoming the first justice to issue rulings under her maiden name.<ref name=":1" />

== See also ==

* [[List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Japan]]
* [[Supreme Court of Japan]]

== References ==
[[Category:Supreme Court of Japan justices]]
[[Category:University of Tokyo alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard Law School alumni]]
[[Category:University of Tokyo faculty]]
[[Category:Kyoto University faculty]]
[[Category:1951 births]]

September 06, 2019 at 04:29AM

Flood-Ravaged Nigerian Communities Unprepared for More Rains

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Flood-Ravaged Nigerian Communities Unprepared for More Rains

Nigeria will experience torrential downpours and massive flooding this month, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency warns.

Nigeria is approaching the peak of its rainy season, and flooding is expected to hit 15 out of its 36 states this month. The agency has issued a red alert because of above-normal water levels on the country's two largest rivers, the Benue and the Niger.

In August, many communities along the rivers were cut off due to collapsed bridges and impassable roads. Four students were killed when a pedestrian bridge fell at a university in the northern region.

FILE - Houses partially submerged in flood waters are pictured in Lokoja city, Kogi State, Nigeria, Sept. 17, 2018.

With thousands of houses and hectares of farmland and produce destroyed along with schools and shops, the economic impact of this year'sflooding is expected to be high. The country's emergency management agency is stepping in to distribute items like cement bags, blankets and hygiene products.

Peter Odjugo, a professor of geography at Nigeria's University of Benin, works with the Nigerian Meteorological Society. He has been tracking the extreme weather patterns and says the government has repeatedly failed to take preemptive measures to reduce the impact of flooding.

"What they prefer doing or what they are doing now is services after the impact, rather than preventing it from occurring," he said.

Odjugo suggests that the silt be removed from the rivers to increase the volume of water they can hold. He also recommends that town planners enforce regulation on where buildings are constructed, saying this is a glaring weak spot across the country.

City regulators look out for buildings being constructed near waterways. Such buildings are often marked with an X, designating an order to stop construction work.

Stella Ojeme, the director for information in the Federal Capital Territory Administration, says that even in the nation's capital ofAbuja, enforcing building codes is a challenge.

"Most of our people will go, buy white paint, paint off the stop work mark," she said. "First of all, you find people [building] where they shouldn't build. You find people build on flood plains. You find some people dump their refuse in the gutter."

Odjugo says climate change is making a real impact in Nigeria, but the government has not made the issue a priority.

Additional challenges

Additionally, the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency says its weather data collection equipment is being vandalized and stolen.

Clement Eze, the agency's director general, spoke at a workshop last month, asking the public to help stop the illegal activity, as it is hindering the agency's ability to forecast extreme weather.

"We can no longer take readings, maybe accumulated or about a week or two," he said. "Or if there are no resources, it can even take more than six months before we can go back and replenish or repair and this equipment is imported from outside Nigeria."

During Nigeria's worst flooding in 2012, the Niger River reached a record high level of 12.84 meters. Two million Nigerians were forced from their homes and 363 people were killed, according to the National Emergency Management Agency.

September 06, 2019 at 03:34AM

Pope Stresses Hope, Peace, Reconciliation in Divided Mozambique

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Pope Stresses Hope, Peace, Reconciliation in Divided Mozambique

Hope, peace, and reconciliation were the three main pillars of Pope Francis's message to lawmakers and youth Thursday during his first papal visit to Mozambique.

Thousands of young Catholics packed a Maputo stadium to hear that message in a nation that, for decades, has struggled with conflict.

The pontiff was greeted Wednesday night by President Filipe Nyusi, who is running for re-election in October in a contentious poll in which rival parties have already begun to sling mud at each other.

Pope Francis waves to wellwishers as he leaves after a meeting at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the capital Maputo, Mozambique Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019.

But on Thursday, the Pope did not pander to Mozambique's leadership when pointing out their higher responsibility to honor a recent peace deal. Both sides in the peace talks have recently accused the other of violating the fragile deal, signed in August.

"As we know, peace is not merely absence of war but a tireless commitment — especially on the part of those of us charged with greater responsibility — to recognize, protect and concretely restore the dignity, so often overlooked or ignored, of our brothers and sisters, so that they can see themselves as the principal protagonists of the destiny of their nation," Francis said.

Papal visits always come with plenty of pomp. The pope was greeted throughout with dancing, music, red carpets, bands and even some plentifully plumed peacocks at the presidential palace.But those who came to hear him say they took deep meaning from his words. Thirty-four-year-old civil society campaigner Brenda Campos says she took to heart his entreaties for Mozambicans to look beyond their differences.

Nuns take photos as Pope Francis presides over a meeting at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 5, 2019.

"His key message is that diversity is important, that you need to be united, even though we have diversity in our country," she told VOA. "It doesn't matter. We have to have unity if we want to reconcile, if we want peace, if we want to view the better Mozambique."

The pope will leave for Madagascar on Friday, and from there, to Mauritius. But Mozambicans say his message will linger here for a long time.

Maputo resident and seminary student DeClerk Nazare, 24, says the pontiff gave him a lot of material on which to reflect, spiritually and academically. But, he said, on this colorful, triumphant day, it all came down to one thing.

"Everyone is happy with the visit of the Holy Father in Mozambique," he said.

 

September 06, 2019 at 03:05AM