“There was so much asbestos dust that my head was covered with it every day. Managers told me it would melt in my lungs.”
Hidekuni Morimoto, who has asbestosis, on why he is suing two construction firms he worked for (Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo, 2 February)
“If you don’t use your brain, it will age quickly. You’ll get out of shape and weak! But don’t fret! You can train your brain just like your body.”
Animated screen message from Professor Kawashima’s Brain Game, a portable computer game that has taken Japan by storm and uses maths, memory and syllable tests…
