Farewell ceremony for lawyer Isao Okamura: "He fought for the victims" (Kyodo News)

A farewell ceremony for lawyer Isao Okamura, who served as the representative director of the National Crime Victims Association (Ashita no Kai), who passed away in February at the age of 95, was held on the 12th at the Joshui Kaikan in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. Yoko Kamikawa, a member of the House of Representatives who had been a friend of Okamura for over 20 years, spoke of the need to "protect the rights and interests of victims and their familie…