In response to the return of a video camera believed to belong to journalist Kenji Nagai, who was shot and killed while reporting in Myanmar in April (who was 50 years old at the time), the bereaved family visited his grave in his hometown of Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on April 4 and reported his return.
Kenji Nagai, a journalist from Imabari City, was shot dead by security forces in September 2007 while covering a large-scale demonstration against the military regime in Yangon, Myanmar.
The video camera and tapes that Mr. Nagai was filming at the time were unknown for a long time, but on April 9, local media obtained them and returned them to his family.
On the 4th, my sister Noriko Ogawa visited Nagai's grave in Imabari City, where she is buried, with a video camera.
Then, they put a camera in front of the grave and put their hands together to report that it had been returned after more than 26 years.
The camera footage showed citizens protesting against the military and Mr. Nagai reporting on the situation, but the moment of the shooting was not shown, so Mr. Ogawa will ask the police authorities and experts to analyze the situation in order to clarify the truth.
Mr. Ogawa said, "I think my brother cares about the people of Myanmar who are still in a difficult situation, and I hope that many Japan people will think about Myanmar again because of him."