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                    [Summary] => The Japanese government is turning a very interested eye on the homicide of Filipino-Japanese basketball player Kenji Kanai, who was killed in a vehicular accident on July 16.


In an e-mail to The Star from Japan, Seiji Kanai, the 16-year old victim’s father revealed that officials of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Justice have asked for a complete documentation of the case.


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Ayon kay Seiji Kanai, ama ng naaksidenteng si Kenji Kanai, nagsabi na sina First Secretary at Chief Consul Kiyoshi Takeuchi at Vice-Consul Shiro Furihata ng Embahada ng Japan na tutulong sila sa anumang paraan upang makamit ng namatay na iskolar ang katarungan sa lalong mada-ling panahon.


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"We call him ‘Artadi’ but he’s as fast as LA Tenorio," said Benedictine head coach Beaujing Acot, who had been training Kenji since he was eleven years old. "He really works hard in practice. He earned his starting guard spot."


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A year without a son

By Bill Velasco | July 17, 2006 - 12:00am

Yesterday, a large group of young people woke up early and trooped to Eternal Gardens Memorial Park in Balintawak to pay tribute to a fallen teammate. You see, it was the first anniversary of the death of...

Sports

40 days dead / Landlord from hell

By Bill Velasco | August 27, 2005 - 12:00am

Wednesday marked the fortieth day since 16-year old high school point guard Kenji Kanai was killed in a vehicular accident along Katipunan Avenue in front of the Ateneo de Manila campus in Quezon City. His family,...

Sports

Kenji Kanai case file/ Steve Weigh

By Bill Velasco | August 1, 2005 - 12:00am

The Japanese government is turning a very interested eye on the homicide of Filipino-Japanese basketball player Kenji Kanai, who was killed in a vehicular accident on July 16. In an e-mail to The Star from Japan,...

Sports

To bury a son

By Bill Velasco | July 23, 2005 - 12:00am

"I wish we would be recognized all over the Philippines, so that before I die, I would have been able to contribute something, to make a name." Those words were spoken by Kenji Kenneth James Kanai in an...

Sports

Kaso ng Fil-Jap cager umabot na sa Japan

July 23, 2005 - 12:00am

Tutulong na ang pama-halaan ng Japan upang maayos na maresolba ang homicide ng isang Filipino-Japanese basketball player sa Quezon City. Ayon kay Seiji Kanai, ama ng naaksidenteng si Kenji Kanai, nagsabi na sina...

PSN Palaro

Justice for Kenji, 16

By Bill Velasco | July 18, 2005 - 12:00am

Kenji Kenneth James S. Kanai was lightning on the basketball court. The 16-year old, 5’11" point guard of the Benedictine International School Tiger Sharks was so hard-working and talented that he drew comparisons...

Sports

1 dead, 3 hurt in QC mishap

By Cecille Suerte Felipe | July 17, 2005 - 12:00am

A 16-year-old high school student was killed while three others were hurt when their car figured in an accident on Katipunan Avenue near Ateneo de Manila University in Loyola Heights, Quezon City early yesterda...

Metro