As a child, Wishma Rathnayake was fascinated with “Oshin,” a popular 1980s’ television drama about a young girl who rises from poverty to head a Japanese supermarket chain. Urged by her father to ...
The Japanese government has asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit demanding the full release of video footage of a Sri Lankan woman taken before her death at an immigration detention facility. Wishma ...
In early 2021, 33-year-old Sri Lankan student Wishma Sandamali died while in a Japanese detention centre. Sandamali, who came to Japan in 2017, had sought protection from domestic violence, only to be ...