A retired Japanese engineer has traveled to Afghanistan to help revive and continue the humanitarian work of Tetsu Nakamura, a doctor from Fukuoka Prefecture who was killed four years ago.

Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura, who headed a humanitarian aid organization in Afghanistan, was shot to death five years ago on Dec. 4. When I first met him in 2002, he said, “Afghanistan is ...

Tetsu Nakamura ran Peshawar-kai, which began as a medical aid organization but shifted its focus to irrigation work. The Fukuoka-born doctor moved to Pakistan in 1984, helping leprosy patients ...

Over three months have passed since Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura was killed in Afghanistan. The extent of his legacy is already clear. Those touched by his humanitarian commitment are following ...