Overview
- Shinya Morioka, 41, worked as an emergency physician with Médecins Sans Frontières in Gaza from September to November 2025.
- By January 12 in Tokyo, he told reporters that suspending humanitarian assistance would lower the quality of care and increase patient mortality.
- Coverage reports that Israeli authorities canceled the operating permits of about 30 NGOs on January 1 and instructed them to fully stop activities by March 1.
- Reports say the measures affect organizations including MSF, with Israel citing alleged staff links to terrorism and MSF stating it would never knowingly employ such individuals.
- Regional Japanese outlets, including Nishinippon and Hokkaido Shimbun, published the interview on January 12 in paywalled articles.