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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2014
California city spotlights tough path to police reform
In 2000, police in the city of Oakland, California became a symbol of the worst of American law enforcement after a band of rogue officers known as "The Riders" were accused of beating suspects, planting evidence and falsifying reports.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 12, 2014
With vice-presidential pick, Mugabe charts nationalist course
When veteran Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe sacked his vice-president in front of 12,000 baying party members last week, Emmerson Mnangagwa sat quietly in the crowd, a green baseball cap pulled low over his eyes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 12, 2014
Hunting for pictures, and crocodiles, in remote Aboriginal country
We are deep in a forest crowded by Australian paperback trees, the air thick with humidity but eerily silent save for the screeching of tropical birds, when Marcus shouts: "Look, crocodiles!"
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 9, 2014
New York prosecutor seeks to investigate killings of unarmed civilians by police
New York's top prosecutor on Monday sought the power to probe all police killings of unarmed civilians in his state, following sometimes violent U.S. protests over two grand juries' moves to clear officers in the deaths of unarmed black men.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 8, 2014
Protests against Eric Garner verdict pick up steam on U.S. west coast
Organizers of New York City's protests against police violence huddled on Sunday to explore fresh ways to keep people engaged in the struggle, mindful that the tide of demonstrators has ebbed over the last couple of days.
WORLD
Dec 2, 2014
Kurds deny Canadian-Israeli woman captured by Islamic State militants
A Kurdish official in Syria denied Monday previous reports that Canadian-Israeli Gill Rosenberg was captured by militants from the Islamic State group and a Facebook message on her page read "I'm totally safe and secure."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Nov 28, 2014
A world away from Ferguson but feeling the flames
I went through an entire day in Yokohama without a single person mentioning that my country was on fire. Of course, they knew, but what could they have said, anyway?
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2014
Canadian media mogul Pierre Karl Peladeau joins race to lead Quebec separatists
Canadian media mogul Pierre Karl Peladeau has announced his candidacy to lead the separatist Parti Quebecois, declaring his focus would be on taking the mainly French-speaking province of Quebec out of Canada.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2014
For Ferguson teen's family, civil lawsuit may be only recourse to justice
Without a criminal indictment, Michael Brown's family might have no better legal recourse than to sue local authorities for the African-American teenager's fatal shooting by a white police officer from Ferguson, Missouri.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2014
In Ferguson, a riot foreseen but not avoided
It was a riot everyone saw coming. For three months police and protesters had drilled separately to prepare for the worst if the grand jury decided not to indict white policeman Darren Wilson for the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Nov 19, 2014
Jamaican sisters come bearing victuals and vibes
Baye McNeil profiles two Jamaican women who have built thriving careers for themselves in the Land of the Rising Sun, half a planet away from the Land of Wood and Water.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 17, 2014
Hate speech law faces uphill battle as snap poll may derail debate
Over the past few months, hate speech in Japan and efforts to address the situation with legislation have drawn domestic and international attention.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 13, 2014
MOS Burger employee posts hateful message about Chinese former co-worker outside restaurant
Fast-food giant MOS Burger has come under fire after a Japanese employee wrote a hateful message about a former Chinese co-worker on a chalk-board sign outside one of the company's Tokyo restaurants.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2014
Turbulent path for Syrian Kurd fighters' 'first foreign female recruit'
A Canadian-born immigrant to Israel has become the first foreign woman to join Kurds battling Islamic State in Syria, a Kurdish source said on Tuesday, as details surfaced of the volunteer's turbulent past.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 7, 2014
Ancient Russian's DNA sheds light on Neanderthal interbreeding
DNA extracted from the skeleton of a man who lived in Russia about 37,000 years ago is giving scientists new insights into the genetic history of Europeans including interbreeding that took place with Neanderthals more than 50,000 years ago.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Nov 2, 2014
Children of Japanese 'war brides' tell tales of racism, hardship and perseverance
The sons and daughters of American servicemen and their Japanese wives recall the tales their parents told them about adjusting to life in the U.S. in the postwar years.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2014
Congo crowd kills man, eats him in retaliation for militant massacres: witnesses
A crowd stoned to death a young man in northeast Congo on Friday before burning and eating his corpse, witnesses said, in apparent revenge for a series of attacks by Ugandan rebels.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 30, 2014
In France, kebabs get wrapped up in identity politics
In a country whose national identity is so closely connected to its cuisine, France's hard right has seized on a growing appetite for kebabs as proof of cultural Islamization.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 30, 2014
Assad's warnings start to ring true as Syrian strife arrives at Turkey's doorstep
When Sunni rebels rose up against Syria's Bashar Assad in 2011, Turkey reclassified its protege as a pariah, expecting him to lose power within months and join the autocrats of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen on the scrap heap of the Arab Spring.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2014
Special report: why Ukraine's revolution remains unfinished
In the afternoon of Feb. 20, after the morning's dead had been cleared away, Volodymyr Melnychuk arrived outside Kiev's October palace.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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