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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2014
Ferguson's lone black councilman keeps low profile amid protests
In many ways Dwayne James is a beacon of hope in Ferguson, which has been torn apart by racially charged riots. The only black councilman in a predominantly black town, James is widely respected even by political opponents and talked of as a candidate for mayor.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 20, 2014
In riot-hit Ferguson, traffic fines boost tension and budget
When calm and order is finally restored to Ferguson, Missouri, the city's leaders may find little room to maneuver to resolve an issue that has long inflamed racial tensions: traffic tickets.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 20, 2014
As Missouri violence flares, fingers point to outsiders
As darkness fell on Ferguson, Missouri, the crowd of several hundred people protesting the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teen quickly and radically changed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 20, 2014
Missouri racial violence recalls apartheid, U.N. rights chief says
Clashes between police and protesters in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson are reminiscent of the racial violence spawned by apartheid in her native South Africa, the top U.N. human rights official said in an interview Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 20, 2014
U.S. views on Missouri shooting vary starkly by race: poll
U.S. blacks are twice as likely as whites to view the fatal Missouri shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer through the lens of race, according to a nationwide poll released on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 19, 2014
Two California youths accused of plotting high school shooting spree
Police in the Los Angeles suburb of South Pasadena said Monday they had thwarted a mass shooting plot with the arrest of two teenagers who were conspiring to kill several staffers and as many fellow students as possible at their high school.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 16, 2014
Missouri protests reignite over shot black teen
Protesters clashed with riot police in the U.S. state of Missouri overnight after police reports released earlier on Friday said a black teen was a suspect in the theft of cigars from a store minutes before an officer shot him dead.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 5, 2014
Top U.S. neuroscientist arrested after taking loaded assault rifle to Arizona airport 'to get a cup of coffee'
An Arizona medical researcher arrested after taking a loaded assault rifle into Phoenix airport said Monday he was making a political statement and did not intend to harm anyone.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jul 9, 2014
Under Abe, Japan reconnects with the world of harm
It would be tragic if the process Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has set in motion destroys one of the truly great things about Japan: the fact that so little of its economy and society is devoted to harming other people.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 7, 2014
U.S. gun makers migrate to firearm-friendly South
The first gun manufacturer to leave Connecticut after it enacted tough new gun-control laws last year in the wake of the Newtown school shootings presented a commemorative rifle last week to the governor of South Carolina, its new home.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 7, 2014
Accused Seattle gunman suffering severe mental illness: lawyer
The man accused of killing one person and wounding two others in a shooting spree at a small Christian college in Seattle suffers from "significant and long-standing mental health issues" that were a factor in the tragedy, his lawyer said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2014
U.S. police defend actions after California college town murder spree
Police in the California community where a man killed six college students said on Monday they had no grounds to search the 22-year-old suspect's home when they met with him in April over a report that he had posted disturbing videos online.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 26, 2014
Police almost thwarted killer's plot, manifesto says
A 22-year-old who killed six people in a rampage through a California college town before taking his own life said in a chilling manifesto that police nearly foiled his plot when they visited him last month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 24, 2014
Gunman kills six in drive-by shooting in California college town
A lone gunman sprayed bullets from a car in a drive-by shooting in a southern California college town, killing at least six people before his car crashed and he was found dead inside, authorities said on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 15, 2014
Ex-Ku Klux Klan leader charged in Kansas Jewish center killings
The suspect in the Passover Eve killings of three people at two Jewish community centers near Kansas City is a former Ku Klux Klan leader with a history of spewing vitriol against Jews, law enforcement officials said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2014
Nevada rancher claims victory in standoff with U.S. government
U.S. officials ended a standoff with hundreds of armed protesters in the Nevada desert Saturday, calling off the government's roundup of cattle it said were illegally grazing on federal land and giving about 300 animals back to the rancher who owned them.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2014
Tearful Pistorius details terrified, sleepless nights since shooting
His voice trembling with emotion, Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand in his own defense Monday, saying the Valentine's Day shooting of his girlfriend last year had left him sleepless, terrified and plagued by nightmares.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2014
Portrait of Fort Hood shooter starts to emerge
When Ivan Lopez's mother died last year, he told friends the U.S. Army had given him just one day to attend her funeral in Puerto Rico.
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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