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POLICE

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jul 4, 2020
Grappling with the 'American idea' from across the Pacific
Tokyoites with close connections to the United States express empathy for the present and optimism for the future of the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 1, 2020
Mississippi governor signs bill to replace controversial state flag
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill into law on Tuesday that will replace the current state flag bearing a Confederate emblem, a gesture triggered by support across the United States to dismantle symbols of slavery and racism. The removal of the flag, a long-simmering source of controversy in...
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WORLD / Society
Jun 28, 2020
Princeton dumps U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s name over ‘racist thinking’
Princeton University is removing Woodrow Wilson’s name from its public policy school and one of its residential colleges after trustees concluded that the 28th U.S. president’s "racist thinking and policies” made him "an inappropriate namesake.” The Ivy League school’s trustees made the decision...
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2020
In St. Paul, police reform is working
Not far from where George Floyd was killed, a young mayor is making big changes.
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JAPAN / Society
Jun 26, 2020
Japan Black Lives Matter marches reflect shared sense of justice, U.S. envoy says
'Perhaps some people feel that it's important to hold the ideal America up in the mirror and hold it to account,' says Osaka-Kobe Consul General Karen Kelley.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jun 21, 2020
Has Black Lives Matter’s Osaka march inspired new generation of rights activists in Japan?
The vast majority of participants at a Black Lives Matter march on June 7 appeared to be under 40 — with many likely in their teens and 20s.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2020
SoftBank to invest in 14 startups run by minority founders
Companies will receive at least u00a516 million through an accelerator, with further capital available from a u00a510.6 billion fund for founders of color.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2020
Former top Abe aide and wife arrested in vote-buying scandal
The arrest is a severe blow to the Abe administration, especially because of Katsuyuki Kawai's closeness to the prime minister and chief cabinet secretary.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2020
Black Americans disproportionately die in police Taser confrontations
A previous investigation identified more than a thousand cases since 2000 in which people died after being shocked by police with the weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2020
Task for Atlanta team: Get jury to second-guess officer who shot Rayshard Brooks
On Wednesday, District Attorney Paul Howard brought 11 charges against the officer, with the most serious being felony murder, which carries the death penalty.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2020
Facebook removes hundreds more accounts as right-wing violence spreads in U.S.
Facebook on Tuesday removed almost 900 accounts associated with the far-right Proud Boys and American Guard, including those belonging to Proud Boys supporters who marched into a protest zone in Seattle Monday and confronted anti-racist demonstrators.
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WORLD
Jun 15, 2020
Picture of U.K. black man carrying suspected far-right protester to safety goes viral
"That's not what we do!"
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2020
Black Lives Matter spreads to Tokyo as 3,500 people march to protest racism
The Black Lives Matter movement found a foothold in Tokyo as thousands of protesters marched in the capital on Sunday to protest racism and police brutality, and spread awareness of racial discrimination in Japan amid a wave of demonstrations worldwide following the killing of George Floyd in the United...
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WORLD
Jun 14, 2020
Atlanta protesters burn down Wendy's where black man was killed by police
The unrest broke out after dark in Atlanta following the death on Friday night of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks at the restaurant.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 13, 2020
Trump increasingly alone in provocative racial rhetoric
U.S. President Donald Trump is resisting a new rush to address police brutality and tear down Confederate symbols even as polls show most Americans believe changes are needed and many corporations — even NASCAR, with its conservative fan base — embrace a more proactive stance on issues of racial...
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 12, 2020
White Americans join Floyd protests, but will they work for change?
Leslie Batson, a white office administrator from Maryland, joined the thousands of marchers protesting the killing of George Floyd in Washington, last weekend after her children asked why the family had done nothing about racism.

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