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POLICE

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 24, 2014
Tokyo police to take on cybercrimals with research group, contractor
The Metropolitan Police Department is planning a new research organization to tackle the nation's growing cybercrime problem, police sources have said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2014
Protests remain muted in Ferguson as National Guard withdraws
Protests in Ferguson, Missouri, were muted for a third straight evening on Friday as National Guard troops began withdrawing from the St. Louis suburb, racked by nearly two weeks of racial turmoil after a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death.
WORLD
Aug 21, 2014
Adversaries seize chance to lecture U.S. on Ferguson unrest
Governments scolded by the United States over their human rights records have seized on racial unrest and a police crackdown in the Missouri town of Ferguson to wag their fingers back in disapproval.
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.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 20, 2014
More police begin full taping of suspects during questioning in 2014
Five more prefectural police forces have begun making audiovisual recordings of suspects under questioning in cases for lay judge trials in fiscal 2014, bringing the number to 13 out of the 47 prefectures, according to a Kyodo News tally compiled on Tuesday.
WORLD
Aug 20, 2014
St. Louis police fatally shoot man with knife, authorities say
Police in St. Louis killed a man they say brandished a knife and refused to drop it.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2014
Traffic deaths at record low over Bon
Police data show this year's Bon summer holiday period was the safest in terms of the number of traffic deaths.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 19, 2014
Man held over Mandarake theft didn't know about threat until after reselling toy
A man arrested for allegedly shoplifting a tin robot from the anime series 'Tetsujin 28-go' was purportedly unaware of the store's threat to identify him until after he sold the toy.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2014
Halt program that militarizes U.S. police forces
The U.S. Congress must take decisive steps to scale back the 'militarization' of American police forces by the Defense Department's donation of surplus equipment and weapons.
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
Aug 18, 2014
Autopsy finds unarmed teen killed by police was shot six times
A preliminary private autopsy report found that Michael Brown, the black teen killed by a police officer in the suburban St. Louis city of Ferguson, was shot at least six times, The New York Times reported Sunday night.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 18, 2014
Ferguson police fail to learn from past incidents of racial unrest
Ignoring lessons of past civil disturbances such as the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, police inflamed tensions that have fueled more than a week of unrest in a St. Louis suburb where an officer shot to death an unarmed black teenager.
WORLD
Aug 17, 2014
Police called to investigate chicken crossing road
Ask police in Portland, Oregon, why the chicken crossed the road, and they have no idea.
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.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 15, 2014
Chinese police open fire on Tibetan protesters, rights group says
Chinese police have opened fire on Tibetan demonstrators in southwestern China, wounding 10 people, after the Tibetans protested against the detention of a respected village leader, a Tibetan rights group said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 14, 2014
Nightly protests follow shooting of unarmed black teen in Missouri
Police in Ferguson, Missouri, fired tear gas, stun grenades and smoke bombs to disperse some 350 protesters late Wednesday, the fourth night of racially charged demonstrations after police shot to death an unarmed black teen.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 12, 2014
Barber cuts hair of suspects at police station for 50 years
A 74-year-old barber in Niigata Prefecture has been cutting the hair of suspects detained at a police station in the city of Murakami for the past half century.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
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