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PROTESTS

Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 20, 2015
Martin Luther King Jr. Day marked with tributes, protests in U.S.
Tributes to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. were held across the United States on Monday as protests over the treatment of minorities by law enforcement rolled on across the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2015
'The Messenger of God'? India censor quits over guru's Bollywood dreams
An Indian film that features a self-styled spiritual leader in jewel-studded costume riding motorbikes and sending the bad guys flying has prompted the chief of the country's censorship panel to quit, citing government interference.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 14, 2015
Hong Kong leader warns democracy activists of 'anarchy' in first address since protests
Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying warned pro-democracy demonstrators on Wednesday that they risked bringing "anarchy" to the financial hub, as he sought to bolster his support in his first policy address since protests rocked the city last year.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 12, 2015
Home of H.K. media tycoon Lai firebombed
The home and former offices of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of Beijing who also played a prominent role in large prodemocracy protests last month, were firebombed early Monday, a spokesman said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2015
China arrests scholar who helped blind dissident flee house arrest
Chinese authorities have arrested a scholar who helped blind dissident Chen Guangcheng escape house arrest in 2012, the scholar's wife said Tuesday, in a case that activists say signals a tighter grip on civil liberties.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2015
Kremlin critic cuts monitor tag, won't comply with house arrest
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Monday he would no longer comply with the terms of his house arrest and had cut off his monitoring tag.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 31, 2014
After 15 years in power, Putin risks running out of luck
When Vladimir Putin was handed power unexpectedly by an ailing Boris Yeltsin on the last day of the last century, his first move was to go on television to guarantee Russia the freedoms needed for a "civilized society."
WORLD / Politics
Dec 31, 2014
Cuban open mic protest thwarted after dissidents detained
Cuban police detained several dissidents on Tuesday and thwarted an unauthorized political protest, dissidents said, in the first major test of U.S. President Barack Obama's policy shift toward normalizing relations with the communist-ruled island.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2014
Protests flare after Missouri police killing of armed black teen
Protests flared into early Thursday in the St. Louis suburb where a white policeman fatally shot a black man who brandished a gun at a gas station on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 24, 2014
Facebook threats about police 'wings on pigs' tests U.S. speech rights
The point-blank killing of two New York policemen and protests against the use of excessive force by officers have raised the question of whether people can be prosecuted for words of violence directed at police in social media and on the streets.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 20, 2014
Obama orders exports of goods, technology to Crimea blocked
President Barack Obama on Friday said he will ban exports of goods, technology or services to Ukraine's Crimea region, and called on Russia to end its annexation of the region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 18, 2014
In magazine interview, Obama reveals experiences with racism, including being mistaken for a waiter, valet
As national protests over the death of unarmed black men by white police officers pushed race relations to the top of the headlines, President Barack Obama revealed his own experiences of racism, including being mistaken for a waiter and a parking valet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 15, 2014
How China spies on Hong Kong's democrats
James To was growing uneasy. When the veteran Hong Kong Democratic Party lawmaker looked in his rearview mirror, two silver Mercedes Benz saloons kept appearing behind his gray Volvo sedan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 15, 2014
China charms Hong Kong's law enforcers
Hong Kong's top law enforcers, schooled in British-style judicial independence and separation of powers, are being cycled through Communist Party schools in China, where judges are appointed by the party and police are charged with crushing dissent.
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
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 15, 2014
Hong Kong police clear last prodemocracy protest site
Hong Kong authorities started to clear the last of three pro-democracy protest sites on Monday, marking the end of demonstration camps in the city that have blocked streets for more than two months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 13, 2014
China likely to covertly muzzle Hong Kong to prevent new protests
As the dust settles on Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, China is likely to embark on a sweeping but covert campaign across the territory's judiciary, media and universities to ensure there is no recurrence, activists and politicians say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 11, 2014
'We'll be back,' Hong Kong protesters chant as main camp site dismantled
Hong Kong police arrested prodemocracy activists and cleared most of the main protest site on Thursday, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations in the Chinese-controlled city, but many chanted: "We will be back."
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 11, 2014
British lawmakers want Chinese envoy summoned over ban on their visiting Hong Kong
A group of senior British lawmakers said on Wednesday that China's refusal to allow them to visit Hong Kong was an insult and called on the government to formally summon China's ambassador over the issue.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 10, 2014
Hong Kong protesters steadfast in final hours before police clearance
Bands of determined protesters and hundreds of wet tents pitched near Hong Kong government headquarters were all that remained on Wednesday of months of prodemocracy protests in the final hours before police clear the main protest site.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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