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AFRICAN

Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 27, 2023
Five U.S. police officers charged with beating Black man to death
Tyre Nichols, 29, was stopped on Jan. 7 for what the Memphis Police Department said was reckless driving.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2022
Putin wants fealty, and he’s found it in Africa
With his invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin of Russia unleashed a new disorder on the world. And in the Central African Republic, Moscow already has its way.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2022
African Development Bank chief sees Japanese private sector as pathway to growth
Akinwumi Adesina has urged Japanese businesses to set aside outdated perceptions and invest more in the diverse opportunities offered by the continent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 12, 2022
Speech on voting rights by Biden falls flat with allies crucial for U.S. midterms
Rights groups called on the White House to go beyond speeches and act with the same urgency it has on its economic agenda.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2022
Ahmaud Arbery’s killers get life behind bars in racially charged U.S. case
The three white men convicted of murder in the shooting death of Arbery while he jogged through their quiet Georgia neighborhood were sentenced to life in prison.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jul 25, 2021
Abraham 'Araji' Oppong: ‘Chefs with an original style will attract people from all over’
Recruited from a hotel in the Ghanaian capital of Accra, chef Abraham 'Araji' Oppong came to Japan and built a new life in the western region of Kansai.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 26, 2021
Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22½ years in murder of George Floyd
The verdict was widely seen as a landmark rebuke of the disproportionate use of police force against Black Americans.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 20, 2021
The race to save African-American cemeteries from being 'erased'
The sense of crisis in Thoroughfare, Virginia, echoes a growing urgency across the country to stop the destruction of African-American burial grounds.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2021
Biden signs 'Juneteenth' bill and asks U.S. to reflect on slavery's 'terrible toll'
The bill marks the day in 1865 when a Union general informed a group of enslaved people in Texas that they had been made free two years earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 26, 2021
Can this U.S. city heal racial wounds by busting up its freeway?
New York State wants to replace an elevated stretch of freeway with a street-level boulevard to knit the city's urban grid back together.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 26, 2021
George Floyd's family lobbies Biden for U.S. police reform on anniversary of death
Tuesday's private Oval Office visit marked the first time any of Floyd's family had been hosted at the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2021
Ohio police kill Black teenage girl seen threatening others with knife
The incident, sparking street protests in Ohio's largest city, came as the U.S. was focused on the guilty verdict in the George Floyd case.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2021
The death of George Floyd reignited a movement. What happens now?
For many Black Americans, real change feels elusive, particularly given how relentlessly the killing of Black men by the police has continued on.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2021
Jury finds ex-cop Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd
The 12-member jury found Chauvin, 45, guilty of all charges including second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2021
‘We matter’: A moment of catharsis after the Derek Chauvin verdict
For some Americans who had closely followed the trial, the verdict was surprising — different, they said, from what they had come to expect in cases involving the police.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2021
Biden calls verdict in George Floyd case a ‘giant step’ toward racial justice
Biden, speaking at the White House on Tuesday, said Floyd's killing had 'ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2021
After another police shooting, Biden urges calm. Activists want answers.
After U.S. President Joe Biden abandoned a campaign promise to establish a police oversight commission during his first 100 days in office, administration officials have provided few details about how far he will go to combat racism in policing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2021
Second night of unrest after police shoot dead Black man near Minneapolis
The shooting of Daunte Wright, 20, appeared to result from an officer mistakenly opening fire with her gun instead of a Taser during a traffic stop, the city's police chief said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2021
George Floyd's family receives $27 million settlement from Minneapolis over his death
The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of George Floyd over his death in police custody, a case that stirred national protests over racial injustice and police brutality.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 26, 2021
Libya cleared to host international soccer games after ban lifted
A decade-long ban on international soccer matches being played in Libya has been lifted, the country’s soccer federation said on Thursday.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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