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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2015
Grand jury member in Ferguson police shooting case sues prosecutor, demands to speak out
A member of the grand jury that declined to indict the white Missouri police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old sued the prosecutor in the case on Monday, criticizing the way evidence was presented to grand jurors and seeking court permission to speak publicly about the way the case...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2014
America's problem? Too many laws
A Yale law professor tells his students that it is unavoidable that there will be situations where police err on the side of too much violence rather than too little. But fewer laws would mean fewer opportunities for official violence to get out of hand.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2014
Ferguson protesters put cause at risk
By escalating their tactics, Ferguson protestors risk changing the public mood from one of apathy to opposition to their cause.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 23, 2014
Anxious Missouri residents await grand jury verdict over killing of black teen
Anxious residents of a St. Louis suburb Sunday awaited a grand jury's decision on whether to bring criminal charges against a white policeman who fatally shot a black teen in a case that has become a flash point for U.S. race relations.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2014
Police arrest protesters as Ferguson awaits grand jury decision
Police arrested five people overnight after they tried to block a street in a protest calling for a grand jury to charge a white police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen in August.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2014
U.K. stays intact, promising more powers to nationalists
The No-to-independence campaign in Scotland was greatly helped by the publication of a joint pledge by all three U.K. party leaders that there would be speedy legislation conferring extensive new powers to the Scottish parliament.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2014
Gordon Brown wrestles with Scotland's fate ahead of referendum
Once mocked for claiming to have saved the world after the 2008 financial crisis, former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown may now have the fate of Scotland in his hands.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 22, 2014
National Guard to withdraw from riot-torn Ferguson as tensions ease
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the withdrawal on Thursday of National Guard troops from riot-torn Ferguson, where tensions have eased after sometimes violent protests were staged nightly since police killed an unarmed black teenager.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 21, 2014
Grouses remain in transition as preseason looms
Less than two weeks before the league's preseason schedule tips off, the Toyama Grouses roster doesn't resemble the one that soared to great heights last season.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2014
Prosecutor in Ferguson police shooting tells governor to decide if he stays on case
The St. Louis county prosecutor in charge of investigating the police shooting of an unarmed suburban teenager called on Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to promptly decide whether he should remain on the case.
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 Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 19, 2014
Max LeRoy makes the perfect pool party mixtape for summer
I don't think 1980s Miami synth trap is an actual genre, but if it ever becomes one, "Max LeRoy Volume 1" is going down as one of its progenitors.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2014
U.S. riots raise issue of racial profiling
The Ferguson, Missouri, race riots over the shooting of an unarmed young black man by a white cop underscore the beginning of a national conversation in the U.S. about police racial profiling of African Americans.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2014
Obama sending Holder to Ferguson; National Guard deploys
President Barack Obama said he has dispatched Attorney General Eric Holder to meet with federal and local authorities in Ferguson, Missouri, where the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by police has sparked days of protests and violence.
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.
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
BASKETBALL
Jun 22, 2014
Basketball star Tokashiki ready to test ability at world championship
At the age of 23, Ramu Tokashiki is already a big presence in Japan's women's basketball scene. But she is also thirsty for tougher competition, which she can't really get at home.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 14, 2014
Happy endings: foreigners working in Japan's film industry
Film is supposed to be a universal language, but the film business in any given country is usually run by the locals for the locals. The one great exception is Hollywood, which has been making films for the world since the silent days and is open to talent, preferably English speaking, from around the...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 21, 2014
Nash's strong leadership molds Toyama into title contender
Bob Nash's tenure with the University of Hawaii men's basketball team came to an end in March 2010 after a three-year run as head coach and a 34-56 overall record in that span. For Nash, that opportunity came after a 23-year stint as an assistant coach at the school.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan