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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2019
Demonstrators in Tokyo show support for Hong Kong protests over extradition bill
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Thursday to show support for those in Hong Kong speaking out against a controversial extradition bill that has sparked street protests that have turned violent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 13, 2019
Hong Kong shuts government offices; security tight after violent protests
Hong Kong authorities have shut government offices in the financial district for the rest of the week after a day of violence over an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 12, 2019
Hong Kong police fire rubber bullets as extradition bill protests turn to chaos
Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators who threw plastic bottles on Wednesday as protests against an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial descended into violent chaos.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 11, 2019
Hong Kong activist urges Japan to put pressure on city government to withdraw extradition bill
Tokyo should put pressure on the Hong Kong government to withdraw a controversial bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China, given Japan's strong economic ties with the former British territory and the large number of mutual visits by tourists, a high-profile pro-democracy activist told a news conference in Tokyo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Jun 11, 2019
U.S. voices 'grave concern' over proposed Hong Kong extradition law as city braces for showdown
The U.S. expressed "grave concern" over Hong Kong legislation that would for the first time allow extraditions to mainland China, raising pressure on Beijing as the city braced for a potentially historic showdown over the proposal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 10, 2019
Despite an estimated 1 million at huge protest, Hong Kong vows to press ahead with extradition bill
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vowed Monday to push ahead with amendments to laws allowing suspects to be extradited to mainland China a day after the city's biggest protest since its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 10, 2019
'Foreign forces' seek to create havoc in Hong Kong, Chinese state media claims
Certain "foreign forces" are trying to hurt China by creating chaos in Hong Kong over an extradition bill that has prompted mass protests in the former British colony, an official Chinese newspaper said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 29, 2019
In first, Hong Kong judges call proposed extradition changes a stark challenge to its legal system
Some Hong Kong judges fear they are being put on a collision course with Beijing as the special administrative region's government pushes for sweeping legal changes that would for the first time allow fugitives captured in Hong Kong to be sent to mainland China for trial.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 21, 2019
Hong Kong leader presses on with extradition bill undeterred by critics
Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday that her administration was determined to push through an extradition bill that could see individuals sent back to mainland China for trial, despite mounting opposition locally and internationally.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 3, 2019
I've protected many, Julian Assange tells U.K. court as he fights U.S. extradition warrant
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court on Thursday his work had protected "many people" and refused to agree to be extradited to the United States to face trial for one of the largest compromises of classified information in history.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 28, 2019
Thousands take to Hong Kong streets to protest new extradition laws
Thousands of people marched on Hong Kong's parliament on Sunday to demand the scrapping of proposed extradition rules that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial — a move which some fear puts the city's core freedoms at risk.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2017
Woman extradited from China over former classmate's 2014 murder
A Japanese-Brazilian woman allegedly involved in the murder of a former classmate in Osaka in 2014 was extradited Wednesday from China, where she had been held after fleeing from Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2015
Japan, China to meet Wednesday on extradition treaty for first time in five years
Japan and China will hold two days of talks beginning Wednesday in Beijing aimed at concluding an extradition treaty, resuming negotiations for the first time in five years, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 3, 2015
Summoned investigators fail to appear at New Orleans hearing for millionaire murder suspect Durst
Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California to face a murder charge, will remain jailed in Louisiana after investigators his attorneys wanted to question did not appear at a court hearing on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 14, 2013
Chinese man 'ready' for extradition from Canada
A Chinese man living in Toronto whom Japanese police believe may know who murdered three women in a suburban Tokyo supermarket in 1995 said he has accepted that Canada will extradite him soon and looks forward to "finality," his lawyer said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2013
Canada to extradite person of interest
A Chinese man whom Japanese police believe may know who committed a 1995 triple robbery-murder in suburban Tokyo will not appeal a Canadian court's decision to extradite him, his lawyer said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2013
Canada court denies extradition appeal to man over 1995 Tokyo killings
An appeals court in Toronto on Monday upheld a lower court's decision to extradite a Chinese man living in Canada who Japanese police believe may know who murdered three women in a Tokyo suburb in 1995.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2013
Former U.S. serviceman to be extradited to Japan over drug smuggling
A 31-year-old former U.S. sailor suspected of leading a group that smuggled drugs into Japan in 2004 through the military mail service will soon be extradited from the United States, police said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2013
Panama detains ex-CIA operative convicted by Italy of kidnapping
A former CIA operative who was convicted by an Italian court of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in Milan in 2003 has been detained by authorities in Panama, raising the prospect that he could be extradited, according to Italian news reports.

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