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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 13, 2013
The irritating gaijin: testing police patience from Belfast to Oimachi
In Oimachi, there was clear 3G connectivity. For anyone questioned by the RUC in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, broadband penetration probably meant something quite different.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2013
Pakistan enacts own 'Patriot Act' to deal with growing terrorist threat
After a decade of terrorist attacks, Pakistan is implementing a new legal framework to deal with its growing militant threat — what some are calling a local version of the USA Patriot Act.
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 2013
Preventing information leaks
The three-year statute of limitations has expired on indictments of suspects in the online streaming of terror probe documents. Police made no arrests, but the case spurred a dangerous anti-leaks bill.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 3, 2013
U.S. judge mulls video of paralyzed man's murder suspect ID through blinks
Five days after Melvin Nathaniel Pate was shot in the face, he was immobile in a hospital bed, hooked up to a ventilator with a tube down his throat, wires emanating from his body and a brace restraining movement of his head.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 2, 2013
Trust no one: Japan's magazines offer a bleak message
What a bleak picture emerges from the nation's weekly and monthly periodicals: Trust is simple-minded, mistrust paranoid.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 31, 2013
Leak gives Tokyo police black eye
Three years after someone leaked documents on its counterterrorism investigations onto the Internet, Tokyo police have reached a dead end in their efforts to find the culprit while some Muslim residents who served as informants continue to live in fear with their identities exposed.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2013
Cops to use smartphones to reach kids
Tokyo police said Thursday they will issue smartphones to some officers and use Internet message boards and other means of communications popular with minors to more effectively prevent juvenile delinquency.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 20, 2013
Ahead of World Cup, inequities ignite ire in Brazil
The night of June 30 was one of intense drama in Rio de Janeiro. Inside the newly refurbished Maracana stadium, still slick with plaster dust, a gladiatorial atmosphere turned to celebration as Neymar scored Brazil's second goal in a 3-0 victory over Spain in the Confederations Cup final, on the cusp...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Sep 30, 2013
Triumph of Tokyo Olympic bid sends wrong signal to Japan's resurgent right
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 30, 2013
India's plan for 'women-only' spaces welcomed, criticized
In the months since a gruesome gang rape riveted India, a "women-only" culture has been on the rise, with Indians increasingly seeking out women-only buses, cabs, travel groups and hotel floors.
EDITORIALS
Sep 29, 2013
Female cops given a boost
It is commendable of the Metropolitan Police Department to urge male officers to change their outdated perceptions of female colleagues and to wipe out prejudicial attitudes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2013
Ex-soccer pro now kicking crime
Former professional soccer player Katsuhiko Sano, whose career with Shizuoka's Shimizu S-Pulse was ended by an injury, has set off on a new career as a police officer.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2013
Seizure of drugs on rise in first six months
The amount of stimulant drugs seized by police soared to 550.1 kg from January to June, about 3.4 times the amount seized in first half of 2012, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2013
First confusion, then 'we just started running'
Standing at an ATM in the first-floor atrium of the building where she works at the Washington Navy Yard, Patricia Ward was startled by a rapid succession of sharp noises that seemed to come from overhead.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2013
5,670 children suffered mental abuse in first half
A record high 5,670 children were mentally abused in the first half of 2013, the National Police Agency said in a report Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 2, 2013
Tin Man's throne: the rise and fall of a Roppongi royal
Gilbert Otaigbe is the current owner of Black Horse bar and nightclub in Roppongi. At the height of his success in the mid-2000s, he owned at least seven bars, clubs and restaurants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2013
Mental health courts seek to treat, rather than jail
The charge was stealing a tow truck. The defendant was a baby-faced 27-year-old in shorts and a Chicago Bulls jersey. His hair was slightly matted, wrists cuffed in front, hands clutching a brown paper bag, demeanor slackened by anti-psychotic medications.
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JAPAN
Aug 9, 2013
Iwate to get first female police chief, NPA says
The National Police Agency announced Friday it has appointed Toshie Tanaka, 47, as the first female chief of the Iwate Prefectural Police.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 7, 2013
Fukuoka police rocked by another bribery scandal
Police said Wednesday they have arrested a veteran member of the Fukuoka Prefecture Police for allegedly taking money in return for leaking personal information and a former president of a credit research company for providing bribes for the information.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 3, 2013
Japanese police highlight crimes by, against elderly in white paper
Crimes by and against the elderly are growing nationwide at a time when the crime rate overall is dropping, the National Police Agency said in its annual white paper released Friday.

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