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POLICE

Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 11, 2016
Baltimore vows vast police reforms after report blasts rights abuses of blacks
Baltimore officials on Wednesday pledged to carry out sweeping police department reforms after a scathing U.S. Justice Department report found that officers in the majority-black city routinely violated the civil rights of black residents.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2016
Anti-social media: Online chats give away plan for rocket attack on Singapore
It was the social media chatter that gave him away, although changing his profile picture on the Line messaging app to a banner pledging "Indonesian support and solidarity for ISIS" probably didn't help.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Aug 7, 2016
Japan's Minor Offenses Act has major untapped potential
Law has the teeth to tackle everything from peeing and posters to more serious matters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2016
FBI took months to tell Democrats of hacking and suspected Russian role
The FBI did not tell the Democratic National Committee last fall that officials suspected it had been the target of a cyberattack, three people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.
WORLD
Jul 31, 2016
London Metropolitan Police chief warns terrorist attack a case of 'when, not if'
Britain cannot be fully protected against terrorism and an attack similar to those seen recently in mainland Europe is a question of "when, not if," London's police chief said Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 31, 2016
Police use of GPS to track suspects
Strong, clear rules are needed to govern the use of GPS devices in criminal investigations.
COMMENTARY / World / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Jul 29, 2016
Terror, terror on the wall, who's the biggest of all?
The word 'terrorist' can and should be applied to a wider range of killers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 29, 2016
Race relations in spotlight in Canada as Montreal cop convicted in teen's shooting death caught on video
A six-year prison sentence for a policeman in the shooting death of a teenager three years ago was a rare conviction in Canada, where activists say officers too often get off easy in brutality cases.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 28, 2016
German police raid mosque and apartments in crackdown on Salafists
German police have searched a mosque and eight apartments in Hildesheim that are believed to be a hotbed of a radical Salafist community, the interior minister of the northern state of Lower Saxony said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2016
Spy agencies struggle to spot threats from lone, mentally ill attackers
Recent attacks on civilians in the U.S. and Europe have exposed a gap in the intelligence community's efforts to track suspected extremists and prevent mass killings, half a dozen American, British and French counterterrorism officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2016
Munich gunman was fixated on mass killing, had no Islamist ties
A German-Iranian teenager who shot dead nine people in Munich was a deranged lone gunman obsessed with mass killings who drew no inspiration from Islamist militancy, police said on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 23, 2016
Plot against Rio Olympics raises fears of lone wolf terrorist attacks
Brazil held 10 presumed Islamist militants in isolation cells at a maximum security jail on Friday as police combed their computers and mobile phones for information about possible threats to next month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 23, 2016
German-Iranian man, 18, kills nine in Munich shooting rampage
An 18-year-old German-Iranian who apparently acted alone opened fire near a busy shopping mall in Munich on Friday evening, killing at least nine people in the third attack on civilians in Western Europe in eight days.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Japan’s legal system struggles to deal with AI-made child sexual abuse images
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
How to bring up bad news in Japanese
As in other cultures, when someone shares bad news in Japanese it’s best to respond with supportive words.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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