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Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2015
Woman seen slapping teen for rioting in Baltimore cheered as 'Mom of Year'
A woman captured on video slapping her teenage son for taking part in the Baltimore riots, a reprimand that went viral online on Tuesday, won praise from the city's police commissioner and was heralded on social media as "Mom of the Year."
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 29, 2015
Baltimore: a U.S. city of haves and have-nots
In the 1950s Baltimore was the sixth-largest city in the United States with a peak population of nearly 950,000. Now the riot-hit metropolis ranks 26th on that measure and scores as one of the less equal American cities when measured by income and educational achievement.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 27, 2015
Wake held for Baltimore man who died in police custody
Mourners gathered at a Baltimore funeral home on Sunday to remember a 25-year-old black man who died a week ago while in police custody, an unexplained death that has brought thousands to the city's downtown to protest police violence.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 24, 2015
Family sues Ferguson over Michael Brown's wrongful shooting death
The family of Michael Brown filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, Missouri, on Thursday, seeking unspecified damages and police reforms after the black teen's killing by a white policeman prompted a national debate on law enforcement and race.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 22, 2015
Hong Kong toes China line with reform package, stoking talks of more protests
The Hong Kong government published a long-awaited electoral blueprint for selecting the city's next leader on Wednesday, a plan enshrining China's desire for a tightly controlled poll that has angered activists and stoked talk of fresh protests.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2015
China considers using lay judges in some trials
China will appoint citizens to help judges decide some local court cases, in the Communist Party's broadest yet experiment with jury trials.
LIFE / Language
Apr 20, 2015
'Vague' Japanese language can be maddeningly specific
For a supposedly vague language, Japanese can be incredibly specific when it comes to personal pronouns, the law and the family, for example.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 19, 2015
South Korean police clash with protesters following Sewol ferry disaster anniversary
South Korean police on Saturday clashed with thousands of protesters, blocking their way to the presidential palace, where they hoped to demand a more vigorous government response to a ferry disaster that claimed more than 300 lives a year ago.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2015
China to strengthen surveillance, security in anti-terror push
China will establish a national population database linked to ID information and credit records, state media reported late Monday, as part of a larger push to beef up surveillance and security in response to violent unrest.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 12, 2015
Grammy-winning rapper Nelly arrested on felony drug charges in Tennessee
Grammy-award winning rapper Nelly was arrested on felony drug charges Saturday after a Tennessee state trooper stopped the vehicle he was traveling in and found illegal drugs, authorities said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2015
Chinese police seen to be stiffening charges against detained feminist activists
Chinese police are focusing their investigation into five detained female activists on campaigns they were involved in over recent years, not their latest bid to highlight sexual harassment on public transport, lawyers said Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2015
White U.S. cop charged with murder after black victim shot in back, on video
A white South Carolina police officer was arrested and charged with murder on Tuesday after a video showed him shooting eight times at the back of a 50-year-old black man who was running away after a traffic stop and died at the scene.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2015
20 stone-throwing sandalwood smugglers reported killed by police in south India; rights activists outraged
Indian police shot dead 20 stone-throwing sandalwood smugglers on Tuesday during the biggest operation for years to stamp out trafficking of the rare commodity, law-enforcement authorities said.
WORLD
Apr 4, 2015
Iraqi prime minister orders arrest of gangs looting in Tikrit
Sunni politicians said looting raged out of control in Tikrit on Friday, hours after Iraq's prime minister called on security forces to arrest anyone breaking the law after the city had been wrested back from Islamic State militants.

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