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RIOTS

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2022
Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon found guilty of contempt of U.S. Congress
Bannon was among hundreds of people called by a House of Representatives committee to address the storming of Congress by Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2022
A year after U.S. Capitol siege, Biden blasts Trump's 'web of lies'
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday accused his predecessor of spreading a “web of lies” to undermine U.S. democracy in a speech on the anniversary of the deadly Capitol attack by Trump supporters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 6, 2021
‘Angry Rice Wives’: Rousing take on 'rice riots' is sure to inspire
Katsuhide Motoki's drama about the “rice riots” in 1918 shows the bravery of female protestors who fought against sexism and the deep poverty that threatened their livelihoods.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2020
Are riots ever justifiable?
Three criteria can help assess whether rioting is defensible.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2019
Hong Kong job market starts weakening as recession deepens and riots exact toll
After months of political protests and the onset of a recession, Hong Kong's resilient labor market is starting to crack.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 3, 2018
Macron mulls state of emergency after worst unrest in decades, Arc de Triomphe vandalism
President Emmanuel Macron considered declaring a state of emergency as he met security chiefs on Sunday seeking a way out of nationwide protests after rioters turned central Paris into a battle zone and vandalized the Arc de Triomphe monument.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2017
Signs of life in Detroit 50 years after riots sent slipping showplace industrial base into steep spiral
Deborah Chenault Green is 62, a writer. But 50 years ago she was a preteen, sleeping on the porch to escape the oppressive heat, awakening to see a sky that glowed unnaturally.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2015
Yet another example of why riots don't work
Solutions to the social problems that triggered the riots in Baltimore will not get easier if Americans embrace rioting as the voice of the oppressed.
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2015
What not to do after the Baltimore riots
To help avoid future riots, U.S. authorities could start by training cops not to automatically treat people in such predominantly black neighborhoods as criminals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2015
Obama's absurd response to Baltimore's riots
U.S. President Barack Obama's comments on the riots in Baltimore are not only partisan — they're absurd.
Japan Times
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.
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.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 16, 2014
Violence abates in Vietnam as U.S. warns China for 'provocation'
Anti-China violence subsided in Vietnam on Friday after the prime minister called for calm and its de facto ambassador to Taiwan apologized, but the United States said China's "provocative" actions in maritime disputes were dangerous and had to stop.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2014
Up to 21 dead, doctor says, as anti-China riots spread in Vietnam
Up to 21 people were killed in Vietnam, a doctor said on Thursday, and a huge foreign steel project was set ablaze as anti-China riots spread to the center of the country a day after arson and looting in the south.

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