Racial profiling by police is an “everyday occurrence” in Japan, one of three foreign-born residents who sued the government over the issue on Monday said. In the first lawsuit of its kind, the three men accused the police of having repeatedly questioned them because of their ethnicity or appearance. They are each seeking 3.3 million yen ($22,300) in compensation. “A lot of apathy here has allowed people like me to be abused and mistreated,” one […]





