TOKYO -- Many people of foreign heritage in Japan have been subject to racial profiling by police because of their appearance and unconscious racial discrimination on the part of officers, according to a new survey by a group of Tokyo-based lawyers.
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Many people with foreign roots stopped by police in Japan: survey
Lawyers call out 'racial profiling,' lack of officers' human rights education
Foreigners walk among the crowd at a crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya district in August 2021. © Reuters
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