3 foreign-born residents sue over racial profiling by Japan police

Three residents of Japan with foreign roots filed a suit Monday against the central and local governments over alleged racial profiling by police, seeking 3.3 million yen ($22,000) in damages per person.The three men in their 20s to 50s have all lived in Japan over 10 years and are either naturalized citizens or permanent residents, and have repeatedly been questioned by police because of their ethnicity or appearance, according to the complaint.The plaintiffs are suing the central, Tokyo metropolitan and Aichi prefectural governments at the Tokyo District Court, claiming such police questi…READ FULL ARTICLE