{"id":11177,"date":"2013-02-25T18:59:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T04:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=11177"},"modified":"2013-06-20T09:25:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T19:25:32","slug":"racist-flyer-from-osaka-pref-police-this-time-with-stereotypical-drawings-of-black-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=11177","title":{"rendered":"Racist flyer from Osaka Pref Police, this time with stereotypical drawings of black people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Books etc. by ARUDOU Debito (click on icon):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"Handbook2ndEdcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Handbook2ndEdcover.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/inappropriatecoverthumb150x226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8577\" title=\"inappropriatecoverthumb150x226\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/inappropriatecoverthumb150x226.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/tshirts.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1701\" title=\"joshirtblack2\" alt=\"\\&quot; width=\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-150x150.jpg\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#japanese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1700\" title=\"jobookcover\" alt=\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/jobookcover-150x150.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#english\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1699\" title=\"japaneseonlyecover\" alt=\"JAPANESE ONLY:  The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/japaneseonlyecover-150x150.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemabstruso.de\/strawberries\/main.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2735\" title=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" alt=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sourstrawberriesavatar.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?cat=32\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4921\" title=\"debitopodcastthumb\" alt=\"debitopodcastthumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/debitopodcastthumb.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=10137\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-10142\" title=\"Fodors\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Fodors.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUPDATES ON TWITTER: arudoudebito<br \/>\nDEBITO.ORG PODCASTS on iTunes, subscribe free<br \/>\n&#8220;LIKE&#8221; US on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debitoorg\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debitoorg<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/handbookimmigrants\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/handbookimmigrants<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi Blog. \u00a0The Japanese police are back up to their old tricks. Check this poster out from the Osaka Prefectural Government Minami Police Station Safe Livelhoods Section (courtesy of @feitclub and Tom, photo taken February 13, 2013, by SMBC in Namba Nankai Station), warning the public about &#8220;foreign gang crimes&#8221; including for no clear reason a gratuitous illustration of some &#8220;darkies&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/osakananbukeisatsuflyer021813.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11188\" alt=\"osakananbukeisatsuflyer021813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/osakananbukeisatsuflyer021813.jpg\" width=\"702\" height=\"913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/osakananbukeisatsuflyer021813.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/osakananbukeisatsuflyer021813-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Translating:<\/p>\n<p>================================<br \/>\n<strong><em>BEWARE OF THEFTS BY FOREIGN GROUPS TARGETING PEOPLE RETURNING HOME FROM BANKS AND POST OFFICES!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8212; Overview of the incident &#8212;<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> When the victim was walking back to his\/her office after withdrawing cash from a bank teller, he\/she was called out to by a group of three foreigners, who stopped him\/her with a &#8220;You&#8217;ve got something stuck to the back of your coat.&#8221; When the victim stopped on the spot to check his\/her back, that foreigner group snatched his\/her bag that he\/she had placed at his\/her feet.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About the perps&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>They are aiming for people who have withdrawn large amounts of cash from a financial institution.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>They are shooting for times when the victim is distracted, using means such as &#8220;dropping small change all around&#8221;, &#8220;staining clothes with paint&#8221;, &#8220;saying you&#8217;ve got a puncture [to your bike tyre]&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Report these incidents to the police by dialing 110&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>When you see someone in a store with no clear business who is hanging around there for a long time.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>When you see a suspicious-looking car stopped around a store area.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>If you are carrying a large amount of cash&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> There are incidents of theft involving foreign groups.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Beware of being targeted for theft when heading back from your financial institution.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>et cetera. Please contact us. OSAKA PREFECTURAL POLICE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n<p>Nice notice. I can&#8217;t quite tell why there is a need to include racist caricatures of black people in this clarion call for vigilance against &#8220;foreign gangs&#8221; (after all, Japanese gangs never steal, so we have to target foreigners, right?). And it&#8217;s not the first time we&#8217;ve had these sorts of racist caricatures, either, recorded on Debito.org for posterity:<\/p>\n<p>Just a few for your reference:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/TheCommunity\/uenokeisatsu1002.html\">Ueno Police racist caricatures in 2002 flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/uenokeisatsu1002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11189\" alt=\"uenokeisatsu1002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/uenokeisatsu1002.jpg\" width=\"721\" height=\"1081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/uenokeisatsu1002.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/uenokeisatsu1002-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/uenokeisatsu1002-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/TheCommunity\/communityissues.html#gaijinimages\">More information on the above here<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kanagawaracistNPAposter2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7307\" alt=\"kanagawaracistNPAposter2010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kanagawaracistNPAposter2010.jpg\" width=\"715\" height=\"1010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kanagawaracistNPAposter2010.jpg 1191w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kanagawaracistNPAposter2010-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kanagawaracistNPAposter2010-724x1024.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=7296\">More information on the above here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ikunokeisatsuJune07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11190\" alt=\"ikunokeisatsuJune07\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ikunokeisatsuJune07.jpg\" width=\"451\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ikunokeisatsuJune07.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ikunokeisatsuJune07-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=473\">More information on the above here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One day I would love to have leaked to Debito.org NPA training manuals that talk about how NJ suspects are supposed to be treated in public and in custody. \u00a0We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=8997\">already have a former public prosecutor acknowledging in 2011 that he was trained to believe that &#8220;foreigners have no human rights&#8221; in Japan<\/a>. \u00a0If I could get some sections of those training manuals scanned, we would have proof positive and undeniable that Japan&#8217;s police forces are not only innately racist, but also systematically racist. \u00a0Anyone out there with connections? \u00a0Would appreciate it. \u00a0Arudou Debito<\/p>\n<p>=============================<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>UPDATE FEBRUARY 27: \u00a0Debito.org Reader AS sends this:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hi Debito, I thought I\u2019d share this quick parody of the NPA\u2019s page on \u201cfurikome sagi\u201d&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp\/seian\/koreisagi\/koreisagi.htm\">http:\/\/www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp\/seian\/koreisagi\/koreisagi.htm<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em> Sauce for the goose&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ORIGINAL:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/furikomesagiNPAoriginal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"furikomesagiNPAoriginal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/furikomesagiNPAoriginal.jpg\" width=\"531\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PARODY:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/furikomesagi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-11198\" alt=\"furikomesagi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/furikomesagi.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/furikomesagi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/furikomesagi-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese police are back up to their old tricks. Check this poster out from the Osaka Prefectural Government Minami Police Station Safe Livelhoods Section (courtesy of @feitclub and Tom, photo taken February 13, 2013, by SMBC in Namba Nankai Station), warning the public about &#8220;foreign gang crimes&#8221; including for no clear reason a gratuitous illustration of some &#8220;darkies&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>OSAKA PREF POLICE:  BEWARE OF THEFTS BY FOREIGN GROUPS TARGETING PEOPLE RETURNING HOME FROM BANKS AND POST OFFICES! [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Nice notice. I can&#8217;t quite tell why there is a need to include racist caricatures of black people in this clarion call for vigilance against &#8220;foreign gangs&#8221; (after all, Japanese gangs never steal, so we have to target foreigners, right?). And it&#8217;s not the first time we&#8217;ve had these sorts of racist caricatures, either, recorded on Debito.org for posterity.  Examples follow:<\/p>\n<p>One day I would love to have leaked to Debito.org NPA training manuals that talk about how NJ suspects are supposed to be treated in public and in custody.  We already have a former public prosecutor acknowledging in 2011 that he was trained to believe that &#8220;foreigners have no human rights&#8221; in Japan.  If I could get some sections of those training manuals scanned, we would have proof positive and undeniable that Japan&#8217;s police forces are not only innately racist, but also systematically racist.  Anyone out there with connections? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,33,52,5,10,13,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-social-science","category-fingerprinting-nj","category-hate-speech","category-human-rights","category-japanese-policeforeign-crime","category-media","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}