--- title: Japan Police Accused of Racial Profiling | TIME description: A civil lawsuit filed Monday in a Japanese court is demanding an end to what it calls racial profiling by police. The lawsuit said “racial profiling is nothing but discrimination on the basis of race, nationality and color.' Zain, Maurice, and Matthew are the three plaintiffs demanding 3 million yen ($20,000) each in punitive damages over “unconstitutional and illegal” treatment, plus 300,000 yen ($2,000) per plaintiff in attorney fees. canonical: https://time.com/video/jZyo8d8w/ og:title: Japan Police Accused of Racial Profiling og:description: A civil lawsuit filed Monday in a Japanese court is demanding an end to what it calls racial profiling by police. The lawsuit said “racial profiling is nothing but discrimination on the basis of race, nationality and color.' 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Japan Police Accused of Racial Profiling [Watch (HLS stream): Japan Police Accused of Racial Profiling](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jZyo8d8w.m3u8) (3:28)  _Published 2024-01-30. A civil lawsuit filed Monday in a Japanese court is demanding an end to what it calls racial profiling by police. The lawsuit said “racial profiling is nothing but discrimination on the basis of race, nationality and color.' Zain, Maurice, and Matthew are the three plaintiffs demanding 3 million yen ($20,000) each in punitive damages over “unconstitutional and illegal” treatment, plus 300,000 yen ($2,000) per plaintiff in attorney fees._ --- Jan 30, 2024 9:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Official 2015 Dodge Super Bowl Commercial - Wisdom - #DodgeWisdom](/video/HFFsYfwv/) ### Official 2015 Dodge Super Bowl Commercial - Wisdom - #DodgeWisdom [Nationwide- The boy who couldn´t grow up - Super Bowl 2015 XLIX Ad](/video/ZfppJtdd/) ### Nationwide- The boy who couldn´t grow up - Super Bowl 2015 XLIX Ad [Super Bowl Ad: Hyundai](/video/zm0awQPn/) ### Super Bowl Ad: Hyundai --- ## Transcript Novice riding a bicycle so they stopped me at the beginning of the conversation was like that's not your bicycle bicycle. Who's the real the owner that was the first conversation from the police? So when the things happen that way so I feel very you know. What did I say offensive for like I think that something's wrong with the police that brings the some kind of racist racist, you know ideology to two people like me. So at the first moment, they think I'm their own criminal maybe Australian I think things to do be like that after the changing of Japan situation like many foreigners come in many people who are born with different face, but a Japanese citizen her young children in school. There are many population of the ordinance route fighting right now is the right moment to change a theme for a good place. Over the years it has just I've committed many many many many times with me regardless if I'm driving or walking taking a train. Riding my bicycle is just uncomfortable because there is no way. A police guy knows that this person has already been checked within our country which is so modern in everything can be so cruel in the way. They approach. There's no such system that the percent a civilian like me can be always feel protected and feel free to walk around because you don't know that any color you can just stop eventually I felt myself as part of social withdrawal. I never knew what social withdrawal was until recently which is hickey hickey Kumori in Japanese that I feel like every time I finish work. I'm hiding in my house. In Japanese One Toke is one of the greatest City where people want to go but I don't want to go out. And I always tell my wife and I are in the reason it's just because I don't want to face another please. So nine out of 10 times. I know they will find a way to stop being different is not wrong. It is not necessarily better. It's just different so for someone like me who is an immigrant and also part of the diaspora. I want people to know that just because you are the nail that sticks up that you don't necessarily have to be hammered down without a fight. This is an everyday occurrence is an everyday thing and that we have to do something to prevent that for the future Generations that are going to helpfully keep this country going the next two to three generations. So this is this the first case about the racial profiling so it's about the police questioning racially discriminated discriminated Tree on questioning. It's very difficult for foreigners to sue against the government because they are worried about their business targeted by the police. So I actually took two years to find the printing for this lawsuit. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Japan Police Accused of Racial Profiling","description":"A civil lawsuit filed Monday in a Japanese court is demanding an end to what it calls racial profiling by police. 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