For the Japanese government, it’s business as usual with the Philippines despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s abusive “war on drugs.” Both the United States and the European Parliament have publicly criticized the killings by police and unidentified “vigilantes” of more than 7,000 suspected drug dealers and users, but not a peep from Tokyo.
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Dispatches
Japan Turns a Blind Eye to Philippines’ Abusive ‘Drug War’
Tokyo Offers Silence and Assistance, but No Condemnations of Killings
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