Okinawa minister refuses to call riot cop's slur discriminatory

Okinawa minister refuses to call riot cop's slur discriminatory

Yosuke Tsuruho, the minister in charge of affairs in Okinawa, meets with reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2016. Tsuruho again refused to label a riot police officer's ethnic slur against local anti-U.S. military base protesters in Okinawa as discriminatory, while saying intimidating words and actions are not permissible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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