I wonder if that's possible in Japan for a black person

The Japanese like Africans, placing them only slightly lower than Europeans. Basically if you're not dressed like a thug and don't have certain tattoos, and aren't Brazilian, Korean or Chinese, you'll usually be treated pretty nicely.

I'd assume so, though I'm not aware of any statistics that'd catalogue police action there by skin color / ethnicity, not official, not third party.

I'd think a formal or business casual attire, with proper grooming, is a rather international signal that you're vaguely alright in your ways.

Anything specific you reckon otherwise for?

The author of the article is a black woman, so... maybe not.

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