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The woman accused of shoving a top Japanese diplomat in Portland, Oregon, has been indicted in federal court after state charges were dropped at the request of prosecutors. Background: Arissa Jean Minyonne Robinson, 23, allegedly pushed Yoshioka Yuzo — the consul general for Portland’s Consular Office of Japan — to the ground near Southwest Park Avenue and Oak Street on June 17. Yuzo first arrived in Portland and assumed his post in March.

In an alleged act of anti-Asian hate crime, a woman attacked a senior Japanese diplomat in Oregon last month.

A top Japanese diplomat has been attacked in Portland by a homeless person with a history of violence against Asian people.

Arissa Jean Minyonne Robinson, 23, has also been charged for placing another Asian senior in a chokehold in a separate incident