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Last month, in downtown Portland, the top Japanese diplomat in Oregon was attacked by a homeless person.

A homeless woman with a history of attacking Asian people is now facing a bias charge after allegedly shoving a top Japanese diplomat in Portland, Oregon, last month. The latest incident: Yoshioka Yuzo, 62, the consul general for Portland’s Consular Office of Japan, was walking near Southwest Park Avenue and Oak Street on June 17 when someone pushed him to the ground. After the attack, he said, “I am glad to be assigned to Portland and haven’t changed my good image about Portland despite this incident.”

The head of the Consular Office of Japan in Portland was pushed to the ground by a homeless woman and suffered a cut to his head after hitting the pavement, the Foreign Ministry has said.

A senior Japanese diplomat in Oregon was attacked by a homeless woman last month and sustained injuries in an alleged anti-Asian hate crime, according to local media reports.

A senior Japanese diplomat based in the U.S. state of Oregon was attacked on the street there last month by a homeless woman in an apparent hate crime.