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JAPAN
Nov 4, 2018

Japan expects acceptance of 40,000 foreign workers in first year of proposed new visas rules: sources

Some 40,000 foreign workers are expected to be accepted in the first year the new visa categories go into effect, with the total rising to 250,000 after five years, government sources said Saturday.
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LIFE
Nov 4, 2018

Tsuyoshi Tane designs forward-thinking buildings by building on memories

Tsuyoshi Tane says one particular piece of praise has stayed with him throughout the year.
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BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Nov 4, 2018

Japan’s busy year on trade likely to shake up the economy for years to come

The nation's deal makers are having a busy year, as the reincarnation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership moves a step closer to implementation and another trade pact may also be concluded.
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JAPAN / Society
Nov 4, 2018

Aging Tokyo town lures young residents with offers of houses and land

An inconspicuous wooden teahouse stands midway on a winding road that connects the center of a remote mountainous town in western Tokyo to a scenic lake that supplies water to the capital.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 3, 2018

A Michelin star in just six months for Ireland's first kaiseki restaurant

Chef Takashi Miyazaki's Ichigo Ichie is Ireland's first kaiseki restaurant — albeit one that blends Japanese and Irish flavors. When it landed a Michelin star within its first year, the restaurant put Cork back on Europe's culinary map and brought Miyazaki instant international acclaim.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2018

Saudi sisters likely committed suicide in New York's Hudson River, police say

Two young Saudi women whose bodies were found a week ago along the rocky Manhattan shore of the Hudson River, bound together with duct tape around their waist and ankles, likely committed suicide, New York police said Friday.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2018

Trump considering U.S. State Department spokeswoman for U.N. ambassador post

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was seriously considering naming U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to succeed Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, adding he would make a decision on the posting soon.
EDITORIALS
Nov 2, 2018

Merkel's exit may test Germany's liberal values

Germany has been a critical partner as Japan has forged partnership agreements on strategic and economic issues with Europe. Whoever succeeds Merkel must not relinquish that role or that outlook.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2018

Hawks closer Yuito Mori prepared well for pressure-packed playoff games

Hawks closer Yuito Mori was accompanying his two baby children on the way to the parking lot after the team's 5-4 extra-inning win in Game 5 of the Japan Series at Yafuoku Dome on Thursday night.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 2, 2018

U.N. agencies' report says hundreds of millions of adults, children in Asia's booming cities are undernourished

Hundreds of millions of children and adults in Asia's rapidly expanding cities are undernourished, and will remain so without "inclusive, sustainable and nutrition-sensitive" urban planning, United Nations officials said Friday.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2018

U.S. will hold migrants in 'massive' tent cities, military will fire on violent ones: Trump

President Donald Trump said U.S. soldiers on the border with Mexico may fire on migrants who commit violence and that people who cross into the country illegally would be detained in "massive" tent cities, as he sought to rev up his base ahead of elections next week.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2018

'Divisive Donald at his worst': Democrats, some Republicans blast Trump ad as racially charged

U.S. President Donald Trump faced scathing criticism on Thursday for an advertisement linking Democrats and immigrants to violent crime, as Democrats and some of his fellow Republicans blasting it as the most racially divisive political ad in three decades.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2018

Tsunami are a clear and ever-present danger

Complacency is the greatest threat in the face of a natural hazard that knows no time or season.
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Rugby
Nov 1, 2018

Steve Hansen names second-string squad to face Brave Blossoms

New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen on Thursday told his new-look All Blacks to "trust your instincts" after naming his team for Saturday's test against Japan.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Oct 31, 2018

For work rules in Japan to legally count, employers must hammer them home

Court precedents in Japan have reinforced that work rules lack legal power if they are not easily accessible and known to employees.
EDITORIALS
Oct 31, 2018

South Korea court ruling bad news for bilateral ties

The South Korean government, which has said it 'respects' the decision of the judiciary while hoping for a future-oriented development of its relations with Japan, should set its position straight and contain any disruptions to bilateral ties.
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CULTURE / Film
Oct 31, 2018

'Love At Least': There's a shadow looming over this tale of romance

Mental illness takes many forms, but depression is among the most baffling to family and friends, since the afflicted may be physically healthy and verbally coherent but barely stir from bed for weeks or months at a time.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 31, 2018

From 'cardboard nannies' to 'fruit money': fast-paced Hong Kong slow to adapt to its elderly

At the Tanner Hill apartments in Hong Kong, the residents — all aged 60-plus — are enjoying the ancient Chinese tile game of mahjong along with some bite-sized delicacies, dimsum, at one of the on-site restaurants.
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JAPAN
Oct 30, 2018

At death's door: The attraction of living in homes with ghastly pasts

Television sets inexplicably turn on and off. Visitors who enter his room complain of sudden migraines. Rapping sounds keep him awake at night, and psychics warn he is being stalked by ghostly apparitions.
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 30, 2018

Kichizaemon Raku reads between Wols' lines

Kichizaemon Raku, the eldest son of Kakunyu XIV, succeeded to the role as the 15th head of the revered Raku family of tea bowl craftsmen in 1981, a tradition founded in the Momoyama Period (1573-1603) by Tanaka Chojiro (d. 1592). His latest exhibition, "Raku Kichizaemon × Wols" at the Sagawa Art Museum...
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Oct 30, 2018

Shoma Uno, Mako Yamashita stake claims for GP Final spots

Shoma Uno looked in midseason form as he rallied to victory at Skate Canada on Saturday in Laval, Quebec.

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