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JAPAN / Society
May 19, 2020

Foreign residents stranded abroad by Japan's coronavirus controls

Japan is the only Group of Seven member denying entry to long-term and permanent residents, and has set no clear criteria for their return.
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OLYMPICS
Mar 24, 2020

2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed, IOC member Dick Pound says

The International Olympic Committee has decided to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Games because of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC member Dick Pound said on Monday, as a window slowly began to open that would allow the showcase to be staged next year.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Dec 2, 2019

Fate brings a new family member into the Fujimuras' home

Lionel, who was featured in this space in March as one of the last of his siblings still waiting to be adopted, has at last found a new home with Fuka Fujimura and her father, Keisuke.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2019

Former senior member of Zaitokukai fined ¥500,000, but escapes prison term over anti-Korean hate speech

The Kyoto District Court fines a former senior member of the anti-Korean group Zaitokukai u00a5500,000 for using hate speech in the city to defame an operator of schools for Korean children.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 31, 2019

Blow for Johnson as Cabinet member Nicky Morgan quits ahead of Brexit election battle

Boris Johnson suffered a surprise blow to his election campaign on day one of the contest when senior Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan announced she was quitting politics.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 5, 2019

Facebook's Libra digital currency loses its first member: PayPal

U.S. payments processor PayPal said on Friday it was leaving Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook-led effort to build global digital currency Libra, making it the first member to exit the group.
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JAPAN / United Nations Day special
Oct 24, 2018

Japan as a model U.N. member state

The United Nations of 2018 exists in a world that is more interconnected than ever before. Countries are no longer insulated from the setbacks and challenges of other nations, and all profit in some way from each other's innovation and success.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2018

SDF member taking part in joint drill with U.S., Philippine troops dies after crash

The Ground Self-Defense Force said one of its members succumbed to his injuries and died early Sunday morning as a result of an automobile accident that occurred last week while he was participating in a joint exercise with U.S. and Filipino soldiers in the Philippines.
JAPAN
May 24, 2018

Death row inmate and former Aum Shinrikyo member publishes VX research paper

Tomomasa Nakagawa, a former senior member of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo who is now on death row, has published a research paper on the deadly VX nerve agent, it was learned Wednesday.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 18, 2018

Bank of Japan likely to enjoy greater policy freedom if Abe quits, says former board member Kiuchi

The Bank of Japan will likely find it easier to make its inflation target less binding if recent scandals throw Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from power, according to Takahide Kiuchi, a former board member at the central bank.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
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