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FOREIGN

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2018
How China is losing the world
Beijing's overreach risks creating a well-spring of resistance to its global ambitions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 21, 2018
Clear strategy needed for inviting foreign labor
Japan's gradual approach to welcoming unskilled labor from abroad helps ensure the maintenance of social harmony.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2018
Growth in number of visitors to Japan remains slow in August due to natural disasters
The estimated number of visitors to Japan in August rose 4.1 percent from a year earlier to 2,577,800, marking slow growth due to recent disasters in the country as well as scorching summer heat, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2018
We may be facing a textbook emerging-market crisis
Argentina and Turkey look like outliers but the rot could spread fast.
BUSINESS / Markets / CURRENCY MARKET
Sep 3, 2018
Goldman sees yuan gaining in reserves at expense of dollar and yen
China's currency is set to take an increasing share of world foreign-exchange reserves, with the dollar and yen having to make the most room proportionally for the newcomer on the block, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2018
'Tourists' evacuated by boat for first time in Tokyo earthquake drill
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Sunday conducted a disaster drill based on a scenario in which a powerful earthquake strikes the capital. The exercise was the first to involve the evacuation of foreign tourists by ship.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2018
Justice Ministry to enforce rule designating number of weeks Japanese-language schools must be in session
The measure is intended to ensure that students who enter Japan to learn the language do not spend the majority of their stay working.
EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2018
Secure proper conditions for foreign workers
With more low-skilled workers coming in from overseas, Japan must improve their work and living conditions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2018
Tokyo adds four foreign languages to its customer help line for water services
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government added four foreign languages to its multilingual telephone line Tuesday to respond to inquiries about water services from the capital's growing number of foreign residents and better assist them in dealing with leakages and other emergencies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2018
U.S. judge gives partial win to prosecution ahead of Paul Manafort's second trial
A judge overseeing the upcoming second trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Tuesday approved the prosecution's request to allow evidence about a Justice Department inspection of Manafort's lobbying activities in the 1980s but limited the scope of what it can show.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2018
Japan will overhaul Immigration Bureau to create agency for expected surge of blue-collar workers under new status
The move comes as the government seeks to accept more foreign workers and introduce a new status of residence amid a serious labor crunch.
BUSINESS / Markets / CURRENCY MARKET
Aug 27, 2018
Dollar weaker below ¥111.20 in late Tokyo trading
The dollar was weaker below ¥111.20 in late Tokyo trading Monday, though it recovered some ground in line with brisk Japanese stocks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2018
Birds of a feather do fall out sometimes
Seasoned diplomats are much subtler and more prudent than badgers of the same stripe.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2018
Foreign disaster victims in Hiroshima struggle to overcome language, paperwork barriers in quest for assistance
A month after the historic rain disaster in western Japan, residents in Hiroshima are still struggling to come to terms with the aftermath. And the people most affected, particularly those unfamiliar with Japanese procedures, will face further hurdles on the path to recovery.

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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