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Wrestling Start-Up AEW Tags Up With New Japan In Challenge To WWE Behemoth

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CNA
 
U.S. grappling start-up All Elite Wrestling (AEW) may need its Japanese partner to help fill London's 90,000-seat Wembley Stadium for a show in August, its billionaire founder said, looking to wrest market share from its newly beefed-up rival.
The Wembley show is on pace to be one of the bi...

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Possible Jets Collision At Tokyo's Haneda Airport

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NHK
 
Japan's transport ministry says two passenger jets appear to have collided near a taxiway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday.
Footage from an NHK camera shows the EVA Air and Thai Airways aircraft on the runway.
Part of the wing of the Thai Airways plane looks to be broken, and what appe...

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Japan’s Foreign Worker Program Is Ripe For Reform

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EAST ASIA FORUM
 
In an interim report released in May 2023, the Japanese government’s expert panel on foreign worker integration recommended abolishing the Technical Intern Training Program.
In its place, the panel proposed a new system focused on securing an adequate labour force for Japan whil...

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M6.2 Quake Hits Hokkaido

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JAPAN TODAY
 
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Sunday, the weather agency said, with no tsunami warning issued.
The quake registered a lower 5 on the country's seismic intensity scale of 7 in Chitose and other parts on th...

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Japan Aims To Refocus Its Foreign Aid On Maritime And Economic Security And National Interests

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AP NEWS
 
Japan approved a major revision to its development aid policy Friday to focus on maritime and economic security and its national interests while helping developing nations overcome compound challenges amid China’s growing global influence.
The revision to the Development Cooperation Cha...

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Memorial Service Marks 22 Years Since Fatal Stabbing Rampage At Ikeda School

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A memorial service was held Thursday to mark the 22nd anniversary of a stabbing rampage at an elementary school in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, that left eight children dead.
Relatives, teachers and students attended the ceremony at Ikeda Elementary School to remember the tragedy and pl...

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Japan Upper House Panel OKs Immigration Law Revision

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Judicial Affairs Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan’s parliament, approved on Thursday a bill to revise the immigration control and refugee recognition law.
The bill was passed by a majority vote, with support from the ruling coalition of the Libera...

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Japan Rethinks Tattoo Ban In Defence Forces To Lift Recruitment

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BBC
 
Japan's defence force is rethinking a ban on tattoos as it tries to increase recruitment from a rapidly shrinking population.
Tattoos have long been a taboo in the country, where they are associated with mafia-like criminal gangs known as yakuza who sport elaborate skin art.
But officials n...

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Being A Vegetarian In Japan Can Be Hard. Now, Authorities Want To Change That

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SBS.COM
 
Data on vegetarians and vegans in Japan is sparse, with small-scale surveys finding just a small percentage of the population following such diets.
While millions of visitors have happily savoured Japan's fish and meat-heavy cuisine, options for vegetarians and vegans are harder to find...

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Japan To Offer Permanent Residency For 4th-Generation Descendants

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan is set to revise its working program for fourth-generation foreigners of Japanese descent and offer permanent residency to individuals who fulfill certain language requirements, immigration agency officials said Tuesday.
The change to the program introduced in 2018 and aimed at...

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