KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government said Tuesday it plans to introduce fake IDs for police to conduct undercover investigations as part of emergency measures to tackle "dark part-time work."
Under the countermeasures due to be introduced early next year, police will also request social media ope...

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NIPPON
 
The Japanese government decided Tuesday to set up an expert panel for the introduction in 2027 of a new system to accept foreign workers.
The government hopes to incorporate expert opinions into the details of the new system to avoid criticism similar to the existing technical trainee sy...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The two junior high school students who were stabbed by a man at a fast-food restaurant on Saturday have no defensive wounds, indicating that they were assaulted without any time to protect themselves, according to investigative sources.
The Fukuoka prefectural police said the incide...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Takumi Kanaya, this year's top money winner on the Japanese professional men's golf tour, is in contention for a U.S. PGA Tour card after moving up to third in the penultimate round of the final qualifying tournament on Saturday.
The top five and ties at the PGA Tour Q-School Final S...

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NIPPON
 
Japan Post Co. started accepting New Year's cards for 2025 on Sunday.
Postal rates in Japan were raised in October, with the price of a New Year's postcard, like a regular postcard, going up to 85 yen from 63 yen.
In anticipation of a drop in demand following the rate hikes, Japan Post c...

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NHK
 
Police in western Japan are searching for a man who fled with a knife from the scene of a stabbing incident at a fast-food restaurant that left a teenage girl dead.
The incident took place Saturday night in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Police say a 15-year-old girl has been p...

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NIPPON
 
Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, is considering withdrawing from a ship route between Japan and South Korea, over a scandal in which a subsidiary covered up a water leak incident on a high-speed passenger ship, it was learned Friday.
In August this year, JR Kyushu said that the subsidia...

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Fukuoka High Court on Friday became the third high court in Japan to rule the country's lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, but upheld a lower court ruling to dismiss plaintiffs' claim for damages.
In the ruling, the court judged for the first time...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The kanji for gold (金 kin) was chosen as the single most representative character symbolic of the social mood in Japan this year, a Kyoto-based organization said Thursday.
The character symbolized Japan's gold medals at the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as Los Angeles...

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TEMPO
 
Japan Association for Construction Human Resources (JAC) admitted that it really hopes for help from workers from neighboring countries, including Indonesia, in overcoming the labor crisis in the country.
"The elderly in Japan are more numerous than the young, which means that there are v...

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