LIVER POOL FC
 
Liverpool’s players will wear unique, special-edition shirts for Wednesday’s pre-season fixture with Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan.
Created alongside the club’s official publication partner, Kodansha, the Reds’ jerseys for the game at Nissan Stadium will include names and numbers o...

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BANGLADESH PRATIDIN
 
Japan has adopted a basic policy to implement a new residency qualification system for foreign workers, set to begin in April 2027. The move aims to replace the controversial technical intern training program and attract skilled labor from abroad through structured skill dev...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese police on Monday renewed calls for information about a French woman who disappeared seven years ago during a trip to a tourist spot north of Tokyo.
Officers distributed flyers around Tobu Nikko Station and JR Nikko Station in Tochigi Prefecture, seeking details on the wherea...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Police have arrested a 24-year-old Vietnamese man on suspicion of murdering a woman at a house in the city of Imari, Saga Prefecture.
In the incident, which occurred on Saturday, 40-year-old Japanese language instructor Maiko Mukumoto, a resident of the house, and her mother were st...

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 NIPPON
 
Restaurants, manufacturers and retailers in Japan are taking new measures to reduce food waste, including the use of leftovers to generate electricity.
 
Akindo Sushiro Co., which runs conveyor-belt sushi chain Sushiro, and five other major restaurant operators have launched a project t...

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KYODO NEWS
 
A Latvian staff member at the World Exposition in Osaka has drawn over half a million social media followers after posting about his experience of engaging with Japanese language and culture as a foreigner.
Artur Galata, 31, who has been posting on X and Instagram, said he was "very ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The internal affairs ministry plans to survey municipalities about uncollected resident tax from foreigners who leave Japan without paying, in order to consider countermeasures, a government source said Friday.
Workers living in Japan as of Jan. 1 are subject to resident tax for tha...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan has the world’s second most powerful passport — tied with South Korea — according to the latest Henley Passport Index ranking, which ranks passports on visa-free access to other countries.
Japanese and South Korean passport holders have visa-free access to 190 destinations out...

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Bali Governor Wayan Koster, on Thursday, received a visit from Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Akiko Ikuina in Denpasar City, where they explored more avenues to strengthen cooperation in tourism and education.
In a statement from his office, the governor no...

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CNN
 
President Donald Trump announced a long-awaited trade agreement with Japan on Tuesday night, a framework between allies and major trading partners that appeared elusive just weeks ago.
“I just signed the largest trade deal in history; I think maybe the largest deal in history with Japan,” T...

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