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Japan Details New Scheme to Train Foreign Workers

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NIPPON.COM
 
The Japanese government adopted plans on Friday to abolish the existing technical intern program for foreign nationals and create a new scheme to train foreign workers as part of efforts to address labor shortages in the country.
The new scheme is designed to help foreigners achieve ...

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Police Say No. Of Cyber Scams In Japan Up 8% In 2023, Most In 10 Yrs

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan saw an 8.3 percent increase in the number of police-recognized cyber and phone scams in 2023, with the 19,033 cases the most in 10 years, while the number of people linked to overseas-based crime rings was the highest ever seen, data showed Thursday.
Cases of telecommunications...

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4 Vietnamese Arrested For Thefts Targeting Uniqlo Shops In Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
Four Vietnamese people have been arrested for repeated shoplifting at Uniqlo and other clothing shops in Japan, with theft losses estimated to reach around 20 million yen ($135,000), police said Tuesday.
The four, including Nguyen Hoang Anh, a 38-year-old man whose residential addres...

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Japan, Italy Agree On Security Cooperation; Meloni Takes Up G7 Baton From Kishida

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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni also agreed to hold the first director general-level meeting between foreign and defense authorities in March to deepen their security cooperation.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Italian counterpart ...

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Pod Of At Least 10 Killer Whales Appears Trapped By Sea Ice In Japan

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CNN
 
A pod of at least 10 killer whales appears to be trapped by sea ice off Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday.
Officials from the coastal town of Rausu said they have no way to rescue the orcas, which were first spotted by a local fisherman, NHK rep...

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Karolina Shiino: Ukraine-Born Miss Japan Gives Up Crown Following Affair

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BBC
 
The Ukraine-born winner of the Miss Japan beauty pageant has given up her crown after a tabloid report revealed her affair with a married man.
Karolina Shiino, 26, was crowned Miss Japan two weeks ago but her win sparked public debate due to her heritage.
While some welcomed the naturalised...

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Heavy Snow In Tokyo Area Impacts Morning Commute, Injures 120

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The Meteorological Agency lifted its heavy snow warning for all 23 wards of Tokyo and other areas on Tuesday, but traffic in the Tokyo metropolitan area continued to be affected by a buildup of snow and icy road surfaces.
According to reports from the Tokyo Fire Department, at least...

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Taiwan Raises $17.2 Million Donation For Japan Quake Aid

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Taiwan has raised over NT$540 million ($17.2 million) from the private sector in a fundraising campaign to help Japan recover from a powerful earthquake three weeks ago that killed more than 200 people, the island's Health and Welfare Ministry said Monday.
During the two-week campai...

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Power Outage Halts Bullet Trains In Eastern Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
Many bullet train services between Tokyo and stations in eastern and central Japan were suspended Tuesday due to a power outage, with their operator saying services will not restart soon.
The outage, which began around 10 a.m., affected sections of the Tohoku, Joetsu and Hokuriku shi...

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Japan Hopes Sunlight Can Save Stricken Slim Moon Lander

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BBC
 
Japan may yet manage to salvage its Moon lander, the country's space agency Jaxa says - if sunlight hits it in the right place.
The Slim spacecraft was turned off just three hours after its historic lunar touchdown on Saturday to save power.
Engineers had realised its solar cells were point...

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