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Japan suspends visas for would-be residents amid crackdown on inbound travel
by Ryusei Takahashi
Effective Thursday, the central government temporarily suspended for one month visas that have been issued but not used to enter Japan.
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Education ministry seeks to iron out wrinkles over school history syllabus
by Michael Hoffman
“Modern global history” is to be made a compulsory subject in senior high schools in Japan from 2022.
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Pair of quakes shake Japan and prompt fears of more seismic activity to come
by Alex K.T. Martin
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake jolted eastern Yamanashi at around 6:30 a.m., which was followed by a magnitude 5.4 temblor in Wakayama three hours later.
