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Nov 5, 2019

Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire ready to rumble in WBSS bantamweight final

Japanese phenom Naoya Inoue and legendary fighter Nonito Donaire will square off in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament final at Saitama Super Arena on Thursday night.
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JAPAN
Nov 5, 2019

Filipino typhoon survivor tells of brush with climate crisis, urges Japanese to act now

Not everyone has the luxury of reading about climate change.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2019

Ceremony marks 60th anniversary of Japan's development assistance to Brazil

A ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the start of Japan's official development assistance to Brazil was held Monday in Sao Paulo.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 5, 2019

What's the RCEP, and what happened to the TPP?

When it comes to sweeping global free-trade agreements, U.S. President Donald Trump isn't the only party pooper. Two years after Trump withdrew the U.S. from a 12-nation deal known as the TPP, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pulled his country out of a 16-nation grouping led by China known as...
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BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2019

SoftBank to tighten governance standards for firms it invests in: report

Following related issues at WeWork, SoftBank Group Corp. will introduce new standards to tighten corporate governance at companies in which it invests, the Financial Times reported Monday.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 5, 2019

China reviewing locations in U.S. where Xi might sign trade deal with Trump

China is reviewing locations in the U.S. where President Xi Jinping would be willing to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump to sign the first phase of a trade deal between the world's two largest economies, people familiar with the plans have said.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 5, 2019

North Korea says inclusion on U.S. terror report closing door to dialogue

North Korea lashed out at the U.S. on Tuesday after Washington redesignated it a state sponsor of terrorism last week, warning that the United States' "hostile policy" was closing the door to continued dialogue.
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Rugby
Nov 5, 2019

Video replay of the fantastic fans of the 2019 Rugby World Cup

The 2019 Rugby World Cup took Japan by storm for six weeks as millions of fans packed 12 host venues across the country for 48 thrilling games contested by 20 participating nations. The tournament was praised by World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont as “one of greatest, if not the greatest of all time,”...
Nov 5, 2019

Yamaha Motor Exhibits City Commuter TRICITY300 at EICMA

“Aiming to make a bike that won't tip over" - 4th model with LMW technology
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WORLD
Nov 5, 2019

U.S. House Democrats say Boeing CEO's testimony prompts new questions over 'culture of concealment'

The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the head of its aviation subcommittee said on Monday that Boeing's testimony on two fatal 737 MAX crashes prompted new questions.
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BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2019

Four-day workweek boosted productivity by 40%, Microsoft Japan experiment shows

In a rare corporate experiment to test a four-day work system, Microsoft Corp.’s Japan branch found that their productivity improved by about 40 percent, the company said.
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BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2019

Ousted McDonald's CEO gets to keep $37 million in stock awards

Former McDonald's Corp. Chief Executive Officer Stephen Easterbrook, who was fired for having a relationship with an employee, was allowed to keep stock awards worth more than $37 million as well as $675,000 severance and health insurance benefits.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2019

Ukraine to ax prosecutor who discussed Bidens with Rudy Giuliani, source says

Ukraine plans to fire the prosecutor who led investigations into the firm where former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's son served on the board, a central figure in the activity at the heart of impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump, a source told Reuters.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 5, 2019

Steve Bannon's Trump defense loses White House support as strains grow

White House officials are distancing themselves from a campaign Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has mounted to defend the president from impeachment, after tensions flared again this weekend between Bannon and Jared Kushner.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 5, 2019

Impeachment panels can't make officials testify without lawyers present, U.S. Justice Department says

House committees conducting impeachment proceedings can't force officials from executive branch agencies to testify about matters that might involve protected information without government lawyers present, the Justice Department said in a new legal opinion.
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BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2019

Resurgent Boeing 737 Max could trigger jetliner glut, analyst warns

Airlines that have been forced to rejig operations due to the grounding of the 737 Max could face a markedly different problem when Boeing Co.'s best-selling jet is finally cleared to re-enter service: a gradual switch to concerns about oversupply, a leading analyst warned on Monday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 5, 2019

Gay Byrne, Ireland's 'most influential broadcaster,' dies at 85

Ireland's best known television personality, Gay Byrne, who hosted "The Late Late Show" for almost 40 years, died aged 85 on Monday, and was hailed by the prime minister as the "most influential broadcaster in the history of the state.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 5, 2019

Launched in 1977, NASA's Voyager 2 probe provides insight on solar system's border with interstellar space

The journey of NASA's dauntless Voyager 2 spacecraft through our solar system's farthest reaches has given scientists new insight into a poorly understood distant frontier: the unexpectedly distinct boundary marking where the sun's energetic influence ends and interstellar space begins.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2019

Crowdfunding drive in Japan to help rebuild Okinawa's Shuri Castle raises over ¥250 million

A total of more than ¥250 million has been donated by more than 18,000 people to a crowdfunding campaign set up by the city of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, to help rebuild Shuri Castle after it was destroyed by fire last week.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2019

South Korean defense chief wants to maintain info-sharing pact with Japan

South Korean Minister of National Defense Jeong Kyeong-doo called Monday for the country's military information-sharing pact with Japan to be kept alive.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2019

Dozens of bags of radioactive waste still missing in Fukushima three weeks after intense typhoon

Dozens of bags containing waste polluted with radioactive substances are still missing in Fukushima Prefecture, three weeks after they were swept away from storage areas in floods triggered by Typhoon Hagibis.

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