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ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2018

After slew of complaints from sexually harassed women, India looks to tighten abuse laws

India is considering tightening sexual harassment laws, government officials said Thursday, after an avalanche of allegations of abuse lodged by women in recent weeks thrust the issue to the forefront of politics.
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WORLD
Oct 19, 2018

Current U.S.-China frictions do not amount to a new 'cold war': ex-Australian PM Kevin Rudd

As tensions ratchet up between the U.S. and China over trade and security issues, many major news organizations around the globe have given a platform to commentators trumpeting the arrival of a new "cold war" between the world's two largest economic superpowers.
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WORLD / Society
Oct 19, 2018

Trump threatens to send military, shut border as swelling U.S.-bound migrant caravan heads for Mexico

President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military and close the southern U.S. border on Thursday as Hondurans and Salvadorans joined thousands of migrants in Guatemala hoping to travel north.
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WORLD
Oct 19, 2018

Putin claims Islamic State has seized 700 hostages in Syria, executed some

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Islamic State militants had seized nearly 700 hostages in part of Syria controlled by U.S.-backed forces and had executed some of them and promised to kill more.
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LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Oct 18, 2018

A weekend in Fukuoka: A youthful city, bursting with life

Located on the northern shore of Kyushu, Fukuoka is one of Japan's most vibrant cities: It is the fastest-growing city outside Tokyo, it has the youngest average population and has gone to great lengths over the past few years to position itself as Japan's startup capital.
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JAPAN
Oct 18, 2018

As international order languishes, experts at G1 Global Conference discuss Japan's new role as global 'stabilizer'

In a world increasingly fragmented by U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda, Japan should take on the role as the world's new "stabilizer" by committing to the landmark Paris accord on climate change and keeping a multilateral trade regime from falling apart in the absence of the United...
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JAPAN / Society
Oct 18, 2018

Abe wants foreigners to bolster Japan's shrinking workforce but finds vocal resistance

A strict immigration policy has helped make Japan one of the world's oldest and most homogeneous societies. Now, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to invite as many as half a million foreign workers is testing the country's tolerance for change.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 17, 2018

NTT Docomo to launch world's 'thinnest and lightest' phone in November

For years, electronics giants have been developing smartphones with increasingly larger screens. Bucking the trend for phones to be bigger and flashier is a handset set to debut next month from NTT Docomo Inc. that can fit in your business card case.
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MORE SPORTS
Oct 16, 2018

Decorated minimumweight Katsunari Takayama granted amateur boxing license

Former professional four-organization minimumweight champion Katsunari Takayama will be granted his wish to receive an amateur license from the Japan Amateur Boxing Federation, it was announced at a news conference on Tuesday.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 16, 2018

Shrinking hasn't stopped Japan from growing

More immigration allows much-needed growth in the workforce and a higher consumption tax shores up government finances.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2018

Surveillance cameras removed from shower area at Ibaraki immigration center

Support groups for detainees had complained that the cameras, set up after cases of vandalism, violated the privacy of those held there.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Oct 16, 2018

Hopes high that Pope Francis will send message from A-bombed cities to support nuclear weapons ban treaty

With Pope Francis expressing his intention to visit Japan next year, hopes are high among Hiroshima and Nagasaki residents and A-bomb survivors' groups that he may come to their cities.
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BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2018

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer at 65: family

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen, the man who persuaded school-friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start what became the world's biggest software company, died on Monday at the age of 65, his family said.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2018

U.S. judge dismisses Stormy Daniels defamation suit against Trump, orders her to pay his legal fees

A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed adult film actress Stormy Daniels's defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump and ordered her to pay his attorney's fees, saying a tweet the president had written referring to her was protected by free-speech laws.
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JAPAN
Oct 15, 2018

Showa University admits improper practices in medical school admissions, but denies gender discrimination

The development comes as the education ministry probes irregularities involving 81 universities with medical schools, following revelations of systems disadvantaging women and older applicants.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2018

Trump says Mattis is 'sort of a Democrat,' hints that defense chief may be exiting Cabinet

U.S. President Donald Trump has hinted that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis — long viewed as a force restraining Trump's foreign policy excesses — could be one of the next officials to leave his Cabinet.
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WORLD
Oct 14, 2018

Riyadh threatens to retaliate if sanctions are leveled over disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey

Saudi Arabia rejected threats to punish it over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, saying the kingdom will retaliate against any sanctions with tougher measures, the official state news agency said Sunday.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 13, 2018

Natural disasters shake the nation to attention in 2018

You wake to pitch blackness, the house shaking crazily. Nightmare? Yes — a waking one. "Where are my glasses?" You're helpless without your glasses. The shaking gets worse.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 13, 2018

Junko Naito: Living and working a la mode

As Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo kicks in, PR veteran Junko Naito talks about her life in style
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CULTURE / Film
Oct 13, 2018

Politics and cinema intermingle at Busan International Film Festival

The 23rd edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) opened Oct. 4 as Typhoon Kong-rey approached the South Korean port city. When the storm peaked on Saturday morning, some public events were cancelled, but the screenings continued and were still packed with press, industry people and, most...

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