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Japan says 10 medical schools altered admissions, some kept out women
A Japanese government investigation sparked by a row over medical school admissions has found improper...
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Japan enacts controversial law to accept foreign workers
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition early on Saturday (Dec 8) rammed through legislation...
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Why Youth Unemployment Is Higher in Korea Than in Japan
One reason for Korea's high youth unemployment despite a shortage of workers in smaller firms...
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6 missing after two US Marine planes crash while refuelling off Japan
Rescue operations were under way on Thursday (Dec 6) for five US marines missing after...
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Sharp contractors axe 3,000 staff as iPhone sensor output shifts: union
Nearly 3,000 foreign workers subcontracted to Sharp Corp have been laid off in central Japan,...
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Countering China: US, Japan and India push for open Asia
The leaders of the United States, Japan and India met jointly on Friday (Nov 30)...
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South Korean court orders Mitsubishi to compensate wartime forced labourers
South Korea's top court ruled on Thursday (Nov 29) that Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries must...
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Japan, Vatican agree to begin preparations for papal visit
Foreign Minister Taro Kono met with Vatican Secretary for Relations with States Paul Richard Gallagher...
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Cheap labour continues to draw Japanese investment
The devastating terrorist attack in Dhaka in July 2016 that killed seven Japanese citizens could...
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BTS apologizes for nuclear blast T-shirt
The managers of hugely popular South Korean boy band BTS have issued an extensive apology...
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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue meets in Singapore
The partners of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, met in Singapore on November 15,...
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Labour woes force Japan to prise open door to migrant workers
Ageing Japan is reluctantly attempting to prise open its doors to migrant workers as it...
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Japan economy shrinks 0.3% in July-September
Japan's economy shrank in the three months to September, official data showed Wednesday (Nov 14),...
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Iran could be the key to cementing India and Japan ties
US President Donald Trump has elevated India and Japan to the top of his list...
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Japan TV station cancels K-pop band BTS performance over nuclear bomb shirt
A Japanese television station has cancelled a performance by the wildly popular Korean boyband BTS,...
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South Korea pushes back at Japan in forced labour row
Japan should avoid aggravating historical tensions in a diplomatic row over South Koreans forced to...
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Japanese Recruiters Flock to Korea
The Busan Exhibition and Convention Center was packed on Monday with 112 Japanese companies recruiting...
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5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido: USGS
A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Monday (Nov 5),...
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Commentary: Mega projects herald a new dawn in China-Japan relations
On the first state visit to China by a Japanese leader in 11 years, Prime...
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Japanese journalist Yasuda says 'happy' to be headed home
The Japanese journalist who was held hostage by militants in Syria for 40 months told...
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Lotte Chief Pledges Massive Investment, Job Creation
Lotte Group will invest W50 trillion and hire 70,000 new staff over the next five...
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Japan tells Facebook to improve data protection
Japan’s government told US technology firm Facebook to better protect its users’ personal data following...
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Europe, Japan send spacecraft on 7-year journey to Mercury
European and Japanese space agencies say an Ariane 5 rocket has successfully lifted a spacecraft...
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Facebook now says data breach affected 29 million users
Cyber attackers stole data from 29 million Facebook accounts using an automated program that moved...
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US seeks more tanker aircraft to counter China
The United States needs more tanker aircraft squadrons to compete with the increasingly powerful Chinese...