Unification Church allegedly facilitated up to 745 adoptions in Japan
According to the Unification Church, 745 children were adopted by members of the group from 1981 to May this year.
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Kishida replaces internal affairs minister, 3rd Cabinet member ousted in a month
The political upheaval has dealt a major blow to the operations of Kishida’s government as all three resignations are coming during an extraordinary Diet session.
Ukraine crisis eclipses Myanmar in world’s capacity for attention
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Kishida’s South-east Asia trip hard-pressed to buoy administration amid resignations
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Japan revised security doc to say China poses ‘challenge’ to Asia security
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Human rights, environment factors for Japanese companies when procuring palm oil
While palm oil is an inexpensive raw material, child labour and deforestation from producing palm oil are increasingly being acknowledged as problems.
Olympic bribery probe uncovers accusations of bid-rigging
The suspected collusion allegedly occurred in bidding conducted in 2018 by the organising committee for contractors to do the planning of test events.
Restaurants eye robot help to ease labour shortage
The developer has seen a surge in demand, despite expecting that the rental fee of ¥100,000 per month would be too high a barrier for some.
Japan-US military exercise conducted amid tension of looming Taiwan contingency
Considering that a Taiwan contingency could spread to the Nansei Islands, the Japanese Defence Ministry believes that conducting large-scale exercises in the areas will itself…
Tokyo Tech to allocate 14％ of undergrad admission to female-only selection scheme
The university hopes the scheme will help increase the percentage of female students in undergraduate programs from the current 13 per cent to more than 20 per cent.