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Japan releases nation’s first guidelines for refugee status eligibility
The new document aims to organize criteria relating to how refugee status in Japan is determined, with the intention of increasing transparency and promoting confidence …
Iwao Hakamata: The former pro-boxer fighting for exoneration, with help from his sister
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Top court acquits Vietnamese trainee of abandoning stillborn twins
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A High Court rejected local residents’ call to halt the operation of an idled Shikoku Electric Power nuclear reactor in Ehime Prefecture.
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