Liaison with group holding Japanese hostage Jumpei Yasuda in Syria says time running short
BY MAGDALENA OSUMI
A recent photo showing journalist Jumpei Yasuda pleading for his last chance to live is not an empty threat, according to a Syrian liaison between the media and the people ...
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Aso falls into line on Abe's tax hike delay
BY TOMOHIRO OSAKI
Finance Minister Taro Aso says he will support the expected decision to delay the increase in the consumption tax, backpedaling from earlier criticism that doing so would renege on an ...
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Two Japanese arrested over massive ATM heist
Two Japanese men are taken into custody for allegedly stealing money from an ATM as part of the coordinated nationwide heist that netted well over a billion yen a little ...
CRIME & LEGAL
Ex-baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara gets suspended term for drug use
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Study faults Japan for inaction on modern-day slavery
BY ALASTAIR WANKLYN
Almost 46 million people are trapped in modern-day slavery, two-thirds of them in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a study released Tuesday. The Global Slavery Index for 2016 said an estimated 290,200 people in Japan, or 0.23 percent of the population, are in slave-like ...
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Third of child sex abuse victims reported to Japan consultation centers had mental impairments: report
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Abe won't call for Lower House poll after delaying sales tax hike again

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Turkey urged to open border after Islamic State onslaught traps over 100,000 Syrians in small area
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Japan's job availability hits record high but unemployment rate remains flat
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