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Japan’s new education guidelines aim to ensure deeper learning opportunities for children
A draft summary of the proposal calls for easing pressure on children and teachers by increasing flexibility in school curricula.
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U.K. asylum system tests Burnham’s push for more public control
From processing new asylum seekers to deporting failed applicants, private firms play a dominant role in a system that cost an estimated $6.
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After 50 years, spirit of ‘declaration of people who stutter’ lives on
Many who try to cope with symptoms of the speech disorder live their lives with confidence instead of becoming obsessed with trying to find
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Ailing Novak Djokovic suffers shocking upset in opening round of U.S. Open
The 39-year-old vomited midway through the match and was hampered by back and shoulder issues that affected his serve toward the end.
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Japan spent a record ¥49 trillion on medical expenses in FY2025
The amount, which is 2.6% higher year on year, reflects the country's aging population and advances in medical technology, according to the
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Inside Afghanistan’s secret schools for girls
Across the country, girls are risking arrest by going to school in secret, refusing to give up their fight for an education.
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Picture-perfect AI resumes push firms back to tests, referrals
As AI tools have made flawless job applications easy, employers are bringing back traditional techniques to sift through candidates.
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Itochu set to take Dentsu Soken private in $1.3 billion deal
Itochu will acquire almost 75 million Dentsu Soken shares at ¥2,880 each, valuing the deal at roughly ¥215.2 billion.
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Rare color photos of occupied Japan face being lost to time
Many rare color photos taken by U.S. service members after World War II are gradually being dispersed or lost over time, though some may con
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India’s aviation boom faces turbulence amid safety concerns
A series of crises at India's two main carriers, Air India and IndiGo, has exposed safety and regulatory shortcomings in the world's third-l
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Forget GLP-1 stocks, baldness drugs are Wall Street’s next goldmine
Pattern hair loss affects an estimated 50 million men and 30 million women in the U.S., but there have been no new approved drugs since the
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SK Hynix weighs Japan memory fab partnership to supply AI boom
The South Korean supplier of dynamic and flash memory is considering various locations for a jointly operated plant.
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The battle to build a global defense bank
Britain, Japan and other G7 countries so far declining to join has raised questions over whether the bank can achieve the triple-A credit ra
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Vietnamese coffee farmers ride China’s durian wave
The area dedicated to durian in the country, which trails only Brazil in coffee output, has soared more than fivefold to 200,000 hectares na
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Japan-South Korea business panel launched to address low birth rate
The group aims to enable the two countries to share knowledge and experiences in seeking solutions to their demographic challenges through p
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How the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is reshaping global energy use
By dramatically raising fossil-fuel prices, the conflict has also been pushing governments, companies and consumers towards renewable energy
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Gaza’s children lose simple joy as Israel warns against kite-flying
Israel has accused Hamas of using children and says the kites could pose a threat, years after a wave of incendiary kites and balloons spark
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Japan’s factory output edges up despite Middle East headwinds
Output gained 0.1% in July from the previous month, the industry ministry has reported.
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Japan’s oil diversification drive opens routes for Nippon Yusen
The shipping company is in talks with refiners to help them import oil from Latin America and Africa as they try and diversify their supply
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Trump’s Venezuela oil grab reprises industry’s neocolonial past
The U.S. exerted outsize power over Latin America and its natural resources through much of the 20th century, stirring popular unrest, coup
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Bessent says yen moves ‘pretty contained’ and not disorderly
The yen slid below the 160-per-dollar level on Friday, a threshold widely seen as increasing the likelihood of intervention.
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Manchester United coach Michael Carrick calls Marcus Rashford’s return ‘fantastic’
Rashford has spent much of the last two seasons on loan at Aston Villa and Barcelona
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‘We’re alive’: Kyiv-area survivor recalls Russian strike that killed 38
Debris litters Liudmyla Polianychko's young daughter's bedroom. Charred artillery shells and belts of ammunition lie scattered across her ca
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Before flood catastrophe, Nepal asked China for early warnings as risks mounted
Three months before hundreds were killed in the flood, experts and officials from both countries met in Kathmandu to discuss the risk of suc
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