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Ride-hailing firm Grab secures $1.5 billion in funding
AFP, Published on 06/03/2019
» SINGAPORE - Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab said on Wednesday it has secured $1.5 billion in fresh financing from a fund run by Japan's SoftBank and will use a significant portion of it to expand in Indonesia.
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Japan to ban physical punishment of children by parents
Published on 03/03/2019
» TOKYO: The Japanese government and the ruling coalition plan to include a ban on corporal punishment of children by parents in law revisions following a series of recent child maltreatment cases in the name of discipline, sources close to the matter said Saturday.
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7,000 cryptocurrency laundering cases reported in Japan in 2018
Published on 28/02/2019
» Over 7,000 cases of suspected money laundering linked to cryptocurrency were reported to Japanese police in 2018, the National Police Agency said on Thursday.
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Vietnamese accused of killing N. Korean to testify in March
Kyodo News, Published on 28/01/2019
» SHAH ALAM, Malaysia: A Vietnamese who is one of two women accused of murdering Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, is set to testify before a Malaysian court in March, her lawyer said Monday.
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Abe nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Kyodo News, Published on 18/02/2019
» TOKYO: Japanese government officials confirmed Monday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after a request from Washington last year, a move that could spark controversy at home and abroad.
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World's oldest man dies at 113 in Japan
Published on 20/01/2019
» KUSHIRO, Japan: Masazo Nonaka, a 113-year-old from Japan who was recognised by Guinness World Records last year as the world's oldest living man, died at his home Sunday, his family said.
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Japan women's university blasts sex-listing by weekly
Published on 09/01/2019
» TOKYO: A women's university in Japan criticised a weekly magazine on Wednesday for publishing an article that ranks universities by the sexual availability of female students.
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Chinese protester arrested after lighting fire at Japan shrine
Published on 12/12/2018
» TOKYO: A Chinese man from Hong Kong set on fire a makeshift memorial tablet in an act of protest on Wednesday morning at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo and was arrested by police for trespassing, according to police and an activist group.
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Giant 'Pac-Man' rock in Japan drawing climbers
Published on 09/12/2018
» MIYAZAKI, Japan: A giant rock that resembles video game character Pac-Man is drawing climbers to a mountain in southwestern Japan, with visitors eager to capture images to share on social networks.
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Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison
AFP, Published on 13/12/2018
» NEW YORK - US President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen delivered a blistering attack on his former boss as he was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for multiple crimes.
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