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Yahoo News considers reviewing contracts with news providers Yahoo News announced Monday that it may review its contracts with various news providers, following a report by the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) last week that warned that the platform's operator, Yahoo Japan, may be in a superior bargaining position.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:33:00 +0900 Japan to introduce new residency status for asylum-seekers A program to offer long-term residence status that will allow asylum-seekers, including evacuees from Ukraine, to work in Japan will be introduced in December, the government said Tuesday.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:12:00 +0900 Boom in pet 'guardianship' amid rise in elderly and singles More pet owners in Japan, graying or living alone, are turning to "guardianship" services for their dogs and cats in case they cannot look after their beloved animals upon their death or due to other unforeseeable events.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:05:00 +0900 Philippines removes floating barrier in South China Sea The Philippines on Tuesday said it had conducted “a special operation” to remove a 300-meter floating barrier installed by China in a flash point area of the contested South China Sea, just 230 kilometers (140 miles) from the Philippine coast.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:53:00 +0900 Nuclear specter rises as world marks day for eliminating weapons Nearly a decade since the United Nations declared that each Sept. 26 would be a day of reaffirming the global commitment to nuclear disarmament, the goal remains far off, with the U.S., Russia and China ramping up activity at their nuclear test sites.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:33:00 +0900 Japan, China and South Korea hold talks to realize trilateral summit Senior diplomats from South Korea, China and Japan agreed on Tuesday that their countries' leaders would meet at the "earliest convenient time," Seoul's foreign ministry said after a rare meeting aimed at kickstarting trilateral exchanges.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:24:00 +0900 Kishida urges ministers to use all tools in new economic package Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday instructed his Cabinet ministers to compile a fresh economic package by the end of October, deploying "all possible tools" to mitigate the pain of inflation and support the economy with more pay hikes and investment.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:11:00 +0900 Modi's ruling BJP plots election drive of epic scale Indian activist Partha Chaudhury is on a war footing as he strides out of the ruling BJP's regional headquarters in Kolkata armed with passion and pages of voter lists.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:19:00 +0900 Biden seeks to reassure Pacific islands in push to counter China U.S. President Joe Biden sought to reaffirm Washington’s commitment to Pacific island nations Monday as he again hosted leaders from the region at the White House, part of a charm offensive aimed at countering China’s growing influence in the strategically important area.
