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Dubious immigration brokers helped spark business manager visa crackdown

Shady immigration consulting firms, many in China, help people set up shell companies to apply for a business manager visa, or advertise the option of renting out properties.

South Korea drops gender-neutral hospital room plan after backlash

Countries such as Japan and Canada have gender-neutral facilities, which has sparked pushback from critics who express privacy and safety concerns.

Trump’s ‘weaponization’ fund put on hold after fierce opposition from Congress

The nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who said they had been the subject of government abuse has sparked uproar, including from Republican senators.

Photo Collection Opens a Window on the Past

Photographs taken by Haga Hideo on the Amami islands in the early postwar years are a historical and cultural treasure trove today, sparking memories among the islands’ older residents and inspiring younger islanders to learn more about their heritage.

Nvidia enters Windows PC market, taking on Intel and AMD

Its new RTX Spark Superchip will debut this fall in laptops and desktops running the Windows for Arm operating system from brands including Dell and Lenovo.

Glowing plankton turning night sea blue and white south of Tokyo draws crowds

CHIGASAKI, Kanagawa -- The water along the shoreline glowed blue and white due to "sea sparkle" plankton on the Shonan coast, south of Tokyo, from lat

Steep capital requirement hike for Japan's foreign business owners sparks backlash

TOKYO -- Posts protesting the Japanese government's tighter requirements for the "business manager" residency status for foreign entrepreneurs are spr

South Korean election campaign sparks US alliance questions

Panasonic targets sports arenas to spark growth for lighting business

Blair calls for ‘coherent plan’ before Labour ousts Starmer

Labour's electoral losses earlier this month sparked an internal rebellion as near a quarter of the party's members of Parliament called for Starmer to go.

Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran war

The disagreement over Starlink's use on suicide drones is part of increasing tensions between SpaceX and the Pentagon over Starlink pricing in recent months.

MUFG exploring options for stake in Indonesian lender Danamon, sources say

Indonesia has given listed companies up to three years to increase their public floats as part of reforms to boost transparency.

For minorities, fear of World Cup immigration curbs overshadows soccer devotion

The risk of ICE activity around U.S. matches has sparked concerns among the Hispanic community, 20% of the U.S. population, and the Haitian community.

Two courts find February’s Lower House election constitutional

The lawyers who filed the lawsuits claimed that the maximum vote-value disparity of 2.10 times in the election failed to meet the equal value of votes under the Constitution.