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DIET TALKS STALLED Ministry accused of ironing over grim reality for foreign internsNovember 17, 2018 Diet deliberations on a contentious new visa system for foreign workers hit a brick wall Nov. 16 after opposition parties accused the Justice Ministry of white-washing the realities facing foreign technical interns in Japan.
HEARD BY A FEW Anti-U.S. bases governor runs into realities of politics in D.C.November 17, 2018 Denny Tamaki, the feisty new governor of Okinawa Prefecture, termed his recent talks in Washington on U.S. bases as cloudy, but said sunny skies prevailed in New York when he raised the issue.

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