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Thursday, July 27, 2017

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ANNIVERSARY OF ATTACK 19 victims of care home murder spree rememberedJuly 26, 2017 SAGAMIHARA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Mourners offered prayers in the rain outside a care facility for the disabled here July 26, the first anniversary of a frenzied stabbing rampage that killed 19 of the residents and injured 27, including facility workers.
RENGO U-TURN Labor union body wards off ‘no overtime pay’ bill backlashJuly 26, 2017 Rengo, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, has bowed to union pressure and withdrawn its conditional support for proposed "no overtime pay" legislation that would exempt high-income professionals from restrictions on working hours.

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