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Monday, August 3, 2020

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VIRUS PREVENTS RETURN HOME Funds run low among 20,000 foreign trainees stuck in Japan August 3, 2020 Nearly 20,000 foreign technical intern trainees, many of whom have completed their programs and now have limited sources of income, have been stuck in Japan because of overseas travel restrictions imposed during the pandemic.
BACK TO SCHOOL Normal life slowly returns a month after rains hit Kumamoto August 3, 2020 Life is slowly returning to normal in the southern part of Kumamoto Prefecture, where torrential rains damaged buildings and halted train services on July 4.

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