More firms to offer telework to ease traffic jams during 2020 Games
By Japanese companies are stepping up efforts to reduce traffic congestion during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, with some planning to offer telework and others reducing logistics operations. More than 50,000 employees of Fujitsu Ltd.’s group companies and 34,000 workers of NEC Corp. will take part in the telework trial program led by the government […]
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Arsenal fans lash out at Stan Kroenke for his ‘passive ownership’ in strongly worded statement
Disgruntled Arsenal fans have joined forces and lashed out at Stan Kroenke’s ‘passive ownership’ of the Premier League club. A collection of influential supporters’ organisations, fanzines, blogs and streamers have called for ‘better leadership’ of the club in a strongly worded statement. On the eve of their third successive season without Champions League football, a […]
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Arsenal transfers: Marc Overmars tells Unai Emery to sell Mesut Ozil and sign Ajax star Hakim Ziyech
Marc Overmars has told Arsenal to sell Mesut Ozil this summer and replace him with Hakim Ziyech. Overmars, who is now Director of Football at Ajax, claims the Morocco international is a better player than Ozil. Despite retiring from international duty last summer to focus on his club career, the German failed to nail down […]
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Swedish man upset after being told he cannot change his name to ‘Tottenham’
A man from Sweden has revealed his disappointment after being told he cannot legally change his name to ‘Tottenham’. David Lind from Kumla was one of three winners of a competition which allowed him to change his name to his favourite English team. Lind instantly sent his application to the Swedish Tax Agency (the Skatteverket) […]
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Tottenham Hotspur fans go wild as Moussa Sissoko and Tanguy Ndombele pair up in training
Tottenham Hotspur fans are incredibly excited for the new Premier League season. Supporters of the north London side have plenty to be cheerful about with Toby Alderweireld and Christian Eriksen still with the club. To add to this, they broken their transfer record to sign talented 22-year-old central midfielder Tanguy Ndombele from Lyon. The impressive […]
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Canada Flagged Nearly 900 Problematic Food Items From China In 2 Years
OTTAWA — Canadian inspectors intercepted nearly 900 food products from China over concerns about faulty labels, unmentioned allergens and harmful contaminants that included glass and metal between 2017 and early 2019, according to internal federal records. The document provides an inside look at imports from China that caught the attention of officials for appearing to […]
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Those Pesky 'Read It, Never Said It' Words Are The Epitome Of Chaos
It started out innocently enough. My son’s friend was over playing video games, and he was reading the menu options out loud. “APP-lee,” he muttered. “What?” said my son. “Do you mean app-LIE?” Like most of us, our young guest had encountered a word (“apply”) by reading it before hearing it. Writer Kate Sullivan replied […]
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Please Don't Use A Case Of Beer As A Toddler Car Seat: Ontario Cops
File this one under, “Just … no”: The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged a 22-year-old male driver in southwestern Ontario, after discovering a toddler sitting on a case of beer in his front seat. The two-year-old passenger, for whom the beer case was a makeshift booster seat, was found unharmed Thursday when the vehicle was […]
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U.S. won’t mediate in Japan-South Korea spat, top American diplomat for Asia says
TOKYO/AOMORI – The U.S. has no plans to mediate a spat between Japan and South Korea, which are locked in a dispute over history and trade, an American official said in an interview with public broadcaster NHK. David Stilwell, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, told NHK that he […]
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LGBT community hopes Upper House election will spur debate and advance gay-rights legislation
The LGBT community and their supporters hope the upcoming Upper House election will help advance the national discussion on LGBT rights in Japan and lead to legal recognition. Some headway has been made at the local level, with a few municipalities, starting with two wards in Tokyo in 2015, issuing “partnership certificates” to lesbian, gay, […]
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