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Stricter criteria for the business manager visa has left many owners, some of whom have been in Japan for decades, out in the cold.


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Foreign business owners face frantic scramble to leave Japan amid tighter visa rules
 
Foreign business owners face frantic scramble to leave Japan amid tighter visa rules
 
Stricter criteria for the business manager visa has left many owners, some of whom have been in Japan for decades, out in the cold.
 
 
 
Bank of Japan might be behind the curve on interest rate increases
 
The wait-and-see approach is becoming an issue with yen weak, bond prices falling and doubts increasing about fiscal discipline.
 
 
 
 
Trump says he’ll speak to Taiwan leader, calling democratic island a ‘problem’
 
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would speak to Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te — a move that would break with years of diplomatic precedent.
 
 

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