The Japan Times On Sunday
NOVEMBER 4, 2018 | VOL. 58 NO. 44



Front page
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Foreign labor: Challenges await



News
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[NATIONAL]
- Ex-hostage speaks up for Yasuda
etc.

[DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN]
- Police enlist AI in fight against organized crime

[WORLD]
- Pakistan’s ‘father of Taliban’ killed
etc.

[OPINION]
Cut back on disposable plastic
etc.

[WEEK IN REVIEW]
- Protests in Syria’s Idlib transformed
- Soros: the far right’s boogeyman
- Abe hosts Modi day after China talks
- Abe questioned as Diet session opens
- Princess Ayako weds Kei Moriya
- Tokyo slams Seoul forced labor ruling
- BOJ downgrades inflation forecast
- Shibuya Halloween leads to 13 arrests



Features
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Breaking down barriers

　Andrew McKirdy takes a unique tour through Tokyo
　for a first-hand insight into what is needed to create universal access
　for all at the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics



Timeout
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[WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?]
- Daichi Nakamura: In pursuit of perfection

[FOOD]
- A Michelin star in just six months for Ireland’s first kaiseki restaurant
etc.

[BIG IN JAPAN]
- Little buzz over Canada’s move to legalize marijuana

[MEDIA MIX]
- Testing times for students’ English-language skills

[JAPAN PULSE]
- Shibuya’s Halloween havoc may tarnish future festivities

[BOOKS]
- ‘The Lonesome Bodybuilder’: Turning the mundane around
etc.

[JAPAN TIMES GONE BY]
100 YEARS AGO (Thursday, Nov. 21, 1918) - Tokyo celebrates the Allies’ victory in WWI
75 YEARS AGO (Friday, Nov. 26, 1943) - Tojo’s daughters lead busy life on home front
50 YEARS AGO (Sunday, Nov. 10, 1968) - 33% of Japanese men drink nightly: survey
25 YEARS AGO (Sunday, Nov. 21, 1993) - Nakamura comes up No. 1 in place names

[UNIVERSAL SUNDAY CROSSWORD]
[SUDOKU]
[7 LITTLE WORDS]
[CARTOONS]
[TWEETS OF THE WEEK]



Sports
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- Shiraiwa 2nd after short program
etc.