Typhoon Jebi leaves trail of destruction across Japan
At least 10 people have been killed by Typhoon Jebi, the worst storm to hit Japan in 25 years.
Jebi left a trail of destruction across the west of the country, hitting major cities like Kyoto and Osaka.
Flights, trains and ferries were cancelled but thousands of passengers stranded at Osaka's international airport have since been evacuated.
As the winds slow down and move north, people are being urged to stay alert for landslides and floods.
At least 300 people have been injured as a result of the typhoon, according to government spokesman Yoshihide Suga.
Should K-pop go bang? South Korean stars BTS caught in conscription debate
Group has twice topped the US Billboard charts, yet must still serve in the military, unlike their classical colleagues
Do pop stars make good soldiers, or are their talents better put to use promoting Korean culture around the world?
This is a question dogging South Korea’s military leaders as they mull revising rules about who qualifies for an exemption from mandatory service. Currently nearly all men must serve for a minimum of 21 months, a measure seen as a deterrent against North Korean aggression. But medals in certain sporting events and top spots in international and domestic arts competitions serve as one of the very few ways out.
After South Korea’s men’s football team won gold at the Asian Games, automatically granting members of the squad the right to skip the army, it reignited the debate over conscription. The victory was made all the more dramatic since it was the last chance for Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min to avoid conscription, which could have ended his career.Police search for third Chemnitz murder suspect
Two suspects are in custody for the stabbing death of Daniel H., a warrant has been issued for a third. Pressure is mounting on politicians to say where these men came from and why they were allowed to stay in Germany.
Police in the German state of Saxony announced on Tuesday that they were "urgently" seeking a third suspect in the murder of Daniel H. in the city of Chemnitz. The 35-year-old's stabbing death touched off a week of far-right protests and counter-demonstrations, some of which turned violent.
"The district court in Chemnitz issued a warrant this morning," said Saxony's top prosecutor Hans Strobl. The authorities issued a wanted poster for the suspect, named Farhad Ramazan Ahmad, and listed him as a 22-year-old Iraqi citizen who they warned was possibly armed and dangerous. His photo and full name were released (and are published here) owing to it being an active manhunt.
MPs call for inquiry into UK Home Office treatment of foreign students
Updated 1950 GMT (0350 HKT) September 4, 2018
A group of UK lawmakers are calling for an independent inquiry into the Home Office's treatment of tens of thousands of foreign nationals, mostly students, whose visas were revoked or refused after they were accused of cheating on an English language test in 2014.
Speaking in a debate at Westminster, Labour MP Wes Streeting described the issue as "Britain's forgotten immigration scandal" and accused the government of acting in an "unlawful way" by ordering those affected to leave the country without any chance to retake the test, access the evidence against them, or appeal the decision from within the UK.
More men pass entrance exams than women at 80% of Japan’s medical schools: survey
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A government survey showed on Tuesday that men passed entrance exams more than women at nearly 80 percent of medical schools polled after a medical university in Tokyo admitted last month to altering exam scores to limit the enrollment of female students.
Of 81 medical schools surveyed, men have passed entrance exams more than women at 63 schools over the past six years, while women got through such exams more than men at 17 schools. The 81 medical schools include Tokyo Women’s Medical University.
The education ministry released the preliminary results of the survey after Tokyo Medical University admitted to unfairly lowering the scores of women applicants to curb their enrollment. The misconduct was severely criticized as gender discrimination.
Richard Spencer is an infamous white nationalist. Twitter says he’s not part of a hate group.
Twitter’s reluctance to ban Spencer has long been a source of controversy.
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If someone acts like a white nationalist, talks like a white nationalist, and posts hateful rhetoric on social media like a white nationalist, they probably are a white nationalist.
Unless you’re dealing with Twitter.
A Twitter spokesperson said on Tuesday that the company does not consider the known white nationalist Richard Spencer, whose presence on the platform has long been a source of controversy, to have any known affiliations with hate groups.
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