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Professional female Chinese go player Rui Naiwei is a strong contender for the $400,000 Ing Cup World Professional Go Championship. However, controversy has surrounded the participation of Rui in the tournament that offers the largest price in go. Chinese players boycotted the tournament after organizers allowed the participation of Rui and husband Jiang Zhenjiu, who is also a professional go player. Rui and her husband left China in 1990 after a dispute with the Chinese Go Assn over the couple's participation in the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy demonstrations.
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Konishiki, a non-Japanese sumo wrestler, has been trying to grapple with possible reasons as to why he has not yet been named yokuzuna, or grand champion of Japan's national sport. Weighing 264 kg, the 28-year old Konishiki has already attainedozeki rank, the highest level so far reached by a foreign sumo wrestler. His speculation that his not being designated yokuzuna has roots in racial discrimination has fueled a controversy begun by an article against foreign yokuzuna written by historian Noboru Kojima.
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Japan has finally recognized the futility of banning the influx of foreign unskilled workers. There is a pending bill that permits a maximum of 100,000 foreign unskilled workers to work in the country under a two-year training grant. Japan, despite the economic recession, has a very low 2.1% unemployment rate and it is hard pressed filling in jobs that are either considered dirty, dangerous or hard. This gap could easily be filled up by these immigrants.
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