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Immigration Crackdown: Japan plans to hunt visa overstayers and illegal workers by monitoring social media and other online platforms, with an agency cyber-patrol unit set to start next year as it targets tips in foreign languages; officials say the number of illegal stayers is about 68,000 as of January, down from a year earlier. Sports Spotlight: In Xiamen, Shericka Jackson roared to a meet record 21.87 in the women’s 200m, while Bulgarian Bozhidar Saraboyukov won long-jump bronze with 8.29. Culture & Film: Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord” took Cannes’ top film prize at the glitzy finale. World Memory: At 106, the oldest Pearl Harbor survivor Freeman Johnson is still keeping the surprise bombing alive—despite not seeing it himself, he was below deck repairing the USS St. Louis. Politics & Security: Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki received a death threat ahead of a supporters’ meeting, prompting tightened police security.

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