News Headlines - 08 September 2018

▽Japan's crown prince opens France trip with children,... | Daily Mail Online

Crown Prince Naruhito, Japan's next emperor, has met with Japanese schoolchildren and toured a world-renowned textile museum during a nine-day goodwill visit to France.

▽Panel finds systematic misconduct at Suruga Bank - NHK WORLD

The panel on Friday published their findings on Suruga Bank, which is based in the central Japan's Shizuoka prefecture.
Their report says the bank provided loans to unqualified candidates for a shared housing scheme. It says documents were altered to ease the loan screening process.
Loans of more than 100-million yen, or 910,000 US dollars, were given to owners of share houses. Most of them are salaried workers whose loan applications were found to have been altered.

▽Burberry to stop burning unsold goods, removes real fur from collections

British luxury brand Burberry said it would no longer burn millions of pounds worth of unsold goods or use real fur in its collections in a bid to improve its socially responsible credentials... Burberry came under fire earlier this year after it admitted burning and destroying unsold clothes and accessories to protect the brand and prevent them from being sold cheaply.

▽Trump wants Sessions to investigate New York Times op-ed - CNNPolitics

President Donald Trump said Friday he wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate and uncover the identity of the senior administration official who penned an anonymous op-ed in The New York Times this week.

▽Williams argues with chair umpire; Osaka wins US Open final | The Kansas City Star

Serena Williams was penalized a game for calling the chair umpire a thief during an extended argument as the U.S. Open women’s final descended into chaos, with fans booing and play delayed before Naomi Osaka wrapped up a 6-2, 6-4 victory for her first Grand Slam title.
The biggest issue for Williams on the scoreboard Saturday was that she was outplayed by a younger version of herself in Osaka, a 20-year-old who is the first player from Japan to win a major singles tennis title and idolizes the 36-year-old American.
During the trophy ceremony in Arthur Ashe Stadium, thousands of fans jeered repeatedly, and both Osaka — the champion — and Williams — the runner-up in her bid for a record-equaling 24thth Grand Slam trophy — cried.