Lab-grown human embryo models spark calls for regulation
https://japantoday.com/category/world/lab-grown-human-embryo-models-spark-calls-for-regulation1
June 20, 2023, 3:35 AM
Scientists have used stem cells to create structures that resemble human embryos in the lab, in a first that has prompted calls for stricter regulation in the rapidly…
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When is an eSport not an eSport? Olympic event puzzles gamers
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/when-is-an-esport-not-an-esport-olympic-event-puzzles-gamers
June 20, 2023, 3:39 AM
ESports has long been derided as "not a real sport". But now, an Olympic-organized event is being dismissed by competitive gamers as not real eSports.
Many long-time backers…
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4 injured after man with ax attacks diners at 3 New Zealand restaurants
https://japantoday.com/category/world/4-wounded-after-man-with-axe-attacks-diners-at-3-new-zealand-restaurants
June 20, 2023, 3:53 AM
Four people were hospitalized in New Zealand after a man armed with an ax began attacking diners at random at three neighboring Chinese restaurants, according to police and…
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England rampant in Euro 2024 qualifying as Mbappe lifts France
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/england-rampant-in-euro-2024-qualifying-as-mbappe-lifts-france
June 19, 2023, 10:10 PM
Bukayo Saka scored a hat-trick as England demolished North Macedonia 7-0 in Euro 2024 qualifying on Monday, while Kylian Mbappe's re-taken penalty gave France a narrow victory over…
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International donors pledge $1.5 billion in Sudan aid
https://japantoday.com/category/world/international-donors-pledge-1.5-billion-in-sudan-aid2
June 19, 2023, 9:48 PM
International donors made pledges on Monday of close to $1.5 billion in aid for Sudan and the surrounding region, about half of estimated needs for a deepening humanitarian…
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Israeli troops, backed by helicopter, kill 5 Palestinians in clash
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israeli-troops-backed-by-helicopter-kill-5-palestinians-in-clash5
June 19, 2023, 9:49 PM
Israeli forces backed by the rare use of helicopter gunships killed five Palestinians including a teenager and wounded more than 90, as a West Bank raid led to…
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F1's predictable races risk turning off new American fan base
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/column-f1%27s-predictable-races-risk-turning-off-new-american-fanbase
June 19, 2023, 9:45 PM
It's OK to feel duped by Formula One and the splashy Netflix show that sucked you into the globetrotting racing series at the height of the pandemic.
The…
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NATO ready to act to save Kosovo's peace; calls for de-escalation
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nato-ready-to-act-to-save-kosovo%27s-peace-calls-for-de-escalation
June 19, 2023, 9:49 PM
NATO forces in Kosovo are ready to face any situation if acts of violence similar to recent encounters threaten the peace, the NATO commander in Pristina said late…
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Singer Bebe Rexha says she's OK after being hit in the face on stage by thrown phone
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/singer-bebe-rexha-says-she%27s-ok-after-being-hit-in-the-face-on-stage-by-thrown-phone
June 19, 2023, 9:43 PM
Pop star Bebe Rexha was hit in the face and injured by a cell phone hurled from the audience at a hometown show in New York City Sunday…
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Ukraine says eight villages retaken from Russian forces
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-says-eight-villages-retaken-from-russian-forces
June 20, 2023, 3:53 AM
Ukraine said on Monday it had driven Russian forces out of an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive, a settlement on a heavily fortified part of the front…
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Norrie launches Queen's Club bid with 1st-round win and Musetti also through
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/norrie-launches-queen%27s-club-bid-with-1st-round-win-and-musetti-also-through
June 19, 2023, 9:46 PM
Former finalist Cameron Norrie launched his bid to win the grass-court Queen's Club Championship on home soil by beating Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Monday.…
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Tsitsipas, Medvedev and Shapovalov win openers in Halle
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/tsitsipas-medvedev-and-shapovalov-win-openers-in-halle
June 19, 2023, 9:46 PM
Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev and Denis Shapovalov progressed from the first round of the Halle Open on Monday, though some had an easier time at the grass-court tournament.…
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Kyiv in talks with Western weapons makers about setting up production in Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/exclusive-kyiv-in-talks-with-western-weapons-makers-about-setting-up-production-in-ukraine-minister1
June 19, 2023, 9:52 PM
Ukraine is in negotiations with Western arms manufacturers to boost production of weapons, including drones, and could sign contracts in coming months, a Ukrainian minister told Reuters.
Since…
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Xi, Blinken agree to stabilize U.S.-China relations
https://japantoday.com/category/world/xi-blinken-agree-to-stabilize-us-china-relations-in-beijing-talks1
June 19, 2023, 9:48 PM
China and the United States agreed on Monday to stabilize their intense rivalry so it doesn't veer into conflict but failed to produce any major breakthrough during a…
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Watson questions PGA Tour, LIV deal in open letter
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/watson-questions-pga-tour-liv-deal-in-open-letter
June 19, 2023, 9:47 PM
United States golf legend Tom Watson called on the PGA Tour to provide full details of its merger with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf on Monday, saying…
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Search underway for missing submersible that takes people to see Titanic
https://japantoday.com/category/world/a-search-is-underway-for-missing-submarine-that-takes-people-to-see-titanic
June 20, 2023, 4:16 AM
A rescue operation was underway deep in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean on Monday in search of a submersible that carries people to view the wreckage of…
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Uganda arrests 20 'collaborators' over school massacre
https://japantoday.com/category/world/uganda-arrests-three-over-horrific-school-massacre
June 19, 2023, 9:49 PM
Ugandan police said Monday that 20 people had been arrested for suspected collaboration with the notorious militia group blamed for last week's grisly attack on a school near…
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Ghosn denies payments to former French cabinet minister
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/auto-tycoon-ghosn-denies-payments-to-former-french-cabinet-minister
June 19, 2023, 9:39 PM
A Lebanese judge on Monday questioned auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn in Beirut over possible links to a former French cabinet minister charged two years ago with “passive corruption"…
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Ex-PM tells COVID inquiry that UK erred in focusing too much on threat of a flu pandemic
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ex-prime-minister-tells-covid-inquiry-that-uk-erred-in-focusing-too-much-on-threat-of-a-flu-pandemic
June 19, 2023, 9:49 PM
Britain made a mistake in focusing too much on preparations for a flu pandemic rather than considering other types of pandemic in the years before the COVID-19 outbreak,…
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Man Utd fan banned for 4 years for mocking Hillsborough tragedy
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/man-utd-fan-banned-for-mocking-hillsborough-tragedy
June 19, 2023, 9:46 PM
A Manchester United fan was fined and banned from soccer in the UK for four years on Monday, for wearing a replica shirt mocking the Hillsborough disaster.
Police…
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Buttigieg says U.S. 'green corridors' initiative key to cutting shipping industry emissions
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/buttigieg-says-us-%27green-corridors%27-initiative-key-to-cutting-shipping-industry-emissions
June 19, 2023, 9:38 PM
An American push to establish “green shipping corridors” is key to reducing carbon emissions from the shipping industry, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday while touring the…
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Some, including 9-year-old children, deceived into having sterilization surgery: report
https://japantoday.com/category/national/some-deceived-into-having-sterilization-surgery-japan-diet-report
June 19, 2023, 9:40 PM
Children as young as 9 were among the around 25,000 people with disabilities sterilized in Japan under a now-defunct eugenics law, with 65 percent of the procedures carried…
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Europe is world's fastest warming continent: climate report
https://japantoday.com/category/features/environment/europe-is-world%27s-fastest-warming-continent-climate-report1
June 19, 2023, 10:07 PM
Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping report on Monday, noting the world's fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter…
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Biggest-ever airliner order marks first day of Paris Air Show
https://japantoday.com/category/business/paris-air-show-back-with-climate-defence-in-focus1
June 19, 2023, 9:44 PM
European aircraft maker Airbus made a splash on the first day of the Paris Air Show with the announcement of the biggest-ever order for civil aircraft, as the…
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Japan Post, Yamato to tie up to address delivery driver shortage
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-post-yamato-to-tie-up-to-address-delivery-driver-shortage
June 19, 2023, 9:44 PM
Japan Post Holdings Co and Yamato Holdings Co said Monday they will collaborate in the direct mail and small package businesses to deal with logistics shortages and increase…
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Japan mulls exporting engines of retired F-15 jets to Indonesia
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-mulls-exporting-engines-of-retired-f-15-jets-to-indonesia-jiji
June 19, 2023, 9:43 PM
Japan is considering providing the engines of retired F-15 fighter jets to Indonesia as it weighs up revising its guidelines on the export of defense equipment, Jiji news…
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7 divers rescued after going missing off Okinawa
https://japantoday.com/category/national/update3-7-divers-rescued-after-going-missing-off-japan%27s-okinawa
June 19, 2023, 9:40 PM
Seven people were rescued Monday hours after they had gone missing while diving in waters off the southern island of Okinawa, the Japan Coast Guard said.
The coast…
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Royal smile
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/royal-smile
June 19, 2023, 9:53 PM
Empress Masako looks on during a news conference by Emperor Naruhito and Indonesian President Joko Widodo at Bogor Botanical Gardens in Bogor, Indonesia, on Monday.
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Japan to set up reconstruction liaison system with Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-agrees-to-set-up-reconstruction-liaison-system-with-ukraine
June 19, 2023, 7:28 AM
Japan agreed Monday with Ukraine to establish a liaison system that will support the Eastern European country in its efforts to reconstruct areas severely damaged during the ongoing…
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Wages finally rising in Japan, as inflation eats away at consumer gains
https://japantoday.com/category/business/wages-are-finally-rising-in-japan-as-inflation-eats-away-at-consumer-gains
June 19, 2023, 9:38 PM
Wages are rising in Japan more than they have in decades, at least for some workers. But so are prices, leaving many people feeling they must scrimp more…
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