M4.8 quake jolts Tokyo, Kanagawa, other eastern areas
https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-m4.8-quake-hits-tokyo-kanagawa-other-eastern-japan-areas
January 28, 2024, 2:14 AM
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 struck Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture and other areas in eastern Japan on Sunday morning but there was no danger of a…
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World's largest cruise ship sets sail
https://japantoday.com/category/world/royal-caribbean%27s-%27icon-%27-world%27s-largest-cruise-ship-sets-sail
January 28, 2024, 2:20 AM
The world's largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, set sail from Miami on its maiden voyage Saturday, carrying what amounted to the population of a…
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Top skiers are crashing at an alarming rate on World Cup circuit
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/top-skiers-are-crashing-at-an-alarming-rate-on-the-world-cup-circuit
January 27, 2024, 8:42 PM
Mikaela Shiffrin, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Petra Vlhova, Alexis Pinturault, Corinne Suter.
All five former overall World Cup ski champions or Olympic gold medalists have been involved in severe…
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China orders Japanese fishing boat to leave waters near disputed islands
https://japantoday.com/category/national/china-orders-a-japanese-fishing-boat-to-leave-waters-near-japan-held-islands-claimed-by-beijing
January 27, 2024, 8:46 PM
China's coast guard said Saturday its officers ordered a Japanese fishing vessel and several patrol ships to leave waters surrounding tiny Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea.…
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Maidstone pulls off upset, Pedro scores hat trick and Luton nets last-gasp winner in FA Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/maidstone-stuns-ipswich-to-become-lowest-ranked-team-since-1978-to-reach-fa-cup%27s-fifth-round
January 27, 2024, 8:41 PM
Maidstone provided the kind of massive upset the FA Cup is known for, Brighton's Joao Pedro netted a hat trick, and Luton scored a last-gasp winner against Everton…
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Iraq, U.S. begin formal talks to end coalition mission
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iraq-and-us-begin-formal-talks-to-end-coalition-mission-formed-to-fight-the-islamic-state-group
January 27, 2024, 8:40 PM
The United States and Iraq held a first session of formal talks Saturday in Baghdad aimed at winding down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition formed to…
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Gunmen kill 9 people in Iran near border with Pakistan
https://japantoday.com/category/world/gunmen-kill-9-people-in-iran-near-border-with-pakistan
January 27, 2024, 8:41 PM
Unknown gunmen on Saturday shot to death nine people in the southeastern part of Iran that borders Pakistan, media reports said.
A report by the semiofficial Mehr news…
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French skier Allegre upsets favorites in World Cup super-G for 1st career win
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/french-skier-allegre-upsets-favorites-in-world-cup-super-g-for-1st-career-win.-odermatt-places-4th
January 27, 2024, 8:42 PM
French skier Nils Allegre sped to his first career World Cup victory Saturday as two late starters upset the higher-ranked favorites at a tight super-G on the classic…
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Crew extinguish fire on tanker hit by Houthi missile off Yemen after U.S. targets rebels in airstrike
https://japantoday.com/category/world/crew-extinguish-fire-on-tanker-hit-by-houthi-missile-off-yemen-after-us-targets-rebels-in-airstrike
January 27, 2024, 8:40 PM
The crew aboard a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker hit by a missile launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels extinguished an hourslong fire onboard the stricken vessel Saturday sparked by the…
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Netanyahu defiant after U.N. court ruling; says Israel presses offensive for 'complete victory'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/airstrike-kills-3-palestinians-in-southern-gaza-as-israel-presses-on-with-its-war-against-hamas
January 28, 2024, 3:13 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday pushed back after an International Court of Justice ruling to limit death and destruction in the military's Gaza offensive, declaring that…
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French farmers vow to continue protesting despite government's offer of concessions
https://japantoday.com/category/world/french-farmers-vow-to-continue-protesting-despite-the-government%27s-offer-of-concessions
January 27, 2024, 8:41 PM
Angry French farmers Saturday threatened to converge on Paris in the coming days as traffic barricades were only partially lifted on the country's major roads. The developments came…
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Wheelchair tennis champion
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/wheelchair-tennis-champion
January 27, 2024, 8:35 PM
Tokito Oda of Japan poses with his trophy and ball kids after defeating Alfie Hewett of Britain 6-2, 6-4 in the men's wheelchair final at the Australian Open…
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Ukraine says it has no evidence for Russia's claim that dozens of POWs died in shot down plane
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-says-there%27s-no-evidence-for-russia%27s-claim-that-dozens-of-pows-died-in-a-plane-crash
January 28, 2024, 2:24 AM
Officials in Ukraine said Russia has provided no credible evidence to back its claims that Ukrainian forces shot down a military transport plane that Moscow says was carrying…
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Aso says he'll maintain LDP faction as 'policy group'
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/ex-japan-pm-aso-vows-to-maintain-ldp-faction-as-policy-group
January 27, 2024, 8:52 PM
Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso pledged Saturday to maintain his faction within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party as a "policy group," with the latest political funds scandal…
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Aryna Sabalenka beats Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-2 to clinch back-to-back Australian Open titles
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/aryna-sabalenka-beats-zheng-qinwen-6-3-6-2-to-clinch-back-to-back-australian-open-titles
January 27, 2024, 10:29 AM
Aryna Sabalenka clinched back-to-back Australian Open titles with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Zheng Qinwen on Saturday in a one-sided women’s final.
The No. 2-seeded Sabalenka broke Zheng’s…
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Roki Sasaki says he wants to play in MLB but won't say when that might be
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/roki-sasaki-says-he-wants-to-play-in-mlb-but-japanese-pitcher-won%27t-say-when-that-might-be
January 27, 2024, 8:42 PM
Pitcher Roki Sasaki is the next big thing out of Japanese baseball. It's just not clear when he will make it to Major League Baseball.
The 22-year-old Sasaki…
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Six Nations lacking some star power as Europe's top rugby teams reset in new World Cup cycle
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/six-nations-lacking-some-star-power-as-europe%27s-top-rugby-teams-reset-in-new-world-cup-cycle
January 27, 2024, 8:41 PM
One top player is trying to make it to the NFL. Another is preparing for the Olympic Games. Another is taking time out to protect his mental health.…
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Renata Jamrichova wins junior girls' title. Japan's Rei Sakamoto wins boys' final at Australian Open
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/top-seeded-renata-jamrichova-wins-junior-girls%27-title.-japan%27s-rei-sakamoto-wins-boys%27-final
January 27, 2024, 6:40 AM
Top-seeded Renata Jamrichova claimed the Australian Open junior girls’ singles title with a 6-4 6-1 win over 15-year-old Emerson Jones on Saturday.
Jamrichova made six aces and saved…
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Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nazi-death-camp-survivors-mark-79th-anniversary-of-auschwitz-liberation-on-holocaust-remembrance-day
January 27, 2024, 8:40 PM
A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday…
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Beijing steps up military pressure on Taiwan
https://japantoday.com/category/world/beijing-steps-up-military-pressure-on-taiwan-after-the-us-and-china-announce-talks
January 27, 2024, 5:29 AM
China sent more than 30 warplanes and a group of navy ships toward Taiwan, the island’s defense ministry said Saturday.
The military pressure comes on the heels of…
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Australia PM condemns neo-Nazis after arrest of 'disguised' group
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australia-pm-condemns-neo-nazis-after-arrest-of-%27disguised%27-group
January 27, 2024, 4:24 AM
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned on Saturday domestic neo-Nazi activity after a black-clad group was arrested on the country's national day, which saw rallies in support of…
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Man arrested for breaking into Sapporo school says he thought it was his home
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-breaking-into-sapporo-school-says-he-thought-it-was-his-home
January 27, 2024, 8:49 PM
Police in Sapporo have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of breaking and entering and property destruction after he smashed the glass door at the entrance to a…
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Airline resumes flights to quake-hit airport in Ishikawa; volunteers arrive
https://japantoday.com/category/national/airline-resumes-flights-to-quake-hit-airport-in-central-japan
January 28, 2024, 2:12 AM
All Nippon Airways resumed its flights to and from an airport in Ishikawa Prefecture on Saturday, almost a month after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake hit the region on New…
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There is growing recognition of the urgent need to prepare for the possible coming of a second Trump administration, especially since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who had a close relationship with Trump during his presidency, died two years ago.
https://japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/Freedom-of-movement-should-not-be-restricted-by-the-government-This-should-be-obvious-but-it-wasn%E2%80%99t
January 27, 2024, 8:36 PM
Michitaka Kaiya, a staff writer in the Political News Department of The Yomiuri Shimbun. The administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is watching the U.S. presidential primaries with…
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Two teenage boys shot and killed leaving Chicago school
https://japantoday.com/category/world/two-teenage-boys-shot-and-killed-leaving-chicago-school
January 27, 2024, 12:56 AM
Two teenage boys were shot and killed Friday afternoon while they were leaving school, authorities said.
The boys, ages 16 and 17, were among a group of students…
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Ake keeps alive Man City treble trophy defense after beating Tottenham in FA Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/ake-keeps-alive-man-city-treble-trophy-defense-after-beating-tottenham-in-the-fa-cup
January 27, 2024, 12:58 AM
Manchester City’s losing run at Tottenham is over. Its defense of the treble is very much alive.
Nathan Ake struck in the 88th minute to secure a 1-0…
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Brad Pitt at Rolex 24 to film scenes for Formula One movie
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/brad-pitt-at-rolex-24-to-film-scenes-for-formula-one-movie
January 27, 2024, 8:43 PM
Of course Brad Pitt is at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the most prestigious endurance race in the United States.
The actor is not at Daytona International Speedway…
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Kubota to pay record $2 mil penalty for false 'Made in USA' labeling
https://japantoday.com/category/business/kubota-to-pay-record-2-mil.-penalty-for-false-made-in-usa-labeling
January 27, 2024, 7:32 AM
An American arm of Japanese agricultural machine maker Kubota Corp will pay a $2 million penalty for false "Made in USA" labeling on its merchandise, U.S. authorities said…
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Protesters gather outside top Serbian court to demand that disputed election be annulled
https://japantoday.com/category/world/protesters-gather-outside-a-top-serbian-court-to-demand-that-a-disputed-election-be-annulled
January 26, 2024, 8:58 PM
Opponents of Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic rallied outside the Constitutional Court building on Friday to press their demand that last month's election be annulled and held again over…
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Supreme Court urged to rule Trump is ineligible to be president again because of Jan 6 riot
https://japantoday.com/category/world/supreme-court-is-urged-to-rule-trump-is-ineligible-to-be-president-again-because-of-the-jan.-6-riot
January 27, 2024, 4:20 AM
The Supreme Court should declare that Donald Trump is ineligible to be president again because he spearheaded the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in an effort to…
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