Yen plunges to nearly 20-year low against U.S. dollar
https://japantoday.com/category/business/urgent-yen-tumbles-to-nearly-20-yr-low-against-u.s.-dollar
April 13, 2022, 8:26 AM
The Japanese yen plunged to its lowest level against the U.S. dollar in nearly 20 years on Wednesday, as the unit continued its fall amid the prospect of…
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First woman on-field coach makes MLB history
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/first-woman-on-field-coach-makes-major-league-baseball-history
April 13, 2022, 6:21 AM
Alyssa Nakken created a piece of baseball history on Tuesday after becoming the first woman to coach on-field in a Major League game as the San Francisco Giants…
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New Zealand court rules suspect can be extradited to China to face murder charge
https://japantoday.com/category/world/new-zealand-court-rules-suspect-can-be-extradited-to-china
April 13, 2022, 6:55 AM
New Zealand's top court on Wednesday ruled a man can be extradited to China to face a murder charge — a landmark judgment that goes against the trend…
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Tokyo reports 8,253 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 57,758
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-8-253-new-coronavirus-cases
April 13, 2022, 10:01 AM
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Wednesday reported 8,253 new coronavirus cases, up 1,331 from Tuesday and down 399 from last Wednesday.
By age group, 1,576 cases were in…
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Anxieties resurface as gunfire erupts on NYC subway
https://japantoday.com/category/world/anxieties-resurface-as-gunfire-erupts-on-nyc-subway
April 13, 2022, 5:11 AM
As the year began, New Yorkers shuddered at a subway crime straight out of urban nightmares — the death of a woman shoved onto the tracks by a…
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Russia has yet to slow a Western arms express into Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-has-yet-to-slow-a-western-arms-express-into-ukraine
April 13, 2022, 5:55 AM
Western weaponry pouring into Ukraine helped blunt Russia's initial offensive and seems certain to play a central role in the approaching, potentially decisive, battle for Ukraine's contested Donbas…
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A million empty spaces: Chronicling COVID's ruthless U.S. toll
https://japantoday.com/category/world/a-million-empty-spaces-chronicling-covid%27s-ruthless-us-toll
April 13, 2022, 5:12 AM
On the deadliest day of a horrific week in April 2020, COVID took the lives of 816 people in New York City alone. Lost in the blizzard of…
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A million empty spaces: Chronicling COVID's cruel U.S. toll
https://japantoday.com/category/world/a-million-empty-spaces-chronicling-covid%27s-cruel-us-toll
April 13, 2022, 5:54 AM
On the deadliest day of a horrific week in April 2020, COVID took the lives of 816 people in New York City alone. Lost in the blizzard of…
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Woman arrested over attempted murder of boyfriend
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-arrested-over-attempted-murder-of-live-in-boyfriend
April 13, 2022, 8:17 AM
Police in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 31-year-old woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she allegedly stabbed her 35-year-old boyfriend with whom she lived.
According to…
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Elon Musk accused of breaking law while buying Twitter stock
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/elon-musk-accused-of-breaking-law-while-buying-twitter-stock
April 13, 2022, 1:46 AM
Elon Musk’s huge Twitter investment took a new twist Tuesday with the filing of a lawsuit alleging that the colorful billionaire illegally delayed disclosing his stake in the…
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Real Madrid beats Chelsea in extra time to reach Champions League semifinals
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/real-madrid-beat-chelsea-in-extra-time-to-reach-semi-finals
April 12, 2022, 10:38 PM
Luka Modric turned the tie and Karim Benzema settled it as Real Madrid held off a sensational fightback from Chelsea on Tuesday to win an enthralling Champions League…
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Georgia Gov Kemp signs bill easing gun laws
https://japantoday.com/category/world/georgia-gov.-kemp-signs-bill-easing-gun-laws-amid-primary
April 13, 2022, 5:56 AM
Georgia Gov Brian Kemp rose to national notice in 2018 in part through a television ad that showed him brandishing a shotgun at an actor playing a suitor…
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Villarreal stun Bayern to reach Champions League semifinals
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/villarreal-stun-bayern-to-reach-champions-league-semi-finals
April 12, 2022, 10:40 PM
Villarreal dumped Bayern Munich out of the Champions League on Tuesday, Samuel Chukwueze's 88th-minute strike at the Allianz Arena giving the Spaniards a 1-1 draw in the second…
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Ukrainian students in Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/ukrainian-students
April 12, 2022, 9:55 PM
Ukrainian students who arrived in Japan after evacuating from Russian military attacks attend a ceremony for new students at the Japan University of Economics in the Fukuoka Prefecture…
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Gilbert Gottfried, standup comic and actor, dies at 67
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/gilbert-gottfried-standup-comic-and-actor-dies-at-67
April 12, 2022, 10:25 PM
Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67.
Gottfried died from a rare genetic…
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U.S., allies aim to force Russia to shift money away from war
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-allies-aim-to-force-russia-to-shift-money-away-from-war
April 12, 2022, 10:10 PM
The United States and its allies are pushing ahead with sanctions aimed at forcing Vladimir Putin to spend Russia's money propping up its economy rather than sustaining its…
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Far-right Le Pen campaigns as French 'voice of the people'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/far-right-le-pen-campaigns-as-french-%27voice-of-the-people%27
April 12, 2022, 10:11 PM
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Tuesday described France as a nation that would put its people’s voices at the center of the political process if she is…
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Trump wades into Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial primary
https://japantoday.com/category/world/trump-slams-mcswain-who%27d-sought-his-endorsement-for-gov
April 13, 2022, 5:57 AM
Former President Donald Trump waded into Pennsylvania's GOP gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, slamming a former acolyte over his alleged failure to investigate Trump’s false claims of widespread election…
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Djokovic 'runs out of gas' in Monte Carlo defeat
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/djokovic-loses-monte-carlo-opener
April 12, 2022, 10:45 PM
Novak Djokovic said he "ran out of gas" as he lost his opening match at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday in just his second tournament of the…
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COVID-19, overdoses pushed U.S. to highest death total ever in 2021
https://japantoday.com/category/world/covid-19-overdoses-pushed-us-to-highest-death-total-ever
April 12, 2022, 10:19 PM
2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad.
The main reason for the…
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Apple chief Cook takes App Store battle to Washington
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/apple-chief-cook-takes-app-store-battle-to-washington
April 12, 2022, 10:43 PM
Apple head Tim Cook attacked moves to regulate his company's App Store in a rare speech in Washington on Tuesday, arguing that new rules could threaten iPhone users'…
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Death toll from Philippine landslides, floods rises to 43
https://japantoday.com/category/world/death-toll-from-philippine-landslides-floods-rises-to-43
April 12, 2022, 10:19 PM
The death toll from landslides and floods that hit the central and southern Philippines after a summer tropical depression unleashed days of pounding rain has risen to at…
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Former No. 1 Kim Clijsters retires from pro tennis again
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/former-no.-1-kim-clijsters-retires-from-pro-tennis-again
April 12, 2022, 10:33 PM
Four-time Grand Slam singles champion Kim Clijsters has retired from professional tennis again.
The 38-year-old Clijsters, who ended her second retirement in 2019 after a seven-year hiatus, announced…
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Toyota unveils first electric vehicle since RAV4 EV in 2014
https://japantoday.com/category/business/toyota-unveils-first-electric-vehicle-since-rav4-ev-in-2014
April 12, 2022, 10:32 PM
Toyota, the top-selling automaker in the U.S., is rolling out its first fully electric vehicle in eight years.
The company on Tuesday unveiled the battery-powered bZ4X small SUV,…
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Shiga inn stated on website it would reject Russians, Belarusians
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-inn-states-it-would-reject-russians-belarusians-over-war
April 13, 2022, 7:56 AM
An inn in central Japan had declared on its website that it would deny lodging to Russians and Belarusians in protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine with the…
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Gunmen kill more than 100 in Nigeria’s north, say survivors
https://japantoday.com/category/world/gunmen-kill-more-than-100-in-nigeria%E2%80%99s-north-say-survivors
April 12, 2022, 10:34 PM
An armed gang has killed more than 100 people in a remote part of northern Nigeria, survivors and local authorities said on Tuesday.
The attackers targeted four villages…
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Japan, Italy to step up defense ties
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-italy-to-lift-defense-ties-amid-china-russia-worries
April 12, 2022, 9:40 PM
Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said he and his Italian counterpart agreed Tuesday to step up military cooperation as Japan expands security ties with Europe amid concern about…
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Gunman opens fire on Brooklyn subway; at least 10 shot
https://japantoday.com/category/world/multiple-people-shot-at-new-york-city-subway-station
April 13, 2022, 5:56 AM
Police hunted late into the night for the gunman who opened fire Tuesday on a subway train in Brooklyn, an attack that left 10 people wounded by gunfire…
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Boxing urged to cut ties with promoter sanctioned by U.S.
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/boxing-urged-to-cut-ties-with-promoter-sanctioned-by-us
April 12, 2022, 9:41 PM
Some of the biggest figures in boxing have been urged to cut ties with a promoter who fronts an Irish organized crime gang targeted with sanctions by the…
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British PM Johnson, Treasury chief to be fined over lockdown parties
https://japantoday.com/category/world/British-PM-Johnson-Treasury-chief-to-be-fined-over-lockdown-parties
April 13, 2022, 5:56 AM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said Tuesday that he and Treasure Chief Rishi Sunak will be fined by police for breaching COVID-19 regulations following allegations of lockdown…
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