Ryuichi Sakamoto releases stream of 'last' concert as he battles cancer
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/ryuichi-sakamoto-releases-last-concert-amid-cancer-battle
December 11, 2022, 9:58 AM
Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto released a stream of an audience-less, pre-recorded concert on Sunday that he has said "may be my last" due to his ongoing…
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Man arrested for setting fire to dry cleaning shop
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-setting-fire-to-dry-cleaning-shop
December 11, 2022, 7:35 AM
Police in Chiba city have arrested a 42-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of setting fire to a dry cleaning shop.
According to police, the fire occurred at around…
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Facing COVID surge, China expands hospitals, ICUs
https://japantoday.com/category/world/facing-covid-surge-china-expanding-hospitals-icus
December 11, 2022, 12:05 PM
Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions…
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Japan reports 119,174 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-119-174-new-coronavirus-cases
December 11, 2022, 12:06 PM
Japan on Sunday reported 119,174 new coronavirus cases, down 16,587 from Saturday. Tokyo reported 12,163 new cases, down 2,395 from Saturday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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Japanese lawmaker in Taiwan says China threat needs more military spending
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-lawmaker-in-taiwan-says-china-threat-needs-more-military-spending
December 11, 2022, 9:49 AM
Japan needs to increase its military spending in the face of the "grim reality" of the threat from China and North Korea, a senior member of Japan's ruling…
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Australian politicians to visit Pacific in bipartisan effort to boost ties
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australia%27s-wong-to-visit-pacific-in-bipartisan-effort-to-boost-ties
December 11, 2022, 4:50 AM
Australia's foreign minister will be part of a bipartisan group of Australian politicians set to travel to Vanuatu, the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau this week in…
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France beats England 2-1 to advance to semifinals
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/france-advances-to-semifinals-at-world-cup-tops-england-2-1
December 10, 2022, 9:53 PM
Kylian Mbappe and France made it back to the semifinals of the World Cup on Saturday by beating England 2-1.
Olivier Giroud scored in the 78th minute at Al Bayt…
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Kosovo police exchange fire with local Serbs blocking roads
https://japantoday.com/category/world/kosovo-police-exchange-fire-with-local-serbs-blocking-roads
December 10, 2022, 9:36 PM
Kosovo Serbs and country’s police exchanged gunfire on Saturday after a flareup of tensions in the volatile northern part of the country.
Earlier in the day Serbs from…
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Sendai Pageant of Starlight
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/sendai-pageant-of-starlight
December 10, 2022, 8:57 PM
Pedestrians walk through a tunnel of lights as the Zelkova trees that line the streets of Sendai in northeastern Japan are illuminated for the Sendai Pageant of Starlight.
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NZ vs U.S,. South Africa vs Samoa in Cape Town Sevens rugby semis
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/nz-vs-us-south-africa-vs-samoa-in-cape-town-sevens-semis
December 10, 2022, 9:47 PM
New Zealand rebounded from its shock loss to Spain on the opening day to beat Kenya and Argentina in pool play and sweep aside Uruguay to make the…
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Russia drones smash power network in Ukraine's Odesa
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-drones-smash-power-network-in-ukraine%27s-odesa-could-take-months-to-repair
December 11, 2022, 4:10 AM
All non-critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian port of Odesa was without power after Russia used Iranian-made drones to hit two energy facilities, officials said on Saturday, adding it…
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Peru's president asks cabinet to take anti-corruption pledge
https://japantoday.com/category/world/peru%27s-president-asks-cabinet-to-take-anti-corruption-pledge
December 10, 2022, 9:35 PM
Peru’s newest president, Dina Boluarte, swore in a new cabinet Saturday just three days after becoming the country’s first female head of state, and asked each minister to…
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Senior U.S. delegation to visit China in coming days
https://japantoday.com/category/world/senior-u.s.-delegation-to-visit-china-in-coming-days1
December 10, 2022, 9:35 PM
A high-level U.S. delegation will travel to China this week to follow up on President Joe Biden's recent talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and prepare for Secretary…
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German aid worker freed after kidnapping four years ago in Niger
https://japantoday.com/category/world/german-aid-worker-freed-after-kidnapping-four-years-ago-in-niger-says-employer1
December 10, 2022, 9:36 PM
A 63-year-old German aid worker, Joerg Lange, has been freed more than four years after he was kidnapped in western Niger near the Malian border, his employer, humanitarian…
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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed for over five years on fraud charge
https://japantoday.com/category/world/hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-jailed-over-five-years-on-fraud-charge1
December 10, 2022, 9:36 PM
Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Saturday to five years and nine months in prison for fraud, convicted of violating a lease contract for the…
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Three killed, several missing after explosion on island of Jersey
https://japantoday.com/category/world/three-killed-several-missing-after-explosion-on-island-of-jersey
December 10, 2022, 9:37 PM
Three people were killed and around a dozen others remain missing after an explosion early on Saturday morning at a block of flats on the island of Jersey,…
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Morocco reaches World Cup semifinals with 1-0 win over Portugal
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/morocco-reaches-world-cup-semifinals-tops-portugal-ronaldo
December 10, 2022, 9:33 PM
Africa finally has a team in the World Cup semifinals, and so does the Arab world.
Morocco delivered a seminal moment in the nearly 100-year history of soccer's…
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Freed arms dealer Bout praises Putin, backs Ukraine assault
https://japantoday.com/category/world/arms-dealer-bout-praises-putin-backs-ukraine-assault
December 11, 2022, 4:10 AM
Viktor Bout, a notorious arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death", praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and backed Moscow's assault on Ukraine.
On Thursday, Bout, who was serving…
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FIFA charges Argentina for disorder at World Cup match
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/fifa-charges-argentina-for-disorders-at-world-cup-match
December 10, 2022, 9:29 PM
FIFA opened a disciplinary case against Argentina for its players' actions during a contentious World Cup quarterfinal match against the Netherlands.
The soccer governing body cited “order and…
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Uno wins 1st Grand Prix final
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/figure-skating-japan%27s-uno-wins-1st-grand-prix-final
December 11, 2022, 4:53 AM
Shoma Uno won his first men's championship at ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final on Saturday, continuing a stellar weekend for Japanese skaters.
Uno, the reigning world…
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Nobel Peace Prize winners blast Putin's invasion of Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nobel-peace-prize-winners-blast-putin%27s-invasion-of-ukraine
December 11, 2022, 4:10 AM
The winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine shared their visions of a fairer world and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in…
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Kishida negative about gov't bonds to finance defense spending hike
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update2-japan-pm-negative-about-gov%27t-bonds-to-finance-defense-spending-hike
December 11, 2022, 7:34 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has dismissed the idea of issuing government bonds to realize a substantial increase in defense spending in the coming years, adding he will…
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Ticket desperation at the World Cup's last-chance saloon
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/ticket-desperation-at-the-world-cup%27s-last-chance-saloon
December 10, 2022, 9:29 PM
The soccer junkies started arriving an hour before the World Cup ticket center opened on Saturday even though loud speaker announcements proclaimed there is nothing to sell.
"I…
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Germany: Suspect dead after killing mother, taking hostages
https://japantoday.com/category/world/police-hostage-situation-in-german-city-of-dresden
December 10, 2022, 9:37 PM
German police said Saturday that a man suspected of killing his mother and later taking two people hostage in the eastern city of Dresden has died.
Authorities had…
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Japan OKs changes to system for recognizing paternity after divorce
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-oks-changes-to-system-for-recognizing-paternity-after-divorce
December 11, 2022, 7:36 AM
Japan's parliament enacted Saturday legal changes that would allow the new husband of a remarried woman to assume paternity of children born within 300 days of divorce from…
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Japan enacts law to restrict malicious donation solicitations by religious and other groups
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Japan-enacts-law-to-restrict-malicious-donation-solicitations-by-religious-and-other-groups
December 11, 2022, 7:34 AM
Japan's parliament on Saturday enacted a law to restrict malicious donation solicitations by religious and other groups, which mainly targets the Unification Church, whose fundraising tactics and cozy ties with…
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Yamaguchi and Tai cruise into badminton World Tour Finals decider
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/yamaguchi-and-tai-cruise-into-badminton-world-tour-finals-decider
December 10, 2022, 9:47 PM
World champion Akane Yamaguchi on Saturday booked a ticket to the last stage of the season-ending badminton World Tour Finals in Bangkok, crushing Olympic gold medallist Chen Yufei.…
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LDP policy chief Hagiuda visits Taiwan
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/taiwan-pledges-deeper-japan-security-cooperation-as-senior-lawmaker-visits
December 10, 2022, 9:39 PM
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen pledged on Saturday to deepen security cooperation with Japan to ensure freedom in the Indo-Pacific, during a meeting with a senior member of Japan's…
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Negotiations kick off for U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/negotiations-kick-off-for-u.s.-led-indo-pacific-economic-framework
December 10, 2022, 9:39 PM
Australia, Japan, the United States and other nations on Saturday kicked off their first in-person round of negotiations aimed at setting economic rules and standards in the Indo-Pacific…
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Taiwan mulls WTO case after latest Chinese import bans
https://japantoday.com/category/business/taiwan-mulls-wto-case-after-latest-chinese-import-bans
December 10, 2022, 9:45 PM
Taiwan may take China to the World Trade Organization after the country effectively banned the import of more Taiwanese food and drink products, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on…
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