Japan posts ¥2.03 trillion trade deficit in November
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-trade-deficit-soars-on-weak-yen-high-oil-prices
December 15, 2022, 10:34 AM
Japan's trade deficit surged to over 2 trillion yen in November as higher costs for oil and a weak yen combined to push imports sharply higher.
It was…
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Asia stocks follow Wall St down as Fed warns of higher rates
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asia-stocks-follow-wall-st-down-as-fed-warns-of-higher-rates
December 15, 2022, 6:36 AM
Asian shares skidded Thursday after a retreat on Wall Street as markets registered their dismay over the Federal Reserve’s warning that still higher interest rates are in store…
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China urges vaccines for vulnerable as 'zero-COVID' exit turns messy
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-urges-vaccines-for-vulnerable-as-%27zero-covid%27-exit-turns-messy
December 15, 2022, 5:35 AM
China raced to vaccinate its most vulnerable people on Thursday in anticipation of waves of COVID-19 infections, with some analysts expecting the death toll to soar after a…
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UK nurses begin unprecedented strike
https://japantoday.com/category/world/uk-nurses-begin-unprecedented-walkout
December 15, 2022, 6:36 AM
UK nurses on Thursday began an unprecedented strike as a "last resort" in their fight for better wages and working conditions, despite warnings it could put patients at…
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Australia takes aim at Apple, Microsoft over child protection online
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australia-takes-aim-at-apple-microsoft-over-child-protection-online
December 15, 2022, 3:38 AM
An Australian regulator, after using new powers to make the tech giants share information about their methods, accused Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp not doing enough to stop…
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Japan reports 168,491 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-168-491-new-coronavirus-cases
December 15, 2022, 11:51 AM
Japan on Thursday reported 168,491 new coronavirus cases, down 22,116 from Wednesday. Tokyo reported 17,687 new cases, down 1,125 from Wednesday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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50-year-old man arrested after parents found dead at home
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/50-year-old-man-arrested-after-parents-found-dead-at-home
December 15, 2022, 7:16 AM
Police in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 50-year-old man on suspicion of abandoning the bodies of his parents at their home on Tuesday.
According to police, the…
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Actor James Cromwell bashes world leaders for absence at U.N. nature summit
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/actor-james-cromwell-bashes-world-leaders-for-absence-at-un-nature-summit
December 14, 2022, 10:56 PM
A high-stakes U.N. summit in Canada seen as vital to saving the world's biodiversity has failed to attract a single world leader beyond the host country's prime minister…
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Biden says U.S. is 'all in' on Africa's future
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-says-u.s.-is-%27all-in%27-on-africa%27s-future
December 15, 2022, 4:13 AM
U.S. President Joe Biden announced an agreement aimed at bolstering trade ties between the United States and Africa on Wednesday after years in which the continent took a…
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Miss International 2022
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/miss-international-2022
December 14, 2022, 9:36 PM
Winner of the Miss International 2022 Jasmin Selberg, representing Germany, center, poses for a photo together with the runner-ups, from left: Natalia Lopez Cardona from Colombia, Stephany Amado Cabo Verde, Tatiana…
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France ends Morocco World Cup dream to set up Argentina final
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/france-end-morocco-world-cup-dream-to-set-up-argentina-final
December 14, 2022, 9:31 PM
France ended Morocco's World Cup dream as goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani gave the holders a 2-0 win in their semifinal clash and set up…
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Ex-Britsh PM Johnson earns over £1 mil for speeches since quitting
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ex-uk-pm-johnson-earns-over-%C2%A31-mn-for-speeches-since-quitting
December 15, 2022, 4:14 AM
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has already earned more than £1 million ($1.2 million) for giving paid speeches since leaving office in September, according to an official…
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WHO chief says uncle 'murdered' in Tigray bloodshed
https://japantoday.com/category/world/who-chief-says-uncle-%27murdered%27-in-tigray-bloodshed
December 14, 2022, 10:10 PM
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said Wednesday that his uncle had been "murdered" by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region.
Tedros…
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Macron attends France-Morocco semifinal match
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/macron-attends-france-morocco-semifinal-match-at-world-cup
December 14, 2022, 10:05 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to Qatar on Wednesday to attend the World Cup semifinal match between France and Morocco, a politically charged encounter between the north African…
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Mets set to shatter payroll records
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mets-set-to-shatter-payroll-records-soar-to-about-350m
December 14, 2022, 10:01 PM
Steve Cohen's New York Mets are on track to shatter spending records in his third season as owner, boosting payroll to about $350 million for purposes of the…
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Peru's new government declares police state amid protests
https://japantoday.com/category/world/peru%27s-new-government-gives-military-new-power-amid-protests
December 14, 2022, 10:02 PM
Peru’s new government imposed a police state on Wednesday in response to violent protests following the ouster of President Pedro Castillo. The 30-day national emergency declaration suspends the…
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Study explains surprise surge in methane during pandemic lockdown
https://japantoday.com/category/features/health/study-explains-surprise-surge-in-methane-during-pandemic-lockdown
December 14, 2022, 10:12 PM
A mysterious surge in planet-heating atmospheric methane in 2020 despite COVID lockdowns that reduced many human-caused sources can be explained by a greater release from nature and, surprisingly,…
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Twitter suspends account that tracked owner Elon Musk's jet
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/twitter-suspends-account-that-tracked-owner-elon-musk%27s-jet
December 15, 2022, 6:16 AM
Twitter has suspended an account that used publicly available flight data to track Elon Musk's private jet, despite a pledge by the social media platform's new owner to…
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Winter Olympics focus on climate change, rotating hosts
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/winter-olympics-focus-on-climate-change-rotating-hosts
December 14, 2022, 10:00 PM
To hear the world's Olympic leaders tell it, the bidding for future Winter Games has been jumbled by internal disputes at India's Olympic committee, a newfound affinity for…
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EU to U.S.: We already have war, don't give us trade war, too
https://japantoday.com/category/world/eu-to-us-we-already-have-war-don%27t-give-us-trade-war-too
December 15, 2022, 10:22 AM
Disappointment has set in two years after the election of U.S. President Joe Biden was supposed to reset trans-Atlantic relations with the European Union. EU leaders are openly…
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Argentina airline adds 2 more flights for World Cup final
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/argentina-airline-adds-2-more-flights-for-world-cup-final
December 14, 2022, 10:06 PM
Argentina's national carrier scheduled two extra flights from Buenos Aires to Qatar to take soccer fans to the World Cup final.
Both Aerolíneas Argentinas flights sold out quickly.…
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2 police officers killed after 30-minute talk with woman in Mississippi
https://japantoday.com/category/world/police-2-officers-slain-in-mississippi-shooter-also-dead
December 14, 2022, 10:02 PM
Two police officers in coastal Mississippi were shot and killed early Wednesday by a woman who they had talked to for nearly 30 minutes in a motel parking…
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LDP eyes shifting 1% of income tax payments for 'defense tax'
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-japan-ldp-eyes-shifting-1-of-income-tax-payments-for-defense-tax
December 15, 2022, 7:13 AM
The tax commission of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party agreed Wednesday to allocate about 1 percent of current income tax payments to a new "defense tax" as part…
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Turkish court gives Istanbul mayor prison term, politics ban
https://japantoday.com/category/world/istanbul-mayor-sentenced-for-insulting-turkish-officials
December 14, 2022, 10:02 PM
A court in Turkey sentenced the mayor of Istanbul, the country's most populous city, to two years and seven months in prison Wednesday on charges of insulting members…
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Wife: Journalist Wahl died of aortic aneurysm at World Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/soccer-writer-grant-wahl-died-of-heart-aneurysm-at-world-cup
December 14, 2022, 10:05 PM
Grant Wahl died of a ruptured blood vessel when he was stricken while covering a World Cup match last weekend, according to an autopsy of the well-known American…
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U.S. military creates space unit in S Korea
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-military-creates-space-unit-in-skorea-amid-nkorea-threats
December 15, 2022, 4:14 AM
The U.S. military formally launched a space force unit in South Korea on Wednesday, its first such facility on foreign territory that will likely enable Washington to better…
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'When Harry Met Sally,' 'Iron Man' added to film registry
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/%27when-harry-met-sally-%27-%27iron-man%27-added-to-film-registry
December 14, 2022, 9:57 PM
They’ll have what she’s having.
The 1989 rom-com “When Harry Met Sally” is one of 25 films chosen this year to enter the National Film Registry, a list…
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Gov't questions Unification Church for 2nd time over illegal acts
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-questions-unification-church-for-2nd-time-over-illegal-acts
December 14, 2022, 9:56 PM
The Japanese government exercised Wednesday its "right to question" the Unification Church for the second time, as it continues investigating the controversial religious group with an eye on…
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Russian strategic bombers patrol over Sea of Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Russian-strategic-bombers-patrol-over-Sea-of-Japan
December 15, 2022, 7:13 AM
Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday that two Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers carried out a seven-hour patrol flight over the Sea of Japan.
The bombers - capable of…
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Japan's foreign minister making arrangements to visit China: NHK
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan%27s-formin-making-arrangements-to-visit-china-meet-counterpart-this-month-nhk
December 14, 2022, 9:55 PM
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is making arrangements to visit China and meet with his counterpart Wang Yi, NHK public television reported on Wednesday.
The meeting, if carried…
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