FIFA reserves at $4 bil after World Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/fifa-reserves-at-4bn-after-world-cup-more-to-come-in-2026
February 15, 2023, 6:09 AM
FIFA had reserves of almost $4 billion after a financially successful 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and booming hospitality and ticket sales at the 2026 tournament in North…
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Gov't to build depots as likely sites for new missiles in Oita, Aomori
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-build-depots-as-likely-sites-for-new-missiles-in-oita-aomori
February 15, 2023, 7:35 AM
Japan will build four major ammunition depots at Self-Defense Forces facilities in Oita and Aomori prefectures as likely storage sites for long-range missiles with enemy base strike capabilities,…
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Home invasion crime spree sets off boom in demand for home security goods
https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/home-invasion-crime-spree-sets-off-boom-in-demand-for-home-security-goods
February 15, 2023, 9:05 PM
"It's certain that more customers have begun purchasing crime prevention goods in the wake of all the media coverage about the recent string of crimes," a spokesperson for…
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Japan inbound travel recovering but airport staff shortages persist
https://japantoday.com/category/national/focus-japan-inbound-travel-recovering-amid-airport-staff-shortage-increases
February 15, 2023, 11:11 AM
Inbound tourism to Japan has begun to recover since the easing of COVID-19 border controls but a shortage of staff has become an increasing problem for the airline…
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Man who falsely claimed someone stabbed him sent to prosecutors
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Man-who-falsely-claimed-someone-stabbed-him-sent-to-prosecutors
February 15, 2023, 7:36 AM
Police in Osaka have sent a case to public prosecutors involving a 25-year-old man who falsely claimed to have been stabbed at an Osaka subway station in January.…
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Survivors plucked from rooftops after New Zealand cyclone kills 3
https://japantoday.com/category/world/three-dead-in-new-zealand-cyclone
February 15, 2023, 4:20 AM
Military helicopters winched stranded storm survivors to safety in New Zealand on Wednesday, after Cyclone Gabrielle killed three people and displaced 10,500 more.
With the storm now fading…
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Japan reports 28,772 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-28-772-new-coronavirus-cases
February 15, 2023, 11:11 AM
Japan on Wednesday reported 28,772 new coronavirus cases, down 2,931 from Tuesday. Tokyo reported 1,858 new cases, down 374 from Tuesday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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Buffett's firm adds to Apple investment; slashes chipmaker and bank stakes
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/buffett%27s-firm-buys-apple-slashes-chipmaker-and-bank-stakes
February 15, 2023, 12:54 AM
Billionaire Warren Buffett's company added to its already substantial Apple investment at the end of last year while slashing a new investment in computer chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor…
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Diaz fires AC Milan to Champions League win over Tottenham
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/diaz-fires-ac-milan-to-champions-league-win-over-tottenham
February 14, 2023, 11:10 PM
Brahim Diaz shot AC Milan to a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday which gave the seven-time European kings control of their Champions League last-16 tie.
Diaz…
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MLB's spring training a test run for new rule changes
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mlb%27s-spring-training-a-test-run-for-new-rule-changes
February 14, 2023, 10:29 PM
Spring training games might be a little ugly this year, particularly during the first few weeks.
For Major League Baseball, that's a feature, not a bug.
The Grapefruit…
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Man with explosives arrested outside Swiss parliament
https://japantoday.com/category/world/man-with-explosives-arrested-outside-swiss-parliament
February 14, 2023, 10:05 PM
Police in Switzerland's capital evacuated Parliament and related offices Tuesday after a man in a bulletproof vest was arrested near one of its entrances and found to be…
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Maiko session
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/Maiko-session
February 14, 2023, 10:15 PM
Maiko (apprentice geisha) attend a photo session in Kyoto on Tuesday for brochures for the "Kyo Odori" dance performance to be held in April.
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Moscow accuses Japan of Russophobia, making 'vicious attacks' over Ukraine war
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/moscow-accuses-japan-of-russophobia-making-%27vicious-attacks%27-over-ukraine-war
February 15, 2023, 7:43 AM
Russia, locked in a decades-old territorial dispute with Tokyo over a chain of Pacific islands, on Tuesday accused Japan of engaging in Russophobia and mounting "vicious attacks" over…
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Zelenskyy urges speedy help from allies as Russia pounds Ukraine's east
https://japantoday.com/category/world/u.s.-nato-see-ukraine-in-urgent-need-of-more-arms-zelenskiy-says-speed-crucial
February 15, 2023, 4:36 AM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged allies to be speedy in sending more military help as NATO defense ministers met on Wednesday and Russia bombarded the eastern front line…
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Romania, Moldova both report strange objects in their skies
https://japantoday.com/category/world/romania-moldova-both-report-strange-objects-in-their-skies
February 14, 2023, 10:04 PM
Romania briefly scrambled military jets and neighboring Moldova temporarily closed its air space Tuesday after authorities in both countries reported mysterious weather balloon-like objects traversing their skies.
The…
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A Marvel villain comes into focus in ‘Ant-Man 3’
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/review-a-marvel-villain-comes-into-focus-in-%E2%80%98ant-man-3%E2%80%99
February 14, 2023, 10:00 PM
Peyton Reed’s “Ant-Man” films have generally served as a kind of palate cleanser to the world-ending stakes of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang is…
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UK council unamused as Banksy unveils Valentine's Day mural
https://japantoday.com/category/world/uk-council-unamused-as-banksy-unveils-valentine%27s-day-mural
February 14, 2023, 10:06 PM
British street artist Banksy marked Valentine's Day Tuesday with an inimitable statement about violence against women -- but local politicians saw only a nuisance.
A Banksy mural appeared…
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At least 32 civilians killed in eastern Congo, says the U.N.
https://japantoday.com/category/world/at-least-32-civilians-killed-in-eastern-congo-says-the-u.n.
February 14, 2023, 10:06 PM
At least 32 civilians have been killed by rebel groups in eastern Congo's Ituri province, said a spokesman for the United Nations.
Twenty people were killed by the…
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Ferrari unveils new F1 car with Red Bull in their sights
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/ferrari-unveils-new-f1-car-with-red-bull-in-their-sights1
February 14, 2023, 10:01 PM
Ferrari unveiled their SF-23 car for the upcoming Formula One season at their Maranello headquarters on Tuesday, the Scuderia gunning for Red Bull and world champion Max Verstappen.…
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From Qatar to Elon Musk, Man United sale rumors grow
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/from-qatar-to-elon-musk-man-united-sale-rumors-grow
February 14, 2023, 10:01 PM
The race is on to buy Manchester United and it will take deep pockets to meet an estimated price of $6 billion.
No wonder the oil and gas…
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Japan suspects China flew 3 spy balloons over territory in 2019-2021
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-suspects-China-flew-three-spy-balloons-over-territory-in-2019-2021
February 15, 2023, 7:37 AM
Japan's government said Tuesday that three unidentified flying objects spotted over the nation's territory in three years from 2019 are "strongly suspected" to have been Chinese spy balloons.…
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki urge G7 engagement to understand nuclear war
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-hiroshima-nagasaki-urge-g-7-engagement-to-understand-nuclear-war
February 14, 2023, 10:00 PM
The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki requested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday create occasions for world leaders visiting Hiroshima for the Group of Seven summit in…
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EU to ban fossil fuel cars, slash truck and bus emissions
https://japantoday.com/category/business/eu-approves-2035-ban-on-new-fossil-fuel-car-sales
February 14, 2023, 9:55 PM
The European Union will ban new sales of fossil fuel cars from 2035, after MEPs approved a new law Tuesday, as Brussels also draws up plans to slash…
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China's Xi expresses support for Iran amid Western pressure
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china%27s-xi-expresses-support-for-iran-amid-western-pressure
February 14, 2023, 10:05 PM
Chinese leader Xi Jinping expressed support for Iran during a visit by its president on Tuesday as Tehran tries to expand relations with Beijing and Moscow to offset…
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Taiwan threatens to shoot down any Chinese balloons
https://japantoday.com/category/world/taiwan-threatens-to-shoot-down-any-chinese-balloons
February 14, 2023, 10:04 PM
Amid speculation over alleged Chinese spy balloons, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday it would shoot down any suspected military object coming close to its shores from mainland China.…
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Israeli cabinet ministers reject U.S. criticism on settlements
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israeli-cabinet-minister-rejects-us-criticism-on-settlements
February 14, 2023, 10:05 PM
Two ultranationalist Israeli cabinet ministers on Tuesday defiantly dismissed a growing chorus of global condemnation of new Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank, instead promising to double…
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Nikki Haley announces run for president, challenging Trump
https://japantoday.com/category/world/haley-announces-presidential-campaign-challenging-trump
February 15, 2023, 4:35 AM
Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, announced her candidacy for president on Tuesday, becoming the first major challenger to former President Donald Trump…
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Shoichiro Toyoda, son of Toyota founder, dies at 97
https://japantoday.com/category/business/Shoichiro-Toyoda-son-of-Toyota-founder-dies-at-97
February 15, 2023, 7:37 AM
Shoichiro Toyoda, who as a son of the company’s founder oversaw Toyota’s expansion into international markets has died. He was 97.
Toyoda, the company's honorary chairman, died Tuesday…
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Features of Pacific seabed formation named after Godzilla body parts
https://japantoday.com/category/national/features-of-pacific-seabed-formation-named-after-godzilla-body-parts
February 14, 2023, 9:53 PM
Topographic features within a seafloor formation in the Pacific Ocean named after Godzilla will now also bear the names of the fictional monster's body parts, the Japan Coast…
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Liverpool urges UEFA to ensure fans are safe at matches
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/liverpool-urges-uefa-to-ensure-fans-are-safe-at-matches
February 14, 2023, 10:01 PM
Liverpool on Tuesday urged European soccer’s governing body to ensure supporter safety is the top priority at matches after a report detailed how a “mass fatality catastrophe” was…
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