Canadian police investigating C$20 million gold heist at Toronto airport
https://japantoday.com/category/world/canadian-police-investigating-c-20-million-gold-heist-at-toronto-airport1
April 21, 2023, 12:45 AM
Canadian police are investigating the theft of a C$20 million ($14.84 million) cargo of gold and other valuables that was stolen from a holding facility at Toronto Pearson…
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Hula hoops
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/hula-hoops
April 20, 2023, 9:42 PM
A woman walks past an artwork made of hula hoops displayed in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Thursday.
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Biden, Macron talk to ease tensions after French leader's China trip
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-macron-talk-to-ease-tensions-after-french-leader%27s-china-trip
April 20, 2023, 9:56 PM
U.S. President Joe Biden and President Emmanuel Macron signaled efforts Thursday to ease tensions in the wake of the French leader's recent remarks on Taiwan and the European…
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Sevilla dump shambolic Man United out in Europa League quarters
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/sevilla-dump-shambolic-man-united-out-in-europa-league-quarters
April 20, 2023, 10:38 PM
Manchester United crashed out of the Europa League in shambolic fashion on Thursday with Sevilla beating them 3-0, to reach the semifinals 5-2 on aggregate.
The record six-time…
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Alaska Airlines nudges passengers to mobile boarding passes
https://japantoday.com/category/features/travel/alaska-airlines-nudges-passengers-to-mobile-boarding-passes
April 20, 2023, 11:32 PM
Alaska Airlines is pushing passengers to load boarding passes on their smartphones by removing airport kiosks that can be used to print the passes.
The airline has removed…
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Charge to be dropped in Alec Baldwin movie set shooting
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/charge-to-be-dropped-in-alec-baldwin-movie-set-shooting
April 20, 2023, 9:50 PM
Prosecutors in New Mexico plan to drop an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western…
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Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don't pay
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/twitter-begins-removing-blue-checks-from-users-who-don%27t-pay
April 20, 2023, 9:52 PM
This time it's for real.
Many of Twitter’s high-profile users are losing the blue checks that helped verify their identity and distinguish them from impostors on the Elon…
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Registration closes for Paris Olympics ticket lottery draw
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/registration-closes-for-paris-olympics-ticket-lottery-draw
April 20, 2023, 9:54 PM
Online registration for a lottery draw where winners can buy tickets for next year's Olympic Games in Paris closed on Thursday.
Entries for the draw ended at 6…
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Muslims end Ramadan; begin holiday amid war, reconciliation
https://japantoday.com/category/world/muslims-end-ramadan-begin-holiday-amid-war-reconciliation
April 20, 2023, 9:56 PM
Large parts of the Muslim world marked the end of the fasting month of Ramadan at sundown Thursday and ushered in the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, but the…
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5th arrest made in Alabama Sweet 16 birthday party shooting
https://japantoday.com/category/world/4th-arrest-made-in-alabama-sweet-16-birthday-party-shooting
April 20, 2023, 9:57 PM
A fifth man was arrested Thursday and charged with murder in connection with a shooting at Sweet 16 birthday party that killed four young people in Alabama, authorities…
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BuzzFeed to close news division, cut 15% of all staff
https://japantoday.com/category/business/buzzfeed-to-close-news-division-cut-15-of-all-staff
April 20, 2023, 9:51 PM
Pulitzer Prize winning digital media company BuzzFeed will shut down its news division and cut another 15% of its staff across the company, adding to layoffs made earlier…
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Prince William takes booking for Indian restaurant
https://japantoday.com/category/world/by-royal-appointment-prince-william-takes-booking-for-restaurant
April 20, 2023, 9:57 PM
Britain's Prince William helped out an Indian restaurant during a royal visit on Thursday by taking a phone reservation from an unsuspecting customer.
The heir to the British…
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Climate tension: U.N. chief chides Biden, other world leaders
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-touts-us-efforts-as-oil-overshadows-climate-summit
April 20, 2023, 9:55 PM
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres bluntly challenged the climate efforts of President Joe Biden and other world leaders Thursday in a message for a White House summit, charging that…
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Zverev upset at BMW Open; Rune advances
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/zverev-upset-at-bmw-open-rune-wins
April 20, 2023, 9:54 PM
After waiting an extra day to get on court at the BMW Open, Alexander Zverev's tournament was ended in straight sets by Christopher O'Connell on Thursday as top-seeded…
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Extremists kill 20, abduct others in attack on Congo village
https://japantoday.com/category/world/extremists-kill-20-abduct-others-in-attack-on-congo-village
April 20, 2023, 9:57 PM
At least 20 people have been killed and others abducted by extremists in eastern Congo's North Kivu province, a civil society group said Thursday.
The Allied Democratic Forces…
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Kishida promises security review before G7 summit
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-pm-denounces-attack-vows-security-review-before-g7
April 20, 2023, 9:46 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida denounced a pipe bomb attack at a campaign event he attended last weekend and pledged to review security procedures to ensure safety for…
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Schumacher family plan legal action over fake AI quotes
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/schumacher-family-plans-legal-action-over-fake-ai-quotes-espn
April 20, 2023, 9:53 PM
Michael Schumacher's family said Thursday they were planning legal action against German magazine Die Aktuelle for using an artificial intelligence programme to generate fake quotes from the seven-time…
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Japan will keep calling for China to act responsibly, Kishida says
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-will-keep-calling-for-china-to-act-responsibly-kishida-says1
April 20, 2023, 9:46 PM
Japan will keep calling for China to act responsibly on the world stage, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday, a sign of Tokyo's deepening concern about stability…
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Sudan army demands rivals' surrender as cease-fire runs out
https://japantoday.com/category/world/Sudan-army-demands-rivals%27-surrender-as-cease-fire-runs-out
April 20, 2023, 9:55 PM
Sudan's military ruled out negotiations with a rival paramilitary force on Thursday, saying it would only accept its surrender as the two sides continued to battle in central…
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Nadal out of Madrid Open after slow recovery from hip injury
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/nadal-out-of-madrid-open-after-slow-recovery-from-hip-injury
April 20, 2023, 9:53 PM
Rafael Nadal will miss the Madrid Open next week because his recovery from a hip injury is going much slower than expected.
The 22-time Grand Slam winner has…
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NATO chief: Ukraine’s ‘rightful place’ is in the alliance
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nato-chief-visits-kyiv-for-1st-time-since-russian-invasion
April 20, 2023, 9:54 PM
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg defiantly declared Thursday that Ukraine’s “rightful place” is in the military alliance and pledged more support for the country on his first visit to…
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Kishida says he has no plan to tweak sales tax to fund childcare measures
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-pm-has-no-plan-to-tweak-sales-tax-to-fund-childcare-measures
April 20, 2023, 10:21 PM
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday he has no plan now to raise Japan's sales tax rate, when asked about plans to fund new childcare measures aimed…
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Trade envoy Tai says U.S. not seeking to 'decouple' from China
https://japantoday.com/category/business/trade-envoy-tai-says-us-not-seeking-to-%27decouple%27-from-china
April 20, 2023, 10:21 PM
Washington is not seeking to decouple the American economy from China’s, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said Thursday while on a visit to Tokyo.
Tai, who is on…
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Japanese gov't ordered to pay damages to Kurdish asylum seeker
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-gov%27t-ordered-to-pay-damages-to-kurdish-asylum-seeker
April 20, 2023, 9:47 PM
A Tokyo court on Thursday ordered the Japanese government to pay 220,000 yen in damages to a Kurdish man who alleged he was assaulted when staff at a…
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Yokosuka becomes 1st local gov't in Japan to begin ChatGPT trial use
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/yokosuka-becomes-1st-local-gov%27t-in-japan-to-begin-chatgpt-trial-use
April 20, 2023, 9:52 PM
The city of Yokosuka on Thursday became the first local government in Japan to start trial use of artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT across all of its offices, hoping…
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SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas
https://japantoday.com/category/world/SpaceX-giant-rocket-explodes-minutes-after-launch-from-Texas
April 20, 2023, 9:55 PM
SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight Thursday and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
Elon Musk’s company was aiming to…
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Judge deprives Ohtani of homer; hits 2-run HR as Yankees edge Angels 3-2
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/judge-robs-ohtani-hits-2-run-hr-as-yanks-edge-angels-in-10
April 20, 2023, 3:18 AM
Aaron Judge deprived Shohei Ohtani of a homer just before hitting a two-run shot, and the New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 Wednesday night on…
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K-pop star Moonbin of boy band Astro dies at 25
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/k-pop-star-moonbin-of-boy-band-astro-dies-at-25
April 20, 2023, 9:49 PM
K-pop star Moonbin, a member of the boy band Astro, has died, his music label and South Korean police said Thursday, prompting an outpouring of grief from fans.…
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Vietnamese trainee arrested after dead baby found in Hiroshima Prefecture
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/vietnamese-trainee-arrested-after-dead-baby-found-in-western-japan
April 20, 2023, 9:16 PM
A 19-year-old Vietnamese technical trainee was arrested Thursday after the body of a baby boy was discovered in an empty lot in western Japan, local police said.
The…
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Woman kept mother’s body in house for more than year, hoping she would come back to life
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-kept-mother%E2%80%99s-body-in-house-for-more-than-year-hoping-she-would-come-back-to-life
April 20, 2023, 9:48 PM
Police in Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 53-year-old woman for failing to report the death of her mother whose body she kept at home for more than…
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