Sweden beats Australia 2-0 to win another bronze medal at the Women's World Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/sweden-beats-australia-to-win-another-bronze-medal-at-the-women%27s-world-cup
August 19, 2023, 12:16 PM
Nobody beats Sweden on the rebound from a Women’s World Cup semifinal loss. Not even the tournament hosts.
The Swedish women extended their perfect record in World Cup…
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Rays defeat Angels 9-6 in 10 innings despite Ohtani grand slam and a triple play
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/rays-defeat-angels-9-6-in-10-innings-despite-ohtani-grand-slam-and-a-triple-play
August 19, 2023, 7:00 AM
Despite the Angels turning their first triple play in 26 years and Shohei Ohtani hitting his second grand slam in the majors, Los Angeles still found a way…
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Kishida to visit Fukushima plant Sunday before deciding date to start controversial water release
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan%27s-kishida-to-visit-fukushima-plant-before-deciding-date-to-start-controversial-water-release
August 19, 2023, 7:40 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will visit the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday before setting a release date for its treated radioactive wastewater, as his…
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10 students injured after soccer team bus overturns in southwest Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/national/10-students-injured-as-soccer-team-bus-overturns-in-southwest-japan
August 19, 2023, 7:40 AM
A bus carrying 30 members of a high-school soccer club overturned Saturday in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, with 10 of the students injured and taken to hospitals, local…
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China launches drills around Taiwan in angry response to VP's US trip
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-launches-drills-around-taiwan-in-angry-response-to-vp%27s-us-trip1
August 19, 2023, 7:13 AM
China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday as a "serious warning" to separatist forces in an angry but widely expected response to Vice President William Lai's visit…
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Australian state to pay $243 million for withdrawing as 2026 Commonwealth Games host
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/australian-state-to-pay-243-million-for-withdrawing-as-2026-commonwealth-games-host
August 19, 2023, 4:05 AM
Australia's Victoria state will pay A$380 million ($243 million) to Commonwealth Games organizers, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said on Saturday, after it withdrew as 2026 event host citing…
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Major takeaways from U.S., Japan, South Korea summit
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/major-takeaways-from-us-japan-south-korea-summit2
August 19, 2023, 7:40 AM
U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol made several pledges in an historic Camp David meeting, and issued sharp…
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Kane scores on Bundesliga debut as Bayern beat Bremen
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/kane-scores-on-bundesliga-debut-as-bayern-beat-bremen
August 18, 2023, 9:18 PM
England striker Harry Kane scored one and assisted another in his starting debut as Bayern Munich won 4-0 away at Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga season opener on…
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Judge won't delay Trump's defamation claims trial, calling the ex-president's appeal frivolous
https://japantoday.com/category/world/judge-won%27t-delay-trump%27s-defamation-claims-trial-calling-the-ex-president%27s-appeal-frivolous
August 19, 2023, 2:09 AM
A New York federal judge expressed growing impatience Friday with what he calls ex-President Donald Trump’s “repeated efforts to delay” a defamation lawsuit against him, saying he won’t…
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Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr join Dolly Parton on 'Let It Be'
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-join-dolly-parton-on-%27let-it-be%27
August 18, 2023, 9:15 PM
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have joined Dolly Parton in recording a version of the Beatles classic "Let It Be" on the country legend's upcoming album.
The track…
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Japan to resume Brazil chicken imports from Santa Catarina
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-to-resume-brazil-chicken-imports-from-santa-catarina1
August 18, 2023, 9:17 PM
Japan will resume chicken imports from Brazil's Santa Catarina state after a ban triggered by an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in backyard flocks there, Japan's Ministry…
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USA tops Greece 108-86, moves to 4-0 in World Cup tune-up games
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/usa-tops-greece-108-86-moves-to-4-0-in-world-cup-tune-up-games
August 18, 2023, 9:19 PM
Anthony Edwards scored 21 points, Cameron Johnson added 13 and USA Basketball never trailed Friday in a 108-86 win over Greece in a World Cup tune-up game for…
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FEMA has paid out nearly $4 million to Maui survivors, a figure expected to grow significantly
https://japantoday.com/category/world/fema-has-paid-out-nearly-4-million-to-maui-survivors-a-figure-expected-to-grow-significantly
August 18, 2023, 9:20 PM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has approved $3.8 million in assistance to roughly 1.640 households in Maui so far as the federal government tries to help…
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Seb Coe as IOC president? 'Haven't ruled it in, haven't ruled it out'
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/seb-coe-as-ioc-president-%27haven%27t-ruled-it-in-haven%27t-ruled-it-out%27
August 18, 2023, 9:18 PM
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said “I haven't ruled it in, and I certainly haven't ruled it out,” when asked Friday whether he might try to become leader…
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Wildfires threaten western Canada city as far north evacuated
https://japantoday.com/category/world/canada%27s-far-north-speeds-up-evacuations-as-fire-nears-main-city1
August 18, 2023, 9:19 PM
Wildfires on Friday bore down on Kelowna in western Canada -- a city of 150,000 -- while efforts to clear Yellowknife in the far north turned it into…
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Japan event organizer to press charges in DJ Soda groping case
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-event-organizer-to-press-charges-in-dj-soda-groping-case
August 19, 2023, 7:41 AM
The organizer of a music event in Japan at which popular South Korean performer DJ Soda was allegedly groped by audience members plans to file a criminal complaint…
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Evergrande seeks U.S. court nod for $32 billion debt overhaul as China economic fears mount
https://japantoday.com/category/business/evergrande-seeks-us-court-nod-for-32-billion-debt-overhaul-as-china-economic-fears-mount5
August 18, 2023, 9:17 PM
Embattled developer China Evergrande Group has filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection as part of one of the world's biggest debt restructurings, as anxiety grows over China's worsening property…
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Neonatal nurse in British hospital found guilty of killing 7 babies
https://japantoday.com/category/world/a-neonatal-nurse-in-a-british-hospital-has-been-found-guilty-of-killing-7-babies
August 18, 2023, 9:19 PM
A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty Friday of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others during a yearlong campaign of deception that…
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Russia destroys drones over Moscow, Black Sea
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-says-destroys-drones-in-moscow-black-sea
August 19, 2023, 2:08 AM
Russian forces destroyed Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and its Black Sea Fleet, officials said Friday, the latest in a surge of attacks on the capital and the flashpoint…
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Liverpool signs Japan midfielder Wataru Endo from Stuttgart
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/liverpool-signs-japan-midfielder-wataru-endo-from-stuttgart
August 18, 2023, 9:18 PM
Liverpool signed Japan midfielder Wataru Endo from German club Stuttgart on Friday.
The 30-year-old Endo was in the last year of his contract at Stuttgart, where he was…
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Iran's foreign minister visits Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince as tensions between rivals ease
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iran%27s-foreign-minister-visits-saudi-arabia%27s-powerful-crown-prince-as-tensions-between-rivals-ease
August 18, 2023, 9:20 PM
Iran's foreign minister met Friday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of his visit to the kingdom, a sign of how the two countries…
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China blasts U.S.-Japan-South Korea summit
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/china-blasts-us-japan-south-korea-summit-warns-of-%27contradictions-and-increasing-tensions%27
August 18, 2023, 9:13 PM
China is renewing its criticism of this weekend’s summit among the leaders of the U.S., Japan and South Korea, saying no country should “seek its own security at…
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U.S., Japan, S Korea agree to expand security and economic ties at Camp David summit
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/us-japan-and-south-korea-agree-on-new-security-pledge-ahead-of-camp-david-summit
August 18, 2023, 11:42 PM
President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea agreed Friday to expand security and economic ties at a historic summit at the U.S. presidential retreat…
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Japanese gov't panel finds rampant coverups, mishandling of harassment cases in military
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-government-panel-finds-rampant-coverups-mishandling-of-harassment-cases-in-military
August 19, 2023, 7:41 AM
A panel of experts that investigated harassment cases in Japan's military and Defense Ministry said Friday it found widespread coverups and reluctance among supervisors to deal with cases,…
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Japan scrambles jets after Russian planes spotted over Sea of Japan, East China Sea
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-scrambles-jets-after-russian-planes-spotted-over-sea-of-japan-east-china-sea
August 18, 2023, 9:14 PM
Japan said on Friday it scrambled fighter jets after two Russian IL-38 information-gathering aircraft were spotted flying between the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea where…
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Police seize 20 blades from home of suspects in Sapporo beheading
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/police-seize-20-blades-from-home-of-suspects-in-sapporo-beheading
August 19, 2023, 7:42 AM
Police have seized around 20 blades, including four saws, from the home of a family arrested over the case of a decapitated body found at a Sapporo hotel…
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Powerful Hurricane Hilary heads for Mexico's Baja. Rare tropical storm watch issued for California
https://japantoday.com/category/world/hilary-rapidly-grows-to-category-4-hurricane-off-mexico-and-could-bring-heavy-rain-to-us-southwest
August 18, 2023, 11:55 PM
Hurricane Hilary churned off Mexico's Pacific coast Friday as a powerful Category 4 storm threatening to unleash torrential rains on the mudslide-prone border city of Tijuana before heading…
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More working girls taking steps to eliminate middlemen
https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/more-working-girls-taking-steps-to-eliminate-middlemen
August 19, 2023, 12:36 AM
Readers of this column will recall the article last month by journalist Kazunori Kodate in Shukan Shincho (July 20) concerning the small park in the Kabukicho district of…
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FIFA head Infantino says Women's World Cup breaks even but plays down calls for equal prize money
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/fifa-head-infantino-says-women%27s-world-cup-breaks-even-but-plays-down-calls-for-equal-prize-money
August 18, 2023, 6:51 AM
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Friday that the Women’s World Cup has “broken even” after generating more than $570 million in revenue but dismissed suggestions for equal prize…
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Asian shares mostly decline after Wall Street drops on higher bond yields
https://japantoday.com/category/business/stock-market-today-asian-shares-mostly-decline-after-wall-street-drops-on-higher-bond-yields
August 18, 2023, 6:50 AM
Asian shares mostly slipped Friday as rising yields in the bond market on Wall Street set off expectations that high interest rates would continue in the U.S.
Japan’s…
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