Asian shares trade mixed ahead of a key U.S. jobs report
https://japantoday.com/category/business/stock-market-today-asian-shares-trade-mixed-ahead-of-a-key-us-jobs-report
September 1, 2023, 8:21 AM
Asian shares were trading mixed Friday as investors looked toward a U.S. jobs report being released later in the day.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.3% to finish…
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Japan sanctions 3 groups and 4 individuals for supporting N Korea's missile program
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-sanctions-3-groups-and-4-individuals-for-supporting-north-korea%27s-missile-program
September 1, 2023, 7:34 AM
Japan’s government announced Friday it will impose sanctions against three groups and four individuals for supporting North Korea’s missile and nuclear development program.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno…
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S Koreans worry about Fukushima water; more disapprove of Yoon: poll
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/south-koreans-worry-about-fukushima-water-more-disapprove-of-yoon-poll
September 1, 2023, 7:37 AM
By Hyunsu Yim
SEOUL (Reuters) - A majority of South Koreans are worried about Japan's discharge of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea…
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Japan marks centenary of Great Kanto Earthquake
https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-japan-marks-centenary-of-great-kanto-earthquake-disaster
September 1, 2023, 7:39 AM
Japan on Friday marked the centenary of the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated the capital and surrounding areas, killing an estimated 105,000 people in the deadliest natural disaster…
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Rented electric scooters vanish from Paris streets
https://japantoday.com/category/world/rented-electric-scooters-vanish-from-paris-streets
September 1, 2023, 6:26 AM
Parisians woke up on Friday to a world without rented electric scooters, loathed as a pedestrian-bothering nuisance by some but mourned by others.
The French capital is the…
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Car bombs rock Ecuador capital as prisoners seize 57 guards, police
https://japantoday.com/category/world/car-bombs-rock-ecuador-capital-as-prisoners-seize-57-guards-police
September 1, 2023, 3:31 AM
Ecuador's capital Quito was rocked by attacks with grenades and two car bombs overnight, followed hours later by inmates in six prisons taking hostage 57 prison guards and…
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Prosecutors seek 17-year prison term for ex-Chiba police inspector over 2 rape charges
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/prosecutors-seek-17-year-prison-term-for-ex-chiba-police-inspector-over-2-rape-charges
September 1, 2023, 7:35 AM
Prosecutors have sought a 17-year prison term for a 46-year-old former police inspector who pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, at the closing session of his trial…
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Political seafood
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/political-seafood
August 31, 2023, 9:13 PM
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, 2nd right, poses with local fishermen at a port in Soma city, Fukushima Prefecture, on Thursday. Emanuel visited the city and had…
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Trump pleads not guilty to Georgia election subversion; seeks separate trial
https://japantoday.com/category/world/trump-pleads-not-guilty-to-georgia-election-subversion-seeks-separate-trial1
September 1, 2023, 2:47 AM
Former U.S. President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a Georgia criminal indictment accusing him of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and asked to…
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Bolsonaro declines to answer police questions in jewel scandal
https://japantoday.com/category/world/bolsonaro-declines-to-answer-police-questions-in-jewel-scandal
August 31, 2023, 9:31 PM
Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro and his wife opted to remain silent Thursday as they faced questioning by federal police over allegations of trying to embezzle pricey jewelry and…
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Libya's prime minister rejects normalization with Israel
https://japantoday.com/category/world/libya%27s-prime-minister-rejects-normalization-with-israel-following-secret-meeting-of-ministers
August 31, 2023, 9:31 PM
One of Libya’s rival prime ministers rejected Thursday the prospect of normalizing relations with Israel days after news broke of a secret meeting between the countries' two foreign…
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John Isner's U.S. Open and tennis career ends in 5th-set tiebreak loss
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/jannik-sinner-dominates-fellow-italian-to-advance-at-us-open
September 1, 2023, 2:33 AM
John Isner rested his chin on clasped hands, the words coming slowly, the tears welling in his eyes, as he spoke during a news conference at the U.S. Open on Thursday,…
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Bayern to face Man Utd in Champions League group stage; Newcastle draw PSG
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/bayern-to-face-man-utd-in-champions-league-group-stage-newcastle-draw-psg1
August 31, 2023, 9:29 PM
Manchester United will face the Bayern Munich of Harry Kane in this season's Champions League while Thursday's group stage draw also placed Paris Saint-Germain and Newcastle United together.…
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MLB testing hands-free entry for fans utilizing facial authentication, AI security
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mlb-testing-hands-free-entry-for-fans-utilizing-facial-authentication-ai-security
August 31, 2023, 9:29 PM
Major League Baseball is testing facial authentication-based entry that would allow ticketed fans to walk directly into stadiums — a convenient new arrival method that the league says…
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Scientists say study found a direct link between greenhouse gas emissions and polar bear survival
https://japantoday.com/category/world/scientists-say-study-found-a-direct-link-between-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-polar-bear-survival
August 31, 2023, 9:31 PM
Fifteen years after polar bears were listed as threatened, a new study says researchers have overcome a roadblock in the Endangered Species Act that prevented the federal government…
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With China on his mind, pope arrives in Mongolia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/with-china-on-his-mind-pope-visits-tiny-catholic-flock-in-mongolia1
September 1, 2023, 6:00 AM
Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday to greet its tiny Catholic contingent, having earlier sent a blessing of "unity and peace" from his plane to China, with…
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Ex-Proud Boys organizer gets 17 years in prison
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ex-proud-boys-organizer-sentenced-to-17-years-in-prison-for-plot-to-keep-trump-in-power
September 1, 2023, 3:40 AM
A former organizer of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to…
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Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson launch fund with $10 million for displaced Maui residents
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/oprah-winfrey-and-dwayne-johnson-launch-fund-with-10-million-for-displaced-maui-residents
August 31, 2023, 9:26 PM
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson have committed $10 million to make direct payments to people on Maui who are unable to return to their homes because of the…
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Myanmar's High Court declines to hear Suu Kyi's appeals in 5 cases where sentences already commuted
https://japantoday.com/category/world/myanmar%27s-high-court-declines-to-hear-suu-kyi%27s-appeals-in-5-cases-where-sentences-already-commuted
August 31, 2023, 9:31 PM
Myanmar’s Supreme Court has declined to hear special appeals from the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in five cases of which the head…
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Japan rallies to beat Venezuela at Basketball World Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/japan-rallies-to-beat-venezuela-at-world-cup
August 31, 2023, 10:14 PM
Japan is one win away from getting back to the Olympics.
Makoto Hiejima scored 23 points, Yuta Watanabe added 21 and Japan roared back from a 15-point third-quarter…
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Iceland says commercial whaling can resume after temporary ban
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iceland-says-commercial-whaling-can-resume-after-temporary-ban
August 31, 2023, 9:31 PM
Commercial hunting of fin whales can resume in Iceland but with stricter requirements on hunting methods and increased supervision, the North Atlantic island nation's government said Thursday.
Animal…
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Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert film coming to movie theaters in October
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/taylor-swift-eras-tour-concert-film-coming-to-movie-theaters-in-october
August 31, 2023, 9:25 PM
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is coming to movie theaters.
Swift announced Thursday that the concert film “Taylor Swift - The Eras Tour” will open in North American theaters…
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Ukraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to 'shut up'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-tells-critics-of-slow-counteroffensive-to-%27shut-up%27
September 1, 2023, 3:40 AM
Ukraine told critics of the pace of its three-month-old counteroffensive to "shut up" on Thursday, the sharpest signal yet of Kyiv's frustration at leaks from Western officials that…
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Kishida tells fisheries minister to apologize for calling Fukushima wastewater 'contaminated'
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Kishida-tells-fisheries-minister-to-apologize-for-calling-Fukushima-wastewater-contaminated
August 31, 2023, 9:38 PM
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered his fisheries minister to apologize on Thursday for referring to treated radioactive water being released from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant as…
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Nissan reusing batteries from old Leaf electric vehicles to make portable power sources
https://japantoday.com/category/business/nissan-is-reusing-the-batteries-from-old-leaf-electric-vehicles-to-make-portable-power-sources
August 31, 2023, 9:27 PM
Batteries in older Nissan Leaf electric vehicles are getting a new life as portable power sources that can be used to run gadgets on the go or deliver…
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Kishida unveils relief package for fishery sector
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Kishida-unveils-relief-package-for-fishery-sector
August 31, 2023, 9:20 PM
Prime Minster Fumio Kishida on Thursday announced an additional rescue package for the fishery industry following China's import ban on Japanese seafood due to the release of treated…
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Johnny's talent agency to meet press Sept 7 over sex abuse findings
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/johnny%27s-talent-agency-to-meet-press-sept.-7-over-sex-abuse-findings
August 31, 2023, 9:25 PM
Talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc said Thursday it will hold a press conference on Sept 7 to respond to recommendations from an external probe it set up…
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'Talk about something else' -- Chinese AI chatbot toes party line
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/%27talk-about-something-else%27-chinese-ai-chatbot-toes-party-line
August 31, 2023, 9:28 PM
China's Baidu rolled out its ChatGPT rival ERNIE Bot to the public on Thursday, in a major leap for the country's tech sector as it aims to cash…
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Asian markets lower after Japanese factory activity and China services weaken
https://japantoday.com/category/business/stock-market-today-asian-markets-lower-after-japanese-factory-activity-and-china-services-weaken
August 31, 2023, 6:47 AM
Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday after Japanese factory activity and Chinese service industry growth weakened.
Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Tokyo gained. Oil prices edged…
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U.S. envoy: China's reaction to Fukushima water release is economic coercion
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/u.s.-envoy-china%27s-reaction-to-fukushima-release-is-economic-coercion
August 31, 2023, 10:37 AM
The U.S. ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, visited the Fukushima region on Thursday and told reporters he expected the U.S. to support Japan should China's ban on Japanese…
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