Djokovic comes back after dropping first 2 sets to beat Laslo Djere at U.S. Open
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/novak-djokovic-is-headed-to-a-fifth-set-against-laslo-djere-at-the-us-open
September 2, 2023, 5:59 AM
Everyone should know by now to never count out Novak Djokovic. No matter how big a deficit he faces. No matter how poorly he might be playing.
And…
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Typhoon Saola makes landfall in southern China after nearly 900,000 people moved to safety
https://japantoday.com/category/world/typhoon-saola-makes-landfall-in-southern-china-after-nearly-900-000-people-moved-to-safety
September 2, 2023, 3:26 AM
Typhoon Saola made landfall in southern China before dawn Saturday after nearly 900,000 people were moved to safety and most of Hong Kong and other parts of coastal…
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Nihon University suspends football team again over cannabis allegations
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/nihon-univ.-suspends-football-team-again-over-cannabis-allegations
September 2, 2023, 9:45 AM
Nihon University said Friday that it has indefinitely suspended its American football team again and closed its dormitory over the suspected possession of cannabis by more team members.…
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North Korea fires several cruise missiles into sea
https://japantoday.com/category/world/north-korea-fires-cruise-missiles-into-the-sea-after-us-south-korean-military-drills-end
September 2, 2023, 7:24 AM
North Korea launched several cruise missiles into the sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, extending its weapons testing activities in response to the United States-South Korea summer military…
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Man fined ¥500,000 for killing 13 crows with pesticide
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-fined-%C2%A5500-000-for-killing-13-crows-with-pesticide
September 2, 2023, 7:24 AM
A court in Nagoya has handed down a summary judgement against a 63-year-old man, fining him 500,000 yen for violating the wildlife protection and hunting law after he…
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Mohamed al-Fayed, ex-Harrods owner whose son died with Princess Diana, dead at 94
https://japantoday.com/category/world/mohamed-al-fayed-ex-harrods-owner-whose-son-died-with-princess-diana-dead-at-94
September 1, 2023, 11:39 PM
Mohamed al-Fayed, the self-made Egyptian billionaire who bought the Harrods department store and promoted the discredited conspiracy theory that the British royal family was behind the death of…
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Defending champ Iga Swiatek rolls on at U.S. Open with 49-minute victory
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/defending-champ-iga-swiatek-rolls-on-at-us-open-with-49-minute-victory
September 2, 2023, 1:58 AM
Iga Swiatek didn’t hold back against close friend Kaja Javan, defeating the Slovenian qualifier 6-0, 6-1, in just 49 minutes Friday to move into the U.S. Open’s fourth…
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At least 7 killed in Chile after train crashes into a minibus at a railway crossing
https://japantoday.com/category/world/at-least-7-killed-in-chile-when-a-train-crashes-into-a-minibus-at-a-railway-crossing
September 1, 2023, 9:12 PM
A passenger train in Chile collided with a minibus Friday and dragged it for several meters (yards), killing six people and injuring several others, authorities said.
The accident…
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France's public schools to enforce dress code banning robes worn by some Muslims, president says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/france%27s-public-schools-will-enforce-a-dress-code-banning-robes-worn-by-some-muslims-president-says
September 1, 2023, 9:12 PM
French students won’t get past the door if they show up for school wearing long robes, President Emmanuel Macron made clear Friday, saying authorities would be “intractable” in…
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Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window on Jan. 6 gets 10 years in prison, then declares, 'Trump won!'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/proud-boy-who-smashed-capitol-window-on-jan.-6-gets-10-years-in-prison-then-declares-%27trump-won%21%27
September 2, 2023, 1:17 AM
A former member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group who smashed a window at the U.S. Capitol in the building's first breach of the Jan. 6, 2021,…
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South African police say 18 suspected robbers killed in shootout
https://japantoday.com/category/world/south-african-police-say-18-suspected-robbers-killed-in-shootout
September 1, 2023, 9:12 PM
Eighteen suspected robbers were shot and killed during a shootout with South African police in the Limpopo province, the police said on Friday.
Addressing the media from the…
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Emma Stone wows Venice as sex-mad reanimated corpse
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/emma-stone-stars-in-sex-mad-frankenstein-like-tale-at-venice1
September 1, 2023, 9:25 PM
With Emma Stone as a sexually voracious reanimated corpse in "Poor Things" and Wes Anderson presenting his take on Roald Dahl, the Venice Film Festival was taken on…
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Germany, Slovenia, U.S. and Lithuania make Basketball World Cup quarterfinals
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/defending-champion-spain-and-serbia-lose-at-the-world-cup.-germany-and-the-united-states-roll
September 1, 2023, 9:13 PM
Luka Doncic and Slovenia are headed to the World Cup quarterfinals. So are the U.S., Germany and Lithuania.
Out of the mix: Olympic bronze medalist Australia.
Half of…
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Former European champions Ajax and Marseille in Europa League group with Brighton and AEK Athens
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/former-european-champions-ajax-and-marseille-in-europa-league-group-with-brighton-and-aek-athens
September 1, 2023, 9:13 PM
Former European champions Ajax and Marseille were drawn Friday to play Premier League club Brighton and AEK Athens in one of the toughest Europa League groups.
Brighton will…
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Russian airport attacked from own territory, Ukraine says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-says-drone-attack-on-russian-airport-launched-inside-russia1
September 2, 2023, 1:56 AM
Ukraine's military intelligence said Friday that a recent drone attack on an airport in northwestern Russia which damaged several transport planes was carried out from within Russian territory.…
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Heat records topple across sweltering Asia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/heat-records-topple-across-sweltering-asia1
September 2, 2023, 9:46 AM
Temperature records are being toppled across Asia, from India's summer to Australia's winter, authorities said Friday, in fresh evidence of the impact of climate change.
The sweltering temperatures…
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Fisheries minister apologizes for saying Fukushima water 'contaminated'
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-japan-fisheries-min.-regrets-saying-fukushima-water-contaminated
September 2, 2023, 7:25 AM
Japan's fisheries minister apologized Friday for calling treated radioactive wastewater being released from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant "contaminated," with the opposition bloc urging him to step…
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Japan had hottest summer on record, weather agency says
https://japantoday.com/category/national/whew%21-japan-had-hottest-summer-on-record-weather-agency
September 1, 2023, 9:22 PM
Japan recorded its highest average temperature this summer in 125 years, the nation's weather agency said on Friday.
Based on measurements at 15 locations around the country from…
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Actor Nagayama given suspended term for cannabis possession
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-actor-nagayama-given-suspended-term-for-cannabis-possession
September 2, 2023, 7:25 AM
Japanese actor Kento Nagayama was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for three years, on Friday for possession of cannabis.
Nagayama, 34, pleaded guilty during the first…
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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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Tohoku University first candidate for huge Japan gov't research grants
https://japantoday.com/category/national/tohoku-univ.-first-candidate-for-huge-japan-gov%27t-research-grants
September 1, 2023, 9:25 PM
Tohoku University has been selected as the first candidate for substantial government research grants aimed at elevating Japanese research institutes to the top of the global rankings, the…
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Disaster Prevention Day
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/disaster-prevention-day
September 1, 2023, 9:14 PM
An earthquake disaster drill is held at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo on Friday on Disaster Prevention Day, which marks the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake. About…
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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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Australian consumer watchdog calls for record fine against Qantas over canceled flights
https://japantoday.com/category/business/australian-consumer-watchdog-calls-for-record-fine-against-qantas-over-canceled-flights
September 1, 2023, 9:27 PM
Australia’s consumer watchdog on Friday called for Qantas Airways to be punished with a record fine for allegedly selling tickets on thousands of flights that had already been…
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Kishida to visit Indonesia, India for ASEAN, G20 summits
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-pm-kishida-to-visit-indonesia-india-for-asean-g-20-summits
September 1, 2023, 9:23 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to travel next week to attend summit meetings in Indonesia with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and another in India…
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Japan firms ramp up spending but growth slows to 4.5% in April-June
https://japantoday.com/category/business/update2-japan-firms-ramp-up-spending-but-growth-slows-to-4.5-in-april-june
September 2, 2023, 1:55 AM
Capital spending by Japanese companies in April-June increased 4.5 percent from a year earlier and pretax profits hit a record high, as strong overseas demand helped manufacturers and…
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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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