China warns Asian nations to avoid being used as 'chess pieces' by big powers
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-warns-asian-nations-to-avoid-being-used-as-%27chess-pieces%27-by-big-powers
July 11, 2022, 7:20 AM
China's foreign minister Wang Yi warned on Monday during a policy speech in the Indonesian capital that countries should avoid being used as "chess pieces" by major powers…
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Kishida vows to push for Constitution reform, build on Abe's legacy
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/urgent-japan-pm-kishida-vows-to-build-on-abe%27s-legacy-after-election-win
July 11, 2022, 7:48 AM
Prime Minster Fumio Kishida said Monday he will push forward efforts toward proposing the revision of Japan's U.S.-drafted pacifist Constitution as soon as possible, a day after his…
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Unification Church says Abe shooter's mother is follower
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/urgent-unification-church-says-abe-shooter%27s-mother-is-follower
July 11, 2022, 7:48 AM
The mother of the man arrested for the killing of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is a member of the Unification Church, the church's Japan head said on Monday.
Tetsuya…
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Japan shares rise after election; rest of region declines
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-shares-rise-after-election-rest-of-region-declines
July 11, 2022, 7:22 AM
Asian shares retreated Monday, except in Japan, where the benchmark Nikkei 225 index rallied after a landslide parliamentary election victory by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Concerns about…
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U.S.-China tensions, Kiribati's shock withdrawal overshadow Pacific leaders meeting
https://japantoday.com/category/world/u.s.-china-tensions-kiribati%27s-shock-withdrawal-overshadow-pacific-leaders-meeting
July 11, 2022, 4:59 AM
Tensions between China and the United States, and the withdrawal of the remote Pacific island nation of Kiribati, have overshadowed the Pacific Islands Forum as leaders arrived in…
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Macau shuts all its casinos to curb COVID
https://japantoday.com/category/world/macau-shuts-all-its-casinos-to-curb-covid-gaming-shares-plunge
July 11, 2022, 4:05 AM
Macau shut all its casinos for the first time in more than two years on Monday, sending shares in gaming firms tumbling as authorities struggle to contain the…
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70-year-old man arrested for beating 30-year-old woman to death with golf club
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/70-year-old-man-arrested-for-beating-30-year-old-woman-to-death-with-golf-club
July 11, 2022, 7:50 AM
Police in Saitama have arrested a 70-year-old man on suspicion of killing a 30-year-old woman with whom he lived by beating her with a golf club.
According to…
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Man arrested for abandoning woman’s body on Nagoya building rooftop
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-abandoning-woman%E2%80%99s-body-on-nagoya-building-rooftop
July 11, 2022, 6:21 AM
Police in Nagoya have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of corpse abandonment after he left the body of a woman on the rooftop of a multi-tenant building…
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Reviewing the economics of air conditioner use
https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/reviewing-the-economics-of-air-conditioner-use
July 11, 2022, 1:00 AM
So far this summer, Japan has been pretty damn hot. To advise its readers on the practical aspects of using their air conditioners at home, Nikkan Gendai (July…
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73-year-old woman drowns while scuba diving off Mie coast
https://japantoday.com/category/national/73-year-old-woman-drowns-while-scuba-diving-off-mie-coast
July 11, 2022, 6:15 AM
A 73-year-old woman drowned while she was she was scuba diving with a group off the coast of Owase, Mie Prefecture, on Sunday.
According to police and the…
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Ohtani a 2-way All-Star again; 6 Yankees, 5 Braves, Astros
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/ohtani-a-2-way-all-star-again-6-yankees-5-braves-astros
July 11, 2022, 3:10 AM
A year after Shohei Ohtani became baseball’s first two-way All-Star, the Los Angeles Angels sensation did it again.
Ohtani was picked for the American League pitching staff on…
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Blinken offers condolences for Abe in Tokyo
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/blinken-in-tokyo-on-condolence-visit-for-abe
July 11, 2022, 7:49 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday went in person to Tokyo to offer condolences over the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a close US…
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Tokyo repots 6,231 coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-repots-6-231-coronavirus-cases
July 11, 2022, 7:49 AM
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 6,231 new coronavirus cases, down 3,251 from Sunday and up 3,459 from last Monday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe…
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Heard attorneys say juror served improperly; seek mistrial
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/heard-attorneys-say-juror-served-improperly-seek-mistrial
July 10, 2022, 10:37 PM
One of the jurors in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial served improperly, an attorney for Heard alleged in a recent filing that asked the court to declare…
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Brazil party official shot dead as pre-election violence escalates
https://japantoday.com/category/world/brazil-party-official-shot-dead-as-pre-election-violence-escalates
July 10, 2022, 10:08 PM
A local official from Brazil's leftist opposition Workers' Party (PT) was shot dead on Saturday by a federal prison guard who was shouting support for right-wing President Jair…
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Wheelchair tennis champ
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/wheelchair-tennis-champ-3
July 10, 2022, 9:34 PM
Shingo Kunieda of Japan celebrates after beating Britain's Alfie Hewett to win the final of the men's wheelchair singles at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London on Sunday.…
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Saudi dissident killed in Lebanon; his brothers detained
https://japantoday.com/category/world/saudi-dissident-killed-in-lebanon-his-brothers-detained
July 10, 2022, 9:58 PM
A Saudi opposition party said Sunday that one of its founding members was killed in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
The National Assembly Party, whose members live in exile,…
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Diplomats seek deal to keep critical Syria aid flowing
https://japantoday.com/category/world/diplomats-seek-deal-to-keep-critical-syria-aid-flowing
July 10, 2022, 10:06 PM
Diplomats at the United Nations held last-ditch discussions on extending Syrian cross-border aid Sunday, as residents of the country's rebel-held northwest feared life-saving supplies could soon halt.
The…
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Trump ally Bannon now willing to testify before Jan 6 panel
https://japantoday.com/category/world/jan.-6-panel-sets-prime-time-hearing-on-trump-awaits-bannon
July 11, 2022, 4:34 AM
Steve Bannon, a former White House strategist and ally of Donald Trump who faces criminal charges after months of defying a congressional subpoena over the Capitol riot, has…
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Report: Uber lobbied, used 'stealth' tech to block scrutiny
https://japantoday.com/category/business/report-uber-lobbied-used-%27stealth%27-tech-to-block-scrutiny
July 10, 2022, 9:59 PM
As Uber aggressively pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws, used a “kill switch'' to thwart regulators…
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Jungels wins Alpine prelude as Pogacar holds yellow jersey
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/jungels-wins-alpine-prelude-as-pogacar-holds-yellow-jersey
July 10, 2022, 9:46 PM
Luxembourg's Bob Jungels powered to victory in stage nine of the Tour de France on Sunday holding off Thibaut Pinot to cross the line alone after a 192km…
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LDP scores big victory in upper house election
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/LDP-scores-big-victory-in-upper-house-election
July 11, 2022, 6:14 AM
Japan's ruling party scored a sweeping victory in Sunday's House of Councillors election, helping pro-constitutional amendment forces retain the two-thirds majority needed to push for revising the supreme…
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Successors to British PM Johnson seek to stand out in crowded field
https://japantoday.com/category/world/successors-to-johnson-seek-to-stand-out-in-crowded-uk-field
July 10, 2022, 9:47 PM
Potential successors to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson rushed to differentiate themselves from an increasingly crowded field Sunday as the governing Conservative Party was expected to set a…
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Djokovic beats Kyrgios for 7th Wimbledon title
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/novak-djokovic-beats-nick-kyrgios-for-7th-wimbledon-title
July 10, 2022, 9:48 PM
Novak Djokovic waited. He waited for Nick Kyrgios to lose focus and lose his way. Waited to find the proper read on his foe’s big serves. Waited until his own level…
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Abe's death on minds of Japanese voters, but turnout low
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-ex-pm-abe%27s-death-on-minds-of-japan-voters-but-turnout-low
July 10, 2022, 9:40 PM
The fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe remained fresh on Japanese people's minds as they headed to the polls Sunday for the House of Councillors election,…
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Opposition parties acknowledge defeat in upper house election
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/opposition-parties-acknowledge-defeat-in-japan%27s-upper-house-election
July 10, 2022, 9:41 PM
Suffering heavy losses in the upper house election Sunday, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lost its mantle as the country's major opposition party, though other parties also…
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Abe's killer tested homemade gun at religious group's facility: sources
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/update2-abe-killer-tested-homemade-gun-at-religious-group%27s-facility-sources
July 10, 2022, 11:48 PM
The man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe checked YouTube when making the firearm used in the attack on Japan's longest-serving leader, investigative sources said Sunday.…
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'Thor: Love and Thunder' scores franchise best debut in North America
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/%27thor-love-and-thunder%27-scores-franchise-best-debut
July 10, 2022, 10:01 PM
Four movies in, Thor is still bringing the hammer down at the box office.
“ Thor: Love and Thunder ” earned $143 million in its opening weekend in…
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Russian rockets hit Ukraine apartment block, killing at least 15
https://japantoday.com/category/world/death-and-devastation-as-russian-rockets-hit-ukraine-apartment-block-local-officials2
July 11, 2022, 4:33 AM
At least 15 people were killed and two dozen more were feared trapped after Russian rockets hit a five-story apartment block in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, local officials…
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Japan's business leaders welcome ruling bloc's election success
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-business-leaders-welcome-ruling-bloc%27s-election-success
July 10, 2022, 9:44 PM
Business leaders in Japan welcomed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling coalition securing an increased upper house majority on Sunday, while expressing hope the premier will swiftly deal with…
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