Asian shares fall as investors await U.S. inflation update
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-shares-fall-as-investors-await-us-inflation-update
July 12, 2022, 8:05 AM
Asian shares mostly fell Tuesday after a slump on Wall Street erased recent gains. U.S. futures and oil prices also declined.
Investors are on the lookout this week…
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Australia's foreign minister urges Pacific neighbors to unite
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australia-foreign-minister-urges-pacific-neighbors-to-unite
July 12, 2022, 5:17 AM
Australia’s foreign minister on Tuesday urged Pacific island neighbors to unite on their shared challenges of U.S.-China strategic competition, climate change and COVID-19.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong addressed…
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Japan bids farewell to Abe at funeral in Tokyo
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-bids-farewell-to-Abe-at-Tokyo-funeral
July 12, 2022, 7:48 AM
Japan on Tuesday bid farewell to Shinzo Abe, a polarizing figure who dominated Japanese politics for decades as the country's longest-serving prime minister, before being gunned down at…
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Man arrested after posting shotgun murder threats against school online
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-after-posting-shotgun-murder-threats-against-school-online
July 12, 2022, 7:49 AM
Police in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 34-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of forcible obstruction of business after he posted comments in which he threatened to commit…
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Large number of shotgun-style shells found at Abe shooter's home
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/large-number-of-shotgun-style-shells-found-at-abe-shooter%27s-home
July 12, 2022, 7:48 AM
A large number of plastic shells that can be used in a shotgun-style weapon have been found at the home of the man accused of shooting and killing…
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Twitter stock sinks as Musk mocks lawsuit threat
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/twitter-stock-sinks-as-musk-mocks-lawsuit-threat
July 12, 2022, 12:44 AM
Twitter shares plunged Monday as Elon Musk issued a mocking, defiant commentary about a looming court battle after he ditched a $44 billion buyout of the social media…
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Tokyo reports 11,511 coronavirus cases: Okinawa, Kagoshima post record high numbers
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-11-511-coronavirus-cases
July 12, 2022, 7:56 AM
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Tuesday reported 11,511 new coronavirus cases, up 5,280 from Monday and up 6,209 from last Tuesday. It was the first time since March 16…
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West bows to Russian call for 6-months aid to Syrian rebels
https://japantoday.com/category/world/west-bows-to-russian-call-for-6-months-aid-to-syrian-rebels
July 11, 2022, 11:00 PM
Supporters of a one-year extension of humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to 4.1 million Syrians in the rebel-held northwest gave in to Russia's demand for a six-month extension,…
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Olympic great Mo Farah says he was trafficked to UK, forced to be child servant
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/former-olympic-champion-farah-reveals-real-identity
July 12, 2022, 5:46 AM
Former Olympic champion Mo Farah revealed in an article published on Monday he was brought to Britain illegally under the name of another child to work as a…
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French condolences for Abe
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/french-condolences-for-abe
July 11, 2022, 9:30 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron signs a condolences book for late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the residence of Japan's ambassador to France in Paris on Monday.
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Expanding Israeli West Bank settlements test U.S. ahead of Biden visit
https://japantoday.com/category/world/expanding-israeli-west-bank-settlements-test-u.s.-ahead-of-biden-visit
July 11, 2022, 9:54 PM
Steps away from a cluster of Palestinian tents and shacks in the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, trucks worked in full force to prepare for…
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Judges rule on state abortion restrictions, shape Roe impact
https://japantoday.com/category/world/judges-rule-on-state-abortion-restrictions-shape-roe-impact
July 12, 2022, 4:52 AM
A Utah judge granted a request from Planned Parenthood to delay implementing the state’s trigger law banning most abortions, keeping them legal up to 18 weeks until the…
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2 dead, 3 wounded in shootings at 4 California 7-Eleven stores
https://japantoday.com/category/world/cops-2-dead-and-3-wounded-at-4-california-7-eleven-stores
July 11, 2022, 9:53 PM
Two people were killed and three wounded in shootings before dawn Monday at four 7-Eleven stores in Southern California and authorities said they were seeking a lone gunman…
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Judge won't delay trial for Trump ex-adviser Steve Bannon
https://japantoday.com/category/world/judge-won%27t-delay-trial-for-trump-ex-adviser-steve-bannon
July 12, 2022, 4:52 AM
A federal judge on Monday declined to delay the upcoming trial of Steve Bannon, a one-time adviser to former President Donald Trump who faces contempt of Congress charges…
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Monty Norman, composer of James Bond theme, dies at 94
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/monty-norman-composer-of-the-james-bond-theme-dies-at-94
July 11, 2022, 9:46 PM
Monty Norman, a British composer who wrote the theme tune for the James Bond films, has died. He was 94.
A statement posted Monday on Norman’s official website…
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Rescuers pull survivors from ruined Ukrainian apartment building
https://japantoday.com/category/world/rescuers-pull-survivors-from-ruined-ukrainian-apartment-building1
July 12, 2022, 4:52 AM
Rescuers pulled survivors on Monday from an apartment block destroyed by a Russian missile strike that killed 31 people in eastern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said while lamenting…
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New UK prime minister to be announced on Sept 5
https://japantoday.com/category/world/new-uk-prime-minister-to-be-announced-on-sept.-5-as-tax-dominates-contest
July 11, 2022, 9:52 PM
Britain's new prime minister will be announced on Sept 5, with the first votes to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded and increasingly unpredictable and divisive contest to…
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At 'Funny Girl,' Lea Michele is in, Beanie Feldstein is out
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/at-%27funny-girl-%27-lea-michele-is-in-beanie-feldstein-is-out
July 11, 2022, 10:13 PM
Lea Michele has been tapped to step in and lead the Broadway revival of the beleaguered “Funny Girl” this fall, an announcement made just hours after current star…
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South Africa shocked by bar shootings
https://japantoday.com/category/world/south-africa-shocked-by-bar-shootings-police-hunt-suspects
July 11, 2022, 10:14 PM
South Africa is reeling in shock from a spate of weekend bar shootings in which armed men burst into three taverns and opened fire indiscriminately, killing 21 people…
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U.N. projects world population will reach 8 billion on Nov 15
https://japantoday.com/category/world/un-expects-world%27s-population-to-reach-8-billion-on-nov.-15
July 12, 2022, 8:05 AM
The United Nations estimated Monday that the world's population will reach 8 billion on Nov 15 and that India will replace China as the world's most populous nation…
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France tops World Rugby rankings for first time
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/france-go-top-for-first-time-in-world-rugby-rankings-history
July 11, 2022, 9:51 PM
France have climbed to the top of the men's world rugby union rankings for the first time, with New Zealand dropping to an all-time low of fourth place…
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Webb telescope reveals deepest image of early universe
https://japantoday.com/category/world/Webb-telescope-reveals-deepest-image-of-early-universe
July 12, 2022, 3:50 AM
Humanity's view of the distant cosmos will never be the same.
The James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful to be placed in orbit, has revealed the clearest…
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Japan honors Abe with highest decoration; wake held in Tokyo
https://japantoday.com/category/national/update2-japan-honors-ex-pm-abe-with-highest-decoration-wake-held-in-tokyo
July 12, 2022, 2:26 AM
The Japanese government on Monday honored former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was gunned down Friday in the western city of Nara, with the Collar of the Supreme…
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Do you support Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's desire to revise Japan's U.S.-drafted pacifist constitution?
https://japantoday.com/category/poll/do-you-support-prime-minister-fumio-kishida%27s-desire-to-revise-japan%27s-u.s.-drafted-pacifist-constitution
July 11, 2022, 9:05 PM

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What issues do you think should be top priority for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida?
https://japantoday.com/category/have-your-say/what-issues-do-you-think-should-be-top-priority-for-prime-minister-fumio-kishida
July 11, 2022, 10:00 PM

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Federer unranked for 1st time in 25 years; Djokovic No. 7
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/federer-unranked-for-1st-time-in-25-years-djokovic-to-no.-7
July 11, 2022, 9:52 PM
Roger Federer dropped out of the ATP rankings entirely for the first time in a quarter-century on Monday, while Novak Djokovic slid four spots to No. 7 a…
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Ronaldo 'not for sale,' Man United manager says
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/ronaldo-%27not-for-sale-%27-man-united-manager-ten-hag-says
July 11, 2022, 9:51 PM
Cristiano Ronaldo is “not for sale," Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said Monday.
The team is in Thailand for a preseason tour but the 37-year-old forward didn't…
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China warns Kishida about amending Japan's constitution
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/China-warns-Kishida-about-amending-Japan%27s-constitution
July 12, 2022, 7:49 AM
China on Monday warned the government of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida about amendment of the country's pacifist constitution, a day after his ruling Liberal Democratic Party won…
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Japan in 7th coronavirus wave, but no restrictions needed: Omi
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-in-7th-coronavirus-wave-but-no-restrictions-needed-Omi
July 11, 2022, 9:56 PM
Japan "has no doubt entered" a seventh wave of coronavirus infections though there is currently no need for new movement restrictions, the head of a government COVID-19 experts…
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Taiwan vice president makes rare Japan visit to pay respects to Abe
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/taiwan-vice-president-makes-rare-japan-visit-to-pay-respects-to-abe-official-media
July 11, 2022, 9:43 PM
Taiwan Vice President William Lai became the most senior Taiwan official to visit Japan in five decades by travelling to Tokyo on Monday to offer condolences after the…
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