Asian markets climb, tracking profit-driven gains on Wall Street
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-markets-climb-tracking-profit-driven-gains-on-wall-st
July 20, 2022, 6:55 AM
Asian shares advanced Wednesday after Wall Street rallied to its best day in more than three weeks as companies reported strong profits for the past quarter.
Tokyo's Nikkei…
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Japan likely to hold state funeral for Abe at Budokan on Sept 27
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-to-hold-state-funeral-for-ex-pm-abe-on-sept-27-sources
July 20, 2022, 7:53 AM
Japan plans a state funeral on Sept 27 for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was shot to death at a campaign rally this month, a government official…
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Man leaps in front of train; impact hurls him back onto platform, injuring 5
https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-leaps-in-front-of-train-impact-hurls-him-back-onto-platform-injuring-5
July 20, 2022, 7:50 AM
Five people were injured on Tuesday night after a man committed suicide by jumping from a platform into the path of an express train in Kobe. The impact…
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New Zealand launches new investor migrant visa
https://japantoday.com/category/world/new-zealand-launches-new-investor-migrant-visa
July 20, 2022, 6:55 AM
The New Zealand government said on Wednesday that it had created a new investor migrant visa to attract experienced, high-value investors to invest in domestic businesses.
The new…
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Stanton, Buxton HRs lead AL over NL for 9th straight All-Star Game win
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/stanton-buxton-hrs-lead-al-over-nl-for-9th-straight-asg-win
July 20, 2022, 4:06 AM
Giancarlo Stanton homered in his Dodger Stadium homecoming, Byron Buxton followed with another drive and the American League won its ninth straight All-Star Game, beating the National League…
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Man arrested for strangling woman found dead on building rooftop in Nagoya
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-strangling-woman-found-dead-on-building-rooftop-in-nagoya
July 20, 2022, 7:50 AM
Police in Nagoya have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of killing a 25-year-old woman whose body was found abandoned on the rooftop of a multi-tenant building earlier…
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Winter Omicron wave swamps hospitals in Australia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australians-urged-to-work-from-home-as-winter-omicron-wave-swamps-hospitals
July 20, 2022, 4:41 AM
Australians admitted to hospitals from COVID-19 neared record levels on Wednesday as authorities urged businesses to let staff work from home and recommended people wear masks indoors and…
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Japan reports 152,535 coronavirus cases; 30 prefectures have record highs
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-152-535-coronavirus-cases-30-prefectures-have-record-highs
July 20, 2022, 9:22 AM
Tokyo on Wednesday reported 20,401 new coronavirus cases, up 9,383 from Tuesday and up 3,523 from last Wednesday, as numbers continued to surge across Japan.
Osaka Prefecture had the…
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MLB moving ahead with uniform ads for 2023
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mlb-moving-ahead-with-uniform-ads-for-2022
July 19, 2022, 11:13 PM
Major League Baseball is moving ahead with plans for advertising on uniforms next season.
The new labor contract agreed to in March allows teams to add uniform and…
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European clubs launch post-pandemic push in U.S.
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/european-clubs-launch-post-pandemic-push-in-usa
July 19, 2022, 9:52 PM
Barcelona and Real Madrid will play the fourth Clasico ever held outside of Spain on Saturday as powerhouse European soccer clubs return to the United States aiming to…
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FIBA Asia Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/fiba-asia-cup
July 19, 2022, 9:27 PM
Japan's Yuki Togashi, center, goes up for a shot against Philippines' Kiefer Ravena during their quarterfinal match at the FIBA Asia Cup 2022 basketball tournament at Istora Gelora…
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Manfred rejects that U.S. minor leaguers not paid living wage
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/manfred-rejects-that-minor-leaguers-not-paid-living-wage
July 19, 2022, 9:52 PM
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred defended the sport’s treatment of minor leaguers, prompting immediate criticism from the players’ advocacy group.
“I kind of reject the premise of the question…
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Netflix Q2 subscriber loss widens, but not as much as feared
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/netflix-q2-subscriber-loss-widens-but-not-as-much-as-feared
July 19, 2022, 9:48 PM
Netflix shed almost 1 million subscribers during the spring amid tougher competition and soaring inflation that’s squeezing household budgets, heightening the urgency behind the video streaming service’s effort…
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Nearly 160 world leaders plan to attend U.N. September meeting
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nearly-160-world-leaders-plan-to-attend-un-september-meeting
July 19, 2022, 9:54 PM
A very high number of heads of state and government -- 157 -- say they plan to attend September’s first totally in-person gathering of world leaders at the…
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Putin, in Tehran, gets strong support from Iran over Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/putin-in-tehran-gets-strong-support-from-iran-over-ukraine-1
July 20, 2022, 5:22 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin won staunch support from Iran on Tuesday for his country’s military campaign in Ukraine, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei saying the West opposes an…
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White House: Russia laying groundwork for annexing Ukraine territory
https://japantoday.com/category/world/white-house-russia-laying-groundwork-for-annexing-ukraine-territory1
July 20, 2022, 7:55 AM
Russia is laying the groundwork for the annexation of Ukrainian territory and is installing illegitimate proxy officials in areas there under its control as it seeks to exert…
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Mississippi clinic ends challenge of near-ban on abortion
https://japantoday.com/category/world/mississippi-clinic-ends-challenge-of-near-ban-on-abortion
July 19, 2022, 9:54 PM
The Mississippi abortion clinic that was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade ended a lawsuit Tuesday in which it had…
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Canada PM Trudeau blasts Hockey Canada leaders after sex assault fund reports
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/canada-pm-trudeau-blasts-hockey-canada-leaders-after-sex-assault-fund-reports
July 19, 2022, 11:14 PM
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday it was hard to trust those in charge at Hockey Canada after reports that the national governing body maintained a…
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Caster Semenya is back; so is her sport's thorniest problem
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/caster-semenya-is-back-so-is-her-sport%27s-thorniest-problem
July 19, 2022, 9:52 PM
Champion runner Caster Semenya heads into this year's world championships with virtually no chance to win.
On Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon, the 31-year-old, three-time world champion at 800…
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Automakers targeting average households with new crop of EVs
https://japantoday.com/category/business/automakers-targeting-average-households-with-new-crop-of-evs
July 19, 2022, 9:50 PM
In their first rollouts of electric vehicles, America's automakers targeted people who value short-range economy cars. Then came EVs for luxury buyers and drivers of pickups and delivery…
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France battles huge wildfires; Britain bakes in record heatwave
https://japantoday.com/category/world/france-battles-huge-wildfires-britain-bakes-in-record-heatwave
July 19, 2022, 10:12 PM
Firefighters in southwestern France battled on Tuesday to contain massive forest wildfires and Britain recorded its highest ever temperature, while Portugal reported more than 1,000 heatwave-related deaths as…
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Ukraine's first lady visits White House
https://japantoday.com/category/world/zelenska-accepts-award-for-ukrainian-people-before-wh-visit
July 19, 2022, 9:54 PM
Jill Biden and Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, met again Tuesday, this time at the White House, following up after their first-ever meeting in eastern Europe…
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Musk loses fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/elon-musk-twitter-legal-fight-begins-over-trial-date
July 19, 2022, 9:51 PM
Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge on Tuesday set an October trial, citing the “cloud of uncertainty”…
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Government says Bannon ignored subpoena, acted above the law
https://japantoday.com/category/world/bannon-contempt-of-congress-trial-to-begin-in-earnest
July 20, 2022, 7:56 AM
Federal prosecutors accused former Trump adviser Steve Bannon on Tuesday of willfully ignoring a congressional subpoena in open defiance of the U.S. government.
“It wasn't optional. It wasn't…
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Ecuador says 12 killed in prison riot, still identifying dismembered bodies
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ecuador-says-12-killed-in-prison-riot-still-identifying-dismembered-bodies
July 19, 2022, 10:08 PM
Ecuador's government on Tuesday said it was still trying to identify the dismembered bodies of inmates following a prison riot in the city of Santo Domingo and lowered…
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Amazon sues administrators of 10,000 Facebook groups over fake reviews
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/amazon-sues-admins-of-10k-facebook-groups-over-fake-reviews
July 19, 2022, 9:51 PM
Amazon has filed a lawsuit against administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups it accuses of coordinating fake reviews in exchange for money or free products.
The Seattle-based…
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Houle takes emotional Tour stage win; Vingegaard keeps lead
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/houle-takes-emotional-tour-stage-win-vingegaard-keeps-lead
July 19, 2022, 11:14 PM
Canadian cyclist Hugo Houle claimed an emotional first-ever grand tour stage victory on Tuesday, while Jonas Vingegaard stayed in the overall lead of the Tour de France after…
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Japan extends detention for Abe's accused assassin
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-extends-detention-for-abe%27s-alleged-assassin
July 20, 2022, 7:51 AM
Japanese authorities have obtained court approval to extend the detention of the suspect in former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination earlier this month for 10 more days until…
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Brad Pitt says retirement still a long way off
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/brad-pitt-says-retirement-still-a-long-way-off
July 19, 2022, 9:48 PM
Brad Pitt scotched talk of imminent retirement as he travelled to Paris for the premiere of his Jackie Chan-inspired action caper "Bullet Train".
The 58-year-old had worried fans…
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China threatens 'strong measures' if Pelosi visits Taiwan
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-threatens-%27strong-measures%27-if-pelosi-visits-taiwan
July 19, 2022, 9:53 PM
China will take “resolute and strong measures” should the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi proceed with reported plans to visit Taiwan, the Chinese…
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