Japan government plan for Abe state funeral sparks protests
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-government-plan-for-abe-state-funeral-sparks-protests
July 22, 2022, 7:48 AM
The Japanese government said on Friday it would hold a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sept. 27, amid street and social media protests that the…
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Heatwaves to hit China from east to west as almanac's 'big heat' day looms
https://japantoday.com/category/world/heatwaves-to-hit-china-from-east-to-west-as-almanac%27s-%27big-heat%27-day-looms4
July 22, 2022, 7:38 AM
China will suffer the return of more heatwaves over the next 10 days from east to west, with some cities already issuing the highest level warning on Friday.…
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Abe attacker tried to draw attention to church: analysts
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/abe-attacker-tried-to-draw-attention-to-church-analysts
July 22, 2022, 7:48 AM
As more details of the shooting of Shinzo Abe come out two weeks after his death, some criminal psychology experts believe the suspect tried to highlight issues surrounding…
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Paris Olympics face tough hurdles with two years to go
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/paris-olympics-face-tough-hurdles-with-two-years-to-go
July 22, 2022, 7:39 AM
As he left the Tokyo Olympics last August, Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris 2024 organising committee, told AFP he was "prepared to run a marathon at 100-metre…
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Tokyo reports 34,995 coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/tokyo-reports-34995-coronavirus-cases
July 22, 2022, 8:22 AM
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday reported 34,995 new coronavirus cases, up 3,117 from Thursday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 15,…
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Caroline Kennedy arrives in Australia to take up ambassador post
https://japantoday.com/category/world/caroline-kennedy-arrives-in-australia-to-take-up-ambassador-post
July 22, 2022, 2:10 AM
Caroline Kennedy arrived in Australia Friday to take up her post as U.S. ambassador, vowing to end a period of U.S. "absence" in a region increasingly influenced by…
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Suspect turns himself in after man fatally stabbed in Tokyo
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/suspect-turns-himself-in-after-man-fatally-stabbed-in-tokyo%E2%80%99s-akihabara-district
July 22, 2022, 7:49 AM
Police in Tokyo have arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of murder after he turned himself following a fatal stabbing incident in Chiyoda Ward on Thursday.
According to…
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Dukureh, from 'Elvis' film, found dead in Nashville home
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/dukureh-from-%27elvis%27-film-found-dead-in-nashville-home
July 21, 2022, 11:00 PM
Shonka Dukureh, who played Big Mama Thornton in this year's movie about Elvis Presley, was found dead Thursday in a bedroom at her home in Nashville, police said.…
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MLB struggling to get attendance back to pre-pandemic levels
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mlb-struggling-to-get-attendance-back-to-pre-pandemic-levels
July 21, 2022, 11:01 PM
Blame it on lingering effects of the pandemic, resentment over the lockout or economic fears.
Major League Baseball is struggling to fill the stands at pre-COVID levels as…
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Facebook gives users new way to see all their friends' posts
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/facebook-gives-users-new-way-to-see-all-their-friends%27-posts
July 21, 2022, 9:57 PM
Facebook is rolling out an update that enables its 2 billion daily users to more easily view their friends' posts in chronological order.
The new feature is the…
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Iran doesn't want a nuclear deal, British spy chief says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iran-doesn%27t-want-a-nuclear-deal-british-spy-chief-says
July 21, 2022, 10:04 PM
Britain's spy chief said on Thursday he was skeptical that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei actually wants to revive a nuclear deal with world powers but said…
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Russia, Ukraine to sign deal on restarting grain exports, Turkey says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-ukraine-to-sign-deal-on-restarting-grain-exports-turkey-says
July 22, 2022, 4:30 AM
Russia and Ukraine will sign a deal on Friday to reopen Ukraine's Black Sea ports, Turkey said, a potential breakthrough that could ease the threat of hunger facing…
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Speedy delivery: Medals at worlds given out almost instantly
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/speedy-delivery-medals-at-worlds-given-out-almost-instantly
July 21, 2022, 9:59 PM
It takes speed to win some of these medals at world championships.
Speed to hand all of them out, too. A little bit of jumping ability doesn't hurt,…
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Italy to hold September election after PM Draghi resigns
https://japantoday.com/category/world/italy-to-hold-september-election-after-pm-draghi-resigns
July 21, 2022, 10:04 PM
Italy will hold a snap national election on Sept 25 after Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned following the collapse of his national unity government, sending tremors through financial…
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Biden tests positive for COVID-19; has 'very mild symptoms'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-tests-positive-for-covid-19-has-%27very-mild-symptoms%27
July 22, 2022, 4:30 AM
U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is isolating with “very mild symptoms," the White House said, as new variants of the highly contagious…
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Pete Seeger gets own stamp; ceremony planned at Newport Folk
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/pete-seeger-gets-own-stamp-ceremony-planned-at-newport-folk
July 21, 2022, 10:01 PM
Pete Seeger, the banjo-playing folk singer whose music was indelibly intertwined with his social activism, was honored Thursday as the latest American musician to appear on a U.S.…
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Trudeau rebukes Hockey Canada over alleged gang rape
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/trudeau-rebukes-hockey-canada-over-alleged-gang-rape
July 21, 2022, 10:00 PM
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday blasted Hockey Canada over its handling of an alleged gang rape by eight players, saying it must do much more to regain…
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Jonas Vingegaard drops Pogacar in final Tour mountain test
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/jonas-vingegaard-drops-pogacar-in-final-tour-mountain-test
July 21, 2022, 9:59 PM
Barring a crash, Jonas Vingegaard is likely to be wearing the yellow jersey when the Tour de France ends in Paris on Sunday.
Vingegaard responded to a series…
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Amazon spending $3.9 bil in expanding health care push
https://japantoday.com/category/business/amazon-spending-3.9-bn-in-expanding-health-care-push
July 21, 2022, 9:55 PM
Amazon is buying U.S. primary health care provider One Medical for $3.9 billion, the companies announced Thursday, in a big step for the online retail giant's move into…
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ATP men's tennis tour cancels 4 China tournaments in 2022
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/atp-men%27s-tennis-tour-cancels-4-china-tournaments-in-2022
July 21, 2022, 10:00 PM
The ATP men's tennis tour is canceling all four of its tournaments held in China this year, citing COVID-19 restrictions.
The Rolex Shanghai Masters, China Open, Chengdu Open…
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Race for Downing Street drives tax policy split into UK Conservatives
https://japantoday.com/category/world/analysis-race-for-downing-street-drives-tax-policy-split-into-uk-conservatives
July 21, 2022, 10:03 PM
Differences over how to revive Britain's slow-growth, high-inflation economy could hardly be starker within the ruling Conservative Party as the two remaining contenders to become its new leader,…
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Civic group asks court to halt state funeral for ex-PM Abe
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/civic-group-asks-court-to-halt-state-funeral-for-ex-pm-abe
July 21, 2022, 9:52 PM
A group of 50 people, including civic group members, asked a Tokyo court on Thursday to issue an injunction ordering a stop to a state funeral for slain…
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Opposition launches probe into lawmakers' links to Unification Church
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/opposition-launches-probe-into-lawmakers%27-links-to-unification-church
July 22, 2022, 7:50 AM
The opposition Japanese Communist Party on Thursday launched a probe into lawmakers' ties to the Unification Church after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shed light…
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Steve Bannon's defense seeks acquittal, then rests case
https://japantoday.com/category/world/steve-bannon%27s-defense-to-begin-in-trump-adviser%27s-trial
July 22, 2022, 4:30 AM
Lawyers for Trump ally Steve Bannon did not call any witnesses and declined to testify himself in his contempt of Congress trial on Thursday and instead argued the…
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Kremlin says Putin is fine, denying health rumors
https://japantoday.com/category/world/kremlin-says-putin-is-fine-denying-health-rumours
July 21, 2022, 10:03 PM
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was in good health, dismissing what it called false reports he was unwell.
"Everything is fine with his…
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Stay or go? Ronaldo's future uncertain at Manchester United
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/stay-or-go-ronaldo%27s-future-uncertain-at-manchester-united
July 21, 2022, 9:59 PM
The weekly social media posts published by Cristiano Ronaldo this offseason typically have shown the soccer superstar half-dressed, muscles bulging, either working out or promoting one of his…
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Masked and on the move
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/Masked-and-on-the-move
July 21, 2022, 10:08 PM
Passengers and passersby wearing protective face masks walk on the concourse, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at Nagoya Station in Nagoya on Thursday.
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Feisty De Klerk looking to 'irritate' fellow Springboks in Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/feisty-de-klerk-looking-to-%27irritate%27-fellow-springboks-in-japan
July 21, 2022, 9:58 PM
Rugby World Cup winner Faf de Klerk said Thursday he wants to "irritate" his fellow Springboks in Japan after becoming the latest South African to join the country's…
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Travel agency H.I.S. to sell shares in Huis Ten Bosch resort
https://japantoday.com/category/business/travel-agency-h.i.s.-to-sell-shares-in-huis-ten-bosch-resort
July 21, 2022, 9:55 PM
Major Japanese travel agency H.I.S. Co aims to sell its shares in the Dutch-themed Huis Ten Bosch seaside resort in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, sources close…
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Japan trade deficit grows as oil prices surge, yen drops
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-trade-deficit-grows-as-oil-prices-surge-yen-drops
July 21, 2022, 7:56 AM
Japan’s trade deficit for the first half of this year totaled nearly 8 trillion yen ($58 billion), because of surging oil prices and a sinking yen, brought on…
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