Putin will not attend ex-PM Abe's funeral, Kremlin says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/putin-will-not-attend-japanese-ex-pm-abe%27s-funeral-kremlin-says1
July 25, 2022, 9:31 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the state funeral of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Kremlin said on Monday.
"No, Putin has no plans to…
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Record-breaking Duplantis soars at World Athletics Championships
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/record-breaking-duplantis-soars-at-eugene-worlds
July 25, 2022, 4:52 AM
Armand "Mondo" Duplantis wrapped up the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in stunning fashion on Sunday, setting a new world record in the pole vault with the final…
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Myanmar junta executes 4 prisoners, including 2 pro-democracy rivals
https://japantoday.com/category/world/myanmar-junta-executes-two-pro-democracy-rivals
July 25, 2022, 9:33 AM
Myanmar's junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent activist, state media said Monday, in the country's first…
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Woman falls to death while rock climbing in Hyogo Prefecture
https://japantoday.com/category/national/woman-falls-to-death-while-rock-climbing-in-hyogo-prefecture
July 25, 2022, 7:51 AM
A 57-year-old woman, who was rock climbing, fell to her death after her safety rope detached while she was descending from the Horaikyo Gorge in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo…
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Tokyo reports 22,387 coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-22-387-coronavirus-cases
July 25, 2022, 8:33 AM
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 22,387 new coronavirus cases, down 5,725 from Sunday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 15,…
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Unions call for maximum working temperature cap after EU heatwave deaths
https://japantoday.com/category/world/call-for-max-working-temperature-cap-after-eu-heatwave-deaths
July 25, 2022, 3:37 AM
Trade unions called Monday for the European Commission to impose maximum temperature limits for outdoor workers, after three people died while on shift in Madrid during last week's…
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Bob Rafelson, New Hollywood era director, dies at 89
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/bob-rafelson-new-hollywood-era-director-dies-at-89
July 24, 2022, 9:49 PM
Bob Rafelson, a co-creator of “The Monkees” who became an influential figure in the New Hollywood era of the 1970s, has died. He was 89.
Rafelson died at…
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Long walk
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/long-walk-1
July 24, 2022, 9:29 PM
Gold medalist Massimo Stano, of Italy, center, stands with silver medalist Masatora Kawano, of Japan, right, and bronze medalist Perseus Karlstrom, of Sweden pose after the final in…
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Bus goes off a bridge in Kenya, killing 21
https://japantoday.com/category/world/bus-falls-off-a-bridge-in-kenya-leaves-21-dead
July 24, 2022, 9:58 PM
A bus fell off a bridge Sunday in Kenya and plunged into a river along the highway, killing at least 21 people, police said.
The bus, traveling from…
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Ukraine works to resume grain exports after Russian missile strike on Odesa
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-works-to-resume-grain-exports-flags-russian-strikes-as-risk2
July 25, 2022, 4:53 AM
Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing global food shortages but warned deliveries…
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Muhammad Ali's 'Rumble in the Jungle' belt sells for $6.1 mil
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/muhammad-ali%27s-%27rumble-in-the-jungle%27-belt-sells-for-6.1m
July 24, 2022, 9:52 PM
Muhammad Ali’s championship belt from his 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” heavyweight title fight was sold at auction on Sunday for $6.18 million.
The winner of the heated…
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Jan 6 panel deepens probe to Trump Cabinet, awaits Thomas
https://japantoday.com/category/world/jan.-6-panel-deepens-probe-to-trump-cabinet-awaits-thomas
July 25, 2022, 4:08 AM
The House Jan 6 committee said Sunday it will interview more former Cabinet secretaries and is prepared to subpoena conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, who's married to Supreme…
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Track looks to pump up U.S. fan base ahead of 2028 LA Olympics
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/track-looks-to-pump-up-us-fan-base-ahead-of-2028-la-olympics
July 24, 2022, 9:53 PM
When international track and field officials wanted to place their world championships in the U.S. for the first time, the running mecca that embedded Nike into American culture…
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Jonas Vingegaard, king of the mountains, wins Tour de France
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/jonas-vingegaard-wins-tour-de-france-for-1st-time
July 24, 2022, 9:52 PM
King of the mountains. Champion on the Champs-Elysees.
Jonas Vingegaard blossomed from a talented rookie to a dominant leader in his own right over three weeks of epic…
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Group seeks ex-Sri Lankan president's arrest in Singapore
https://japantoday.com/category/world/group-seeks-ex-sri-lankan-president%27s-arrest-in-singapore
July 24, 2022, 9:58 PM
A rights group gathering evidence on Sri Lanka’s alleged rights abuses said it filed a criminal complaint with Singapore’s Attorney General, seeking to arrest an ex-Sri Lankan president…
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Brazil's Bolsonaro officially launches re-election bid, says army on his side
https://japantoday.com/category/world/brazil%27s-bolsonaro-officially-launches-re-election-bid-says-army-on-his-side
July 24, 2022, 9:57 PM
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro kicked off his candidacy for re-election at a party event in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday with a speech focused on God, guns and…
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California forest fire burns out of control near Yosemite
https://japantoday.com/category/world/no-containment-of-destructive-california-fire-near-yosemite
July 24, 2022, 9:56 PM
A destructive wildfire near Yosemite National Park that was burning out of control Sunday through tinder-dry forest land has grown into one of California's biggest blazes of the…
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France to order air-conditioned shops to keep doors shut
https://japantoday.com/category/world/france-to-order-air-conditioned-shops-to-keep-doors-shut
July 24, 2022, 9:57 PM
Air-conditioned shops in France will be ordered to keep their doors closed or risk being fined, a minister said Sunday announcing an upcoming rule to combat energy wastage.…
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Verstappen wins French GP as Leclerc crashes; Hamilton 2nd
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/verstappen-wins-french-gp-as-leclerc-crashes-hamilton-2nd
July 24, 2022, 9:52 PM
Max Verstappen won the French Grand Prix on Sunday after Charles Leclerc crashed out while leading, a mistake that dropped the Ferrari driver 63 points behind the defending…
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Painful weekend of border delays from UK into France
https://japantoday.com/category/world/painful-weekend-of-border-delays-from-uk-into-france
July 24, 2022, 9:55 PM
Truck drivers and travelers seeking to cross from the UK into France faced major disruptions and long waiting times for a third day Sunday on the weekend that…
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Sakurajima volcano in southwestern Japan erupts for 2nd day in row
https://japantoday.com/category/national/update3-sakurajima-volcano-in-japan-erupts-alert-level-raised-to-highest
July 25, 2022, 7:51 AM
Japan's weather agency maintained the highest alert level Monday after an explosive eruption the previous day at Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, although there were no reports…
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U.S. semiconductor bill unites Sanders, the right — in opposition
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/semiconductor-bill-unites-sanders-the-right-%E2%80%94-in-opposition
July 24, 2022, 9:50 PM
A bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States has managed to do nearly the unthinkable — unite the democratic socialist Sen Bernie Sanders and the fiscally…
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3 killed, 1 wounded in Philippine university shooting
https://japantoday.com/category/world/3-killed-1-wounded-in-philippine-university-shooting
July 24, 2022, 9:57 PM
At least three people, including a former Philippine town mayor, were killed and another was wounded in a brazen attack Sunday by a gunman in a university campus…
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Angels rebuff calls to trade star Ohtani
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/update1-baseball-ohtani-hits-20th-homer-as-halos-rebuff-calls-to-trade-star
July 25, 2022, 7:52 AM
Clubs have been calling the Los Angeles Angels to express interest in acquiring Shohei Ohtani, the reigning American League MVP, but the Halos "have no plans to move…
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Pope in Canada to apologize to Indigenous groups
https://japantoday.com/category/world/Pope-in-Canada-to-apologize-to-Indigenous-groups
July 25, 2022, 4:08 AM
Pope Francis began a historic visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic…
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Milley: China more aggressive, dangerous to U.S., allies
https://japantoday.com/category/world/milley-china-more-aggressive-dangerous-to-us-allies
July 25, 2022, 7:57 AM
The Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years, the top U.S. military officer said during a trip to the Indo-Pacific that…
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Japanese firm seeks halal approval for non-alcohol udon soup stock
https://japantoday.com/category/national/focus-japan-firm-seeks-halal-approval-for-non-alcohol-udon-soup-stock
July 24, 2022, 9:46 PM
From mirin to soy sauce, alcohol is an integral part of Japanese stocks, sauces and other products used to prepare dishes such as soba noodles or nikujaga meat…
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Unification Church ties to lawmakers emerges as major political issue in Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Unification-Church-ties-to-lawmakers-emerges-as-major-political-issue-in-Japan
July 24, 2022, 7:53 AM
The Unification Church's links to Japanese lawmakers has emerged as a major political issue ahead of an extraordinary parliamentary session in the fall, following the assassination of former…
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Korir, Pichardo add world titles to Olympic crowns; heartbreak for Warner
https://japantoday.com/category/world/korir-pichardo-add-world-titles-to-olympic-crowns-heartbreak-for-warner
July 24, 2022, 6:46 AM
Kenya's Emmanuel Korir and Pedro Pichardo of Portugal added world titles to their respective Olympic crowns on Saturday, but there was injury heartbreak for Canada's Damian Warner in…
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Riley, Wright lead Braves to 7-2 win over Angels; Ohtani hits 20th homer
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/riley-wright-lead-streaking-braves-to-7-2-win-over-angels
July 24, 2022, 2:55 AM
Austin Riley had a homer and two singles, Kyle Wright won his 12th game to take the NL lead, and the Atlanta Braves kept rolling with a 7-2…
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