N Korea fires missile into ocean in its latest weapons launch, S Korea says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/north-korea-fires-missile-into-ocean-in-its-latest-weapons-launch-south-korea-says
April 22, 2024, 7:06 AM
North Korea fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a recent series of weapons launches by…
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Chinese general takes harsh line on Taiwan, other disputes at international naval gathering
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/chinese-general-takes-a-harsh-line-on-taiwan-and-other-disputes-at-an-international-naval-gathering
April 22, 2024, 7:37 AM
One of China's top military leaders took a harsh line on regional territorial disputes, telling an international naval gathering in northeastern China on Monday that the country would…
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Flight data recorders from crashed MSDF helicopters show no sign of mechanical failure
https://japantoday.com/category/national/flight-data-recorders-from-crashed-japanese-navy-helicopters-show-no-sign-of-mechanical-failure
April 22, 2024, 7:36 AM
An initial analysis of flight data recorders recovered from the crash of two Japanese navy helicopters showed no sign of mechanical problems, Japan’s defense minister said Monday, indicating…
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Australian PM calls X's fight against removal of church stabbing posts 'extraordinary'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australian-pm-calls-x%27s-fight-against-removal-of-church-stabbing-posts-%27extraordinary%27
April 22, 2024, 7:06 AM
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as "extraordinary" on Monday a decision by social media platform X to challenge in court a cyber regulators' order for the removal…
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Asian shares shrug off Wall St blues as China leaves lending rate unchanged
https://japantoday.com/category/business/stock-market-today-asian-shares-shrug-off-wall-st-blues-as-china-leaves-lending-rate-unchanged
April 22, 2024, 7:39 AM
Markets in Asia apart from Shanghai's were broadly higher Monday, shrugging off the blues on Wall Street after big technology stocks logged their worst week since the COVID…
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Rate of small firms in Japan hiking wages rises to 63% in FY2024
https://japantoday.com/category/business/rate-of-small-firms-in-japan-hiking-wages-rises-to-63-in-fy-2024
April 22, 2024, 7:36 AM
The proportion of small and midsize firms in Japan raising base pay has increased from the previous fiscal year to reach 63.1 percent amid high inflation and acute…
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3 bodies found in apartment in Aichi Prefecture; 2 hanging, one in closet
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/3-bodies-found-in-apartment-in-aichi-prefecture-2-hanging-one-in-closet
April 22, 2024, 7:38 AM
Three people were found dead Sunday in an apartment in Tokai City, Aichi Prefecture.
The three are believed to be an elderly man, his wife and their adult…
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Conflicts push global military spending to all-time high: report
https://japantoday.com/category/world/conflicts-push-military-spending-to-%27all-time-high%27-report
April 22, 2024, 3:20 AM
Global military expenditure saw its steepest increase in over a decade in 2023, reaching an all-time high of $2.4 trillion as wars and rising tensions fuelled spending across…
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Terry Anderson, AP reporter held captive for years in Lebanon, dies at 76
https://japantoday.com/category/world/terry-anderson-ap-reporter-held-captive-for-years-has-died
April 21, 2024, 11:30 PM
Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held…
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Ohtani passes Hideki Matsui for most MLB homers by a Japanese-born player
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/dodgers%27-shohei-ohtani-passes-hideki-matsui-for-most-mlb-homers-by-a-japanese-born-player
April 22, 2024, 12:29 AM
Shohei Ohtani made another piece of baseball history Sunday when he surpassed a mark set by one of his heroes.
The Los Angeles Dodgers slugger crushed his 176th…
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Taking Pride
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/taking-pride-1
April 21, 2024, 9:39 PM
People participate in the Pride parade for Tokyo Rainbow Pride event, celebrating advances in LGBTQ+ rights and calling for marriage equality, in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro rallies supporters in Rio
https://japantoday.com/category/world/brazil%27s-bolsonaro-rallies-supporters-in-rio1
April 21, 2024, 9:51 PM
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday rallied thousands of supporters in Rio de Janeiro in a bid to raise his political capital after losing a bid for…
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Five rockets fired from Iraq towards U.S. military base in Syria
https://japantoday.com/category/world/five-rockets-fired-from-iraq-towards-us-military-base-in-syria-security-sources-say
April 21, 2024, 9:51 PM
At least five rockets were launched from Iraq's town of Zummar towards a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters.
The…
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Tens of thousands of Colombians protest against president's reform agenda
https://japantoday.com/category/world/tens-of-thousands-of-colombians-protest-against-the-leftist-president%27s-reform-agenda
April 21, 2024, 9:51 PM
Thousands of Colombians took to the streets Sunday in the latest rebuke of leftist President Gustavo Petro's reform agenda.
The demonstrations took place in several cities, including the…
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Ruud beats Tsitsipas to win Barcelona Open
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/ruud-beats-tsitsipas-to-win-barcelona-open-for-biggest-career-title-a-week-after-loss-in-monte-carlo
April 21, 2024, 9:50 PM
Casper Ruud took his revenge against Stefanos Tsitsipas by winning the Barcelona Open final in straight sets on Sunday for his biggest career title, a week after losing…
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Race car in Sri Lanka veers off track killing 7 people and injuring 20
https://japantoday.com/category/world/race-car-in-sri-lanka-veers-off-track-killing-7-people-and-injuring-20-officials-say1
April 21, 2024, 9:51 PM
A race car veered off the track during a competition in Sri Lanka on Sunday and rammed into a crowd of spectators and race officials, killing seven people…
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Man United back in another FA Cup final against Man City after narrowly avoiding humiliation
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/man-united-back-in-another-fa-cup-final-against-man-city-after-narrowly-avoiding-humiliation
April 21, 2024, 9:49 PM
Manchester United set up another FA Cup final against fierce rival Manchester City in a way no one could ever have imagined.
In a semifinal match on Sunday…
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Israeli leaders criticize expected U.S. sanctions against military unit
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israeli-leaders-criticize-expected-us-sanctions-against-military-unit-that-could-further-strain-ties
April 22, 2024, 3:14 AM
Israeli leaders on Sunday harshly criticized an expected decision by the U.S. to impose sanctions on a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers in the Israeli military.
The decision, expected…
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'Civil War’ continues box-office campaign at No. 1
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/%27civil-war%E2%80%99-continues-box-office-campaign-at-no.-1
April 21, 2024, 9:48 PM
“Civil War,” Alex Garland’s ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The A24 election-year gamble,…
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Earth Day: How one grocery shopper takes steps to avoid 'pointless plastic'
https://japantoday.com/category/features/environment/earth-day-how-one-grocery-shopper-takes-steps-to-avoid-%27pointless-plastic%27
April 21, 2024, 9:44 PM
Nature wraps bananas and oranges in peels. But in some modern supermarkets, they're bagged or wrapped in plastic too.
For Judith Enck, that's the epitome of pointless plastic.…
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Hundreds in Niger tell U.S. troops to go home
https://japantoday.com/category/world/hundreds-in-niger-tell-us-troops-to-go-home
April 21, 2024, 9:51 PM
.Hundreds protested on Sunday against the U.S. troop presence in military-ruled Niger where a delegation from Washington is expected within days to arrange an orderly withdrawal.
The United…
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Iran's supreme leader tacitly acknowledges that Tehran hit little in its attack on Israel
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iran%27s-supreme-leader-tacitly-acknowledges-tehran-hit-little-in-its-massive-attack-on-israel
April 21, 2024, 9:51 PM
Iran's supreme leader on Sunday dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel hit anything there, a tacit acknowledgment that despite launching a major assault,…
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Rybakina beats Kostyuk 6-2, 6-2 to win Porsche Grand Prix
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/elena-rybakina-beats-marta-kostyuk-6-2-6-2-to-win-porsche-grand-prix
April 21, 2024, 9:50 PM
Elena Rybakina eased to her third title of the season on Sunday with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk in the final of the Porsche Grand…
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Mutiso Munyao gives Kenya another London Marathon win after tribute to Kiptum
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mutiso-munyao-pulls-away-from-41-year-old-bekele-to-win-london-marathon
April 21, 2024, 9:50 PM
Alexander Mutiso Munyao delivered another win for Kenya on a day the London Marathon remembered last year's champion Kelvin Kiptum.
A race that started with a period of…
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25-year-old man arrested over 2 burnt bodies found in Tochigi
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/update1-25-yr-old-man-arrested-over-finding-of-2-burnt-bodies-north-of-tokyo
April 22, 2024, 7:38 AM
A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with last week's discovery of the burnt bodies of a man and a woman on a riverside in Tochigi Prefecture,…
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Crowds join Sydney beach memorial for mall stabbing victims
https://japantoday.com/category/world/crowds-join-bondi-beach-memorial-for-mall-stabbing-victims
April 21, 2024, 9:48 AM
Crowds gathered at Sydney's iconic Bondi beach on Sunday for a candlelight memorial to the six people killed by a knife-wielding assailant at a nearby shopping mall.
Many…
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Ukrainian, Western leaders laud U.S. aid package while Kremlin warns of further ruin
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukrainian-and-western-leaders-laud-us-aid-package-while-the-kremlin-warns-of-%27further-ruin%27
April 22, 2024, 3:14 AM
Ukrainian and Western leaders on Sunday welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, as the Kremlin warned that passage of the bill…
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Another race, another victory for Red Bull's Max Verstappen at Chinese GP
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/another-race-another-victory-for-red-bull%27s-max-verstappen-at-chinese-gp
April 21, 2024, 9:50 PM
Another Formula 1 race. Yet another victory for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
The three-time defending champion won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday starting from pole, his fourth…
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Chinese professor of Japanese university missing in China since Feb 2023
https://japantoday.com/category/national/chinese-professor-of-japanese-univ.-missing-in-china-since-feb.-2023
April 21, 2024, 9:47 PM
A Chinese professor of Japan's Asia University has become unreachable in China since February last year after he temporarily returned to his home country, sources familiar with bilateral…
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Do you think the jury system is the best method of determining guilt or innocence in criminal trials?
https://japantoday.com/category/poll/do-you-think-the-jury-system-is-the-best-method-of-determining-guilt-or-innocence-in-criminal-trials-2
April 21, 2024, 9:05 PM