Nikkei leads Asian gains following Wall Street rally
https://japantoday.com/category/business/nikkei-leads-asian-gains-following-wall-street-rally
April 24, 2024, 7:09 AM
Asian shares rose on Wednesday, led by an 2% gain in Japan’s Nikkei 225 after U.S. stocks rallied for a second straight day Tuesday, blunting the blow from…
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Taiwan happy with U.S. aid package; China objects to arms sales
https://japantoday.com/category/world/taiwan-happy-with-us-aid-package-china-objects-to-arms-sales
April 24, 2024, 6:56 AM
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday she was happy the U.S. Congress had passed a sweeping foreign aid package which includes arms support for the island, as…
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Japan's moon lander wasn't built to survive a weekslong lunar night; it's still going after 3
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan%27s-moon-lander-wasn%27t-built-to-survive-a-weekslong-lunar-night.-it%27s-still-going-after-3
April 24, 2024, 7:06 AM
Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed…
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Ohtani hits 450-foot homer into second deck at Nationals Park in Dodgers' 4-1 win
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/shohei-ohtani-hits-450-foot-homer-into-second-deck-at-nationals-park-in-dodgers%27-4-1-win
April 24, 2024, 3:24 AM
Shohei Ohtani hit a 450-foot homer to the second deck in right field in his first visit to Nationals Park, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Washington 4-1 on Tuesday…
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Musk targets Australian senator, gun laws in deepening dispute over X stabbing content
https://japantoday.com/category/world/musk-targets-australian-senator-gun-laws-in-deepening-dispute-over-x-stabbing-content
April 24, 2024, 5:45 AM
Elon Musk said an Australian senator should be jailed and suggested the country's gun laws were meant to stop resistance against its "fascist government", escalating his battle over…
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Bill to ban TikTok in U.S. unless it divests from Chinese parent clears Congress
https://japantoday.com/category/world/bill-to-ban-tiktok-in-us-clears-congress
April 24, 2024, 2:31 AM
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved legislation requiring the wildly popular social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out…
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Family court sends 16-year-old boy back to prosecutors to be tried for killing his parents
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/family-court-sends-16-year-old-boy-back-to-prosecutors-to-be-tried-for-killing-his-parents
April 24, 2024, 7:08 AM
The Yokohama Family Court has sent a 16-year-old boy who allegedly murdered his parents at their apartment in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, back to public prosecutors after determining…
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Dodgers manager working with Ohtani on strike zone discipline
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/dodgers-manager-dave-roberts-working-with-shohei-ohtani-on-strike-zone-discipline
April 24, 2024, 2:19 AM
Dave Roberts thinks Shohei Ohtani can be even better with more plate discipline with runners in scoring position.
The Los Angeles Dodgers manager approached the two-time AL MVP…
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Tokyo Tsukiji fish market site to be redeveloped with 50,000-seat stadium, hotel, shopping center
https://japantoday.com/category/national/okyo-tsukiji-fish-market-site-to-be-redeveloped-with-50-000-seat-stadium-hotel-shopping-center-1
April 24, 2024, 7:07 AM
In 2018, Tokyo’s aging Tsukiji Fish Market closed down and its wholesale operations relocated to the Toyosu district of the city. This wasn’t because Tsukiji was a bad location, however. If anything, the…
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Crew members injured in crash on Georgia set of Eddie Murphy Amazon MGM movie 'The Pickup'
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/crew-members-injured-in-crash-on-georgia-set-of-eddie-murphy-amazon-mgm-movie-%27the-pickup%27
April 23, 2024, 11:12 PM
Several crew members were injured and two were hospitalized when a car and truck collided during shooting of the Eddie Murphy film “The Pickup" from Amazon MGM Studios,…
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Tesla profits tumble but shares rise on new vehicle plan
https://japantoday.com/category/business/tesla-profits-tumble-but-shares-rise-on-new-vehicle-plan
April 23, 2024, 11:16 PM
Tesla reported a big drop in quarterly profits Tuesday, pointing to elevated pressure on the electric vehicle market that has led to deep cost-cutting.
But shares of Elon…
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Arsenal thrash Chelsea to open up Premier League lead
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/five-star-arsenal-thrash-chelsea-to-open-up-premier-league-lead
April 23, 2024, 10:01 PM
Kai Havertz and Ben White scored twice as Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 5-0 on Tuesday to surge ahead in the Premier League title race and ramp up the pressure…
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NASA hears from Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after months of quiet
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nasa-hears-from-voyager-1-the-most-distant-spacecraft-from-earth-after-months-of-quiet
April 23, 2024, 9:49 PM
NASA has finally heard back from Voyager 1 again in a way that makes sense.
The most distant spacecraft from Earth stopped sending back understandable data last November.…
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Starbucks set for talks with unionized U.S. stores
https://japantoday.com/category/business/starbucks-set-for-talks-with-unionized-us-stores
April 23, 2024, 10:00 PM
Starbucks is set to hold talks with labor representatives from stores that have voted to unionize in a key step towards reaching contracts, both sides said Tuesday.
The…
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Armenia and Azerbaijan move closer to normalizing ties as the first border marker goes up
https://japantoday.com/category/world/armenia-and-azerbaijan-move-closer-to-normalizing-ties-as-the-first-border-marker-goes-up
April 23, 2024, 9:49 PM
Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday came a step closer toward normalizing relations after a bitter conflict over territory, as experts in both countries worked to demarcate their boundaries…
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Jeep maker Stellantis to lay off unspecified number of factory workers in coming months
https://japantoday.com/category/business/jeep-maker-stellantis-to-lay-off-an-unspecified-number-of-factory-workers-in-the-coming-months
April 23, 2024, 10:00 PM
Jeep maker Stellantis is planning to lay off an unspecified number of workers at its U.S. factories in the coming months to deal with a rapidly changing global…
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As plastic treaty talks open, countries more divided than ever
https://japantoday.com/category/features/environment/as-plastic-treaty-talks-open-countries-more-divided-than-ever
April 23, 2024, 9:43 PM
Countries are under pressure to make progress on a first-ever global plastics treaty this week, but they face tense negotiations in the Canadian capital with parties deeply divided…
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U.S. Justice Dept to pay $139 mil to USA Gymnastics sex abuse victims
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/us-justice-dept-to-pay-139-mn-to-usa-gymnastics-sex-abuse-victims
April 23, 2024, 10:02 PM
The United States Justice Department said Tuesday it had agreed to pay almost $139 million to victims of sex abuser Larry Nassar, for its bungled investigation into the…
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Rafah evacuations not 'possible' under current conditions: Red Cross
https://japantoday.com/category/world/rafah-evacuations-not-%27possible%27-under-current-conditions-red-cross
April 23, 2024, 9:48 PM
Humanitarian workers have no knowledge of plans to evacuate Palestinians from Gaza's southernmost city ahead of an expected Israeli assault, but such a transfer would not be "possible"…
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Paris mayor is confident that water quality will allow Olympic swimming in the River Seine
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/paris-mayor-is-confident-that-water-quality-will-allow-olympic-swimming-in-the-river-seine
April 23, 2024, 10:02 PM
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she’ll be able…
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Judge tells Trump lawyer in hush money trial he is 'losing all credibility'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/judge-tells-trump-lawyer-in-hush-money-trial-he-is-%27losing-all-credibility%272
April 24, 2024, 2:55 AM
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial on Tuesday warned that Trump's lawyer was "losing all credibility" in his arguments that the former president should not…
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21 dead, 23 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast
https://japantoday.com/category/world/twenty-one-dead-23-missing-after-boat-capsizes-off-djibouti-coast-un-agency-official-says
April 23, 2024, 9:49 PM
Twenty one migrants died and another 23 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks,…
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Japan Post Bank system glitch delays 1.2 million money transfers
https://japantoday.com/category/business/Japan-Post-Bank-system-glitch-delays-1.2-million-money-transfers
April 24, 2024, 7:08 AM
Japan Post Bank Co said Tuesday that a nationwide system failure has caused delays in receiving nearly 1.2 million money transfers from other banks.
The bank said the…
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Trump meets former Japanese PM Aso; criticizes strong dollar against yen
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Trump-meets-former-Japan-PM-Aso
April 24, 2024, 7:12 AM
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting with another senior foreign government official while he's in New York for his criminal hush money trial.
The presumptive GOP nominee was hosting former Japanese…
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Protests roiling U.S. colleges escalate with arrests, new encampments and closures
https://japantoday.com/category/world/columbia-switches-to-hybrid-learning-amid-protests-over-israel%27s-war-in-gaza
April 23, 2024, 9:48 PM
The Israel-Hamas war protests creating friction at universities across the United States escalated Tuesday as some colleges encouraged students to attend classes remotely and dozens faced charges after…
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As Blinken heads to China, these are the major divides he will try to bridge
https://japantoday.com/category/world/as-blinken-heads-to-china-these-are-the-major-divides-he-will-try-to-bridge
April 23, 2024, 9:49 PM
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing this week with U.S.-China ties at a critical…
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Spotify swings to profit; paying subscribers rise
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/spotify-swings-to-profit-paying-subscribers-rise
April 23, 2024, 10:01 PM
Music and podcast streaming giant Spotify reported Tuesday an increase in the number of paying subscribers and a rare but lower-than-expected operating profit for the first quarter.
The…
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UK puts its defense industry on 'war footing' and gives Ukraine $620 million in new military aid
https://japantoday.com/category/world/the-uk-pledges-620-million-in-new-military-aid-for-ukraine
April 23, 2024, 9:48 PM
The UK prime minister said Tuesday the country is putting its defense industry on a “war footing” by increasing defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end…
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Aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advances in Senate with big bipartisan vote
https://japantoday.com/category/world/aid-for-ukraine-israel-and-taiwan-heads-to-the-senate-for-final-approval-after-months-of-delay
April 24, 2024, 2:55 AM
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to move ahead with $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, bringing the bill to the brink of passage after…
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Shares of BTS agents plunge after audit announcement
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/shares-of-bts-agents-plunge-after-audit-announcement
April 23, 2024, 9:58 PM
Shares of the South Korean agency behind K-pop sensation BTS dropped nearly 10 percent this week after the company announced a probe into its powerhouse subsidiary and demanded…
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