Asian stock markets lower ahead of latest U.S. jobs reading
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-stock-markets-lower-ahead-of-latest-us-jobs-reading
September 2, 2022, 6:16 AM
Asian stock markets were mixed Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data that might reinforce Federal Reserve plans for bigger interest rate hikes to cool surging inflation.
Shanghai advanced…
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Japan to penalize hospitals not accepting infectious disease patients
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-penalize-hospitals-not-accepting-infectious-disease-patients
September 2, 2022, 7:48 AM
The Japanese government decided Friday to introduce penalties for major hospitals that fail to provide outpatient care and prepare beds for patients with COVID-19 and other infectious diseases…
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Mass shootings obscure daily U.S. gun toll
https://japantoday.com/category/world/%27devastating%27-mass-shootings-obscure-daily-u.s.-gun-toll
September 2, 2022, 5:10 AM
Cameron Taylor was watching an illegal street race that had attracted hundreds to an intersection in Portland, Oregon, but decided to leave as the crowd got increasingly unruly.…
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Japan warns of impact of yen's rapid depreciation to 24-year low
https://japantoday.com/category/business/update1-japan-warns-of-impacts-of-yen%27s-rapid-depreciation-to-24-yr-low
September 2, 2022, 7:48 AM
The Japanese government warned Friday of fallout from the rapid depreciation of the yen after the currency slumped to a fresh 24-year low against the U.S. dollar, saying…
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Brazilian who fled Japan wanted over murder of wife, 3-year-old daughter
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/brazilian-who-fled-japan-wanted-over-murder-of-wife-3-year-old-daughter
September 2, 2022, 7:48 AM
Osaka Prefectural Police have placed a 33-year-old Brazilian man, suspected of murdering his 29-year-old wife and three-year-old daughter, on a nationwide wanted list.
However, the suspect, Barbosa Anderson…
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Australia raises permanent migration numbers due to labor shortage
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australia-raises-permanent-migration-numbers-amid-labour-squeeze
September 2, 2022, 7:28 AM
Australia on Friday increased its intake of permanent migrants to 195,000 this financial year, up by 35,000, in a bid to help businesses and industries battling widespread staff…
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Japan reports 128,728 new coronavirus cases; 12,413 in Tokyo
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-12-413-new-coronavirus-cases
September 2, 2022, 10:02 AM
Japan on Friday reported 128,728 new coronavirus cases.
The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 12,413 new cases, down 2,038 from Thursday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe…
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Ex-NYPD officer gets 10 years in prison for Jan 6 attack
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ex-nypd-officer-gets-10-years-in-prison-for-jan.-6-attack
September 2, 2022, 4:07 AM
A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison for attacking the U.S. Capitol and using a metal flagpole to assault…
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No dolphin hunt
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/no-dolphin-hunt
September 1, 2022, 9:31 PM
Protesters wearing dolphin hats shout slogans during a rally outside the Japanese embassy in Manila, Philippines on Thursday. Filipino marine wildlife advocates held the protest against the resumption…
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Sancho sinks Leicester as Man Utd win three in a row
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/sancho-sinks-leicester-as-man-utd-win-three-in-a-row
September 1, 2022, 10:14 PM
Jadon Sancho fired Manchester United to a 1-0 win at Leicester on Thursday as the England forward showed he still has a role to play despite the big-money…
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Swiatek winning easily; Nadal bloodied at U.S. Open
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/swiatek-winning-easily-but-knows-who%27s-no.-1-at-the-us-open
September 2, 2022, 5:20 AM
Iga Swiatek is winning easily - and quietly.
At this U.S. Open, even the world's No. 1 player is a distant No. 2 as long as Serena Williams is still…
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Grain ship from Ukraine grounded in Istanbul, halting traffic
https://japantoday.com/category/world/grain-ship-from-ukraine-grounded-in-istanbul-halting-traffic1
September 1, 2022, 9:56 PM
A cargo vessel carrying more than 3,307 tons of corn from Ukraine drifted aground in Istanbul on Thursday, halting shipping on Turkey's Bosphorus strait in the first such…
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Renewed conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region said widening
https://japantoday.com/category/world/renewed-conflict-in-ethiopia%27s-tigray-region-said-widening
September 1, 2022, 10:02 PM
Officials in Ethiopia’s restive Tigray region allege that Ethiopian forces have again teamed up with those from neighboring Eritrea to attack the northern area.
Ethiopia’s government did not…
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Knight sets points record in U.S. win at women's hockey worlds
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/knight-sets-points-record-in-us-win-at-women%27s-hockey-worlds
September 1, 2022, 9:53 PM
United States forward Hilary Knight broke the record for career points at the women's hockey world championship with a goal and an assist Thursday as the Americans overpowered…
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IAEA experts 'not going anywhere' after reaching Ukraine nuclear plant
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iaea-experts-%27not-going-anywhere%27-after-reaching-ukraine-nuclear-plant
September 1, 2022, 9:55 PM
The U.N. nuclear agency chief said his experts were "not going anywhere" on Thursday, after they crossed the front to Russian-held territory in Ukraine to reach Europe's biggest…
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New submersion method considered for Fukushima debris cleanup
https://japantoday.com/category/national/new-submersion-method-in-consideration-for-fukushima-debris-cleanup
September 1, 2022, 9:49 PM
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which suffered core meltdowns in 2011, is considering a new submersion method for removing radioactive fuel debris that would…
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Yen sinks to new 24-year low against dollar
https://japantoday.com/category/business/yen-sinks-to-new-24-year-low-against-dollar
September 1, 2022, 9:48 PM
The yen plunged to a new 24-year low against the dollar on Thursday as Japan sticks with its long-standing monetary easing policies in contrast to tightening by the…
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MLB announces 85-game suspension for pitcher Carlos Martinez
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mlb-announces-85-game-suspension-for-pitcher-carlos-martinez
September 1, 2022, 10:05 PM
Major League Baseball has suspended free agent pitcher Carlos Martinez for 85 games for violating its joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy.
MLB said Thursday…
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Beckham slammed for PR video praising 'perfect' Qatar
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/beckham-slammed-for-pr-video-praising-%27perfect%27-qatar
September 1, 2022, 10:17 PM
Human rights campaigners on Thursday slammed David Beckham for fronting a glossy publicity campaign praising World Cup host Qatar as "perfection", despite concerns over its rights record.
The…
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Biden warns Americans that Trump and his MAGA allies threaten democracy
https://japantoday.com/category/world/Biden-warns-Americans-that-Trump-and-his-MAGA-allies-threaten-democracy
September 2, 2022, 5:26 AM
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Thursday night that “equality and democracy are under assault” in the U.S. as he sounded an alarm about his predecessor, Donald Trump, and…
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Japanese, S Koreans see each other more favorably, poll shows
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-s.-koreans-see-each-other-more-favorably-poll-shows
September 1, 2022, 9:49 PM
Japanese and South Koreans both see each other's country more favorably than last year, but ill feelings linger after years of soured political relations between the Asian neighbors…
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Number of Brazil Amazon fires hits five-year high in August
https://japantoday.com/category/world/number-of-brazil-amazon-fires-hits-five-year-high-in-august
September 1, 2022, 10:09 PM
More fires burned in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest this August than in any month in nearly five years, thanks to a surge in illegal deforestation.
Satellite sensors detected…
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Macron vows to prevent Russia from winning war in Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/macron-vows-to-prevent-russia-from-winning-war-in-ukraine
September 1, 2022, 9:55 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday pledged to keep up France's humanitarian, economic and military support to Ukraine and to bolster European unity as a way to pile…
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Putin will not attend Mikhail Gorbachev funeral: Kremlin
https://japantoday.com/category/world/putin-will-not-attend-mikhail-gorbachev-funeral-kremlin
September 2, 2022, 1:53 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev due to scheduling issues, his spokesman said on Thursday.
"The farewell ceremony…
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Taiwanese troops shoot down drone over island outpost
https://japantoday.com/category/world/taiwanese-troops-shoot-down-drone-over-island-outpost
September 1, 2022, 9:56 PM
Taiwan’s military said it shot down a drone hovering over one of its island outposts just off the Chinese coast on Thursday amid a spike in tensions with…
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Japan, Taiwan to begin talks on evacuation plans if China invades
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-taiwan-to-begin-talks-on-evacuation-plans-amid-china%27s-threats
September 1, 2022, 9:52 PM
Japanese lawmakers and Taiwan's government have agreed to begin talks on how to evacuate Japan's citizens in the event of a possible Chinese invasion of the island, a…
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China locks down 21 million in Chengdu in COVID-19 outbreak
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-locks-down-21-million-in-chengdu-in-covid-19-outbreak
September 1, 2022, 9:55 PM
Chinese authorities have locked down Chengdu, a southwestern city of 21 million people, following a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Residents have been ordered to stay home, and about…
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Russia launches war games with China
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-launches-war-games-with-china-others
September 1, 2022, 9:56 PM
Russia on Thursday launched weeklong war games involving forces from China and other nations in a show of growing defense cooperation between Moscow and Beijing, as they both…
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Internet buzzes with sympathy, support, understanding for Abe's accused killer
https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/internet-buzzes-with-sympathy-support-understanding-for-abe%27s-accused-killer
September 2, 2022, 6:35 AM
Spa (Aug 30 – Sept 6) begins with a disclaimer: “There is no justification for Yamagami’s heinous crime – but,” it adds,  “as details of the suspect’s past emerge,…
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To China’s fury, U.N. accuses Beijing of Uyghur rights abuses
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-rejects-un-report-on-uyghur-rights-abuses-in-xinjiang
September 1, 2022, 9:54 PM
The U.N. accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to “crimes against humanity” in a long-delayed report examining a crackdown on Uyghurs and other mostly…
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