Asian shares up, extending Wall St gains as U.S. wages slow
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-shares-up-extending-wall-st-gains-as-us-wages-slow
January 9, 2023, 9:26 AM
Shares have climbed in Asia following a rally on Wall Street, where investors bet that slow U.S. wage gains may augur a cooling of the inflation that has…
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Coming-of-Age Day ceremonies held across Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/national/coming-of-age-day-ceremonies-held-across-japan-5
January 9, 2023, 9:52 AM
Young women in colorful kimonos and and smartly-dressed men celebrated Coming-of-Age Day at ceremonies across Japan on Monday.
Held annually on the second Monday of January, the day…
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Record 10 million birds culled in Japan as avian flu spreads
https://japantoday.com/category/national/record-10-mil.-birds-culled-in-japan-as-avian-flu-spreads
January 9, 2023, 7:22 AM
Japan has culled nearly 10 million birds at poultry farms this season, hitting a record high, as cases of avian influenza surge across the country, the farm ministry…
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Bills take AFC second seed, Eagles clinch NFC top berth but Packers out
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/bills-take-afc-second-seed-eagles-clinch-nfc-top-berth-but-packers-out
January 9, 2023, 5:19 AM
Buffalo's Nyheim Hines returned kickoffs 96 and 101 yards for touchdowns on Sunday and the Bills captured a number-two NFL playoff seeding with an emotional 35-23 victory over…
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Japan reports 95,308 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-95-308-new-coronavirus-cases
January 9, 2023, 11:55 AM
Japan on Monday reported 95,308 new coronavirus cases, down 95,230 from Sunday. Tokyo reported 8,199 new cases, down 6,925 from Sunday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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Australian Open chief defends tournament's January date after some players pull out
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/australian-open-chief-defends-tournament%27s-january-date
January 9, 2023, 4:10 AM
Tournament director Craig Tiley has described as “ridiculous” and “bizarre” calls for the timing of the Australian Open to be changed to allow players a longer off-season.
Tiley…
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20-year-old man arrested for abusing 2-year-old daughter of girlfriend
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/20-year-old-man-arrested-for-abusing-2-year-old-daughter-of-girlfriend
January 9, 2023, 7:24 AM
Police in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of abusing the two-year-old daughter of his girlfriend by flinging her to the floor of their…
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Prince Harry says UK royals got into bed with tabloid press 'devil'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/prince-harry-says-uk-royals-got-into-bed-with-tabloid-press-%27devil%271
January 9, 2023, 3:42 AM
Prince Harry has said he had made public his rifts with the British royal family and taken on the press to try to help the monarchy and change…
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England rushes to discharge hospital patients to ease bed shortage crisis
https://japantoday.com/category/world/england-rushes-to-discharge-hospital-patients-to-ease-bed-blocking-crisis
January 9, 2023, 9:35 AM
England's National Health Service (NHS) aims to begin discharging thousands of patients into care homes and other settings in the next few weeks in an effort to free…
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Acclaimed U.S. writer Russell Banks dies at 82
https://japantoday.com/category/world/acclaimed-us-writer-russell-banks-dies-at-82
January 8, 2023, 9:38 PM
Russell Banks, a prolific American fiction writer whose work charted the interior lives of marginalized people at odds with social forces, has died at age 82.
Banks "passed…
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Biden visits U.S.-Mexico border as immigration issue heats up
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-visits-u.s.-mexico-border-as-immigration-issue-heats-up
January 9, 2023, 3:43 AM
President Joe Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time since taking office, tackling one of the most politically charged issues in the country as…
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Bucs' Brady breaks own NFL mark for completions in a season
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/bucs%27-brady-breaks-own-nfl-mark-for-completions-in-a-season
January 8, 2023, 9:32 PM
Tom Brady broke his own NFL record for most completions in a season, quickly gaining the needed nine connections in Tampa Bay's game against the Atlanta Falcons on…
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Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil Congress, presidential palace
https://japantoday.com/category/world/bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazil-congress-presidential-palace
January 8, 2023, 9:35 PM
Supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro pushed through police barricades and stormed into the national Congress building Sunday in a dramatic protest against President Luis Inacio Lula…
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Bus crash near Uganda-Kenya border kills at least 20
https://japantoday.com/category/world/bus-crash-near-uganda-kenya-border-kills-at-least-20
January 8, 2023, 9:37 PM
A bus crash near the border of Uganda and Kenya killed at least 20 people and injured 49 others, police said Sunday.
The bus was coming from the…
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'M3gan' dolls up with $30.2 mil while 'Avatar' stays No. 1
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/%27m3gan%27-dolls-up-with-30.2m-while-%27avatar%27-stays-no.-1
January 8, 2023, 9:28 PM
The Blumhouse evil-doll horror film “M3gan” got off to a killer start, debuting with $30.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates, while “Avatar: The Way of…
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No sign of casualties after Russia claims revenge attack on Ukrainian soldiers
https://japantoday.com/category/world/no-sign-of-casualties-after-russia-claims-revenge-attack-on-ukrainian-soldiers
January 9, 2023, 3:43 AM
A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk missed its targets and there were no obvious signs of casualties, a Reuters reporter said on Sunday, after…
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Amid unrest, Iran's hardliners turn their anger to France
https://japantoday.com/category/world/amid-unrest-iran%27s-hardliners-turn-their-anger-to-france
January 8, 2023, 9:36 PM
Iranian hardliners on Sunday burned French flags outside the French embassy in Tehran, protesting cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that lampoon Iran's ruling clerics.…
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Gunmen kidnap 32 people from Nigeria train station
https://japantoday.com/category/world/gunmen-kidnap-32-people-from-southern-nigeria-train-station
January 8, 2023, 9:39 PM
Gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles have abducted more than 30 people from a train station in Nigeria's southern Edo state, the governor's office said on Sunday.
The attack…
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Sweden says Turkey asking too much over NATO application
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sweden-says-turkey-asking-too-much-over-nato-application2
January 8, 2023, 9:37 PM
Sweden is confident that Turkey will approve its application to join the NATO military alliance, but will not meet all the conditions Ankara has set for its support,…
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British PM Sunak says he is open to discussing pay rises for nurses
https://japantoday.com/category/world/uk-pm-sunak-says-he-is-open-to-discussing-pay-rises-for-nurses1
January 8, 2023, 9:37 PM
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday he was willing to discuss pay rises for nurses ahead of a meeting with public sector trade union leaders in…
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City routs Chelsea in FA Cup; 4th-tier Stevenage ousts Villa
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/3rd-tier-derby-advances-in-fa-cup-man-city-chelsea-later
January 8, 2023, 9:32 PM
Different competition, same outcome. Manchester City beat Chelsea for the second time in less than three days, on this occasion in the FA Cup.
And this time it…
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Attacker kills 4, then self, in North Carolina home
https://japantoday.com/category/world/police-person-kills-4-then-himself-in-north-carolina-home
January 8, 2023, 9:39 PM
Five people were found dead in a North Carolina home after one of them apparently killed the other four and then took their own life, police said.
High…
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'Nervous' Shiffrin equals women's World Cup victory record
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/%27nervous%27-shiffrin-equals-women%27s-world-cup-victory-record1
January 8, 2023, 9:33 PM
Mikaela Shiffrin produced a skiing masterclass as she equalled Lindsey Vonn's women's record of 82 World Cup victories with a superb win in the giant slalom at Kranjska…
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Loeb wins Dakar Rally stage after Sainz penalty for speeding
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/loeb-wins-dakar-rally-stage-after-sainz-penalty-for-speeding
January 8, 2023, 9:34 PM
Sebastien Loeb won his second stage of the week in the Dakar Rally after Carlos Sainz was penalized for speeding on Sunday.
Nasser Al-Attiyah was bumped up to…
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40 killed, dozens injured in bus crash in Senegal
https://japantoday.com/category/world/40-people-killed-dozens-injured-in-bus-crash-in-senegal
January 8, 2023, 9:36 PM
At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured in a bus crash in central Senegal, the country's president said Sunday.
President Macky Sall tweeted that the collision…
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Have an ice day
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/have-an-ice-day-3
January 8, 2023, 9:16 PM
Participants pray as they take an ice-cold bath during a ceremony to purify their souls and to pray for the new year at Teppozu Inari shrine in Tokyo…
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Kishida to highlight security concerns on trip to Europe, U.S.
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/kishida-highlights-security-concerns-on-trip-to-europe-us
January 9, 2023, 7:24 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida begins a weeklong trip Monday to strengthen military ties with Europe and Britain and bring into focus the Japan-U.S. alliance at a summit…
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Coco Gauff wins ASB Classic in strong start to 2023
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/coco-gauff-wins-asb-classic-in-strong-start-to-2023
January 8, 2023, 9:34 PM
Top-seeded American Coco Gauff has capped a commanding start to the new season Sunday by beating Spanish qualifer Viktoria Masarova 6-1, 6-1 in the final of the ASB…
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Team USA beats Italy to win inaugural United Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/team-usa-beats-italy-to-win-inaugural-united-cup
January 8, 2023, 9:33 PM
The United States claimed the inaugural United Cup on Sunday in convincing fashion with an overpowering display over Italy in the final of the mixed teams event.
No.…
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Djokovic shrugs off injury scare to win Adelaide title
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/Djokovic-shrugs-off-injury-scare-to-win-Adelaide-title
January 9, 2023, 5:21 AM
Novak Djokovic showed no signs of an injury that might derail his Australian Open campaign when he beat unseeded American Sebastian Korda 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3), 6-4 Sunday…
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