Rublev, Sabalenka advance to Australian Open 4th round
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/andrey-rublev-into-australian-open%27s-4th-round-beats-evans
January 21, 2023, 6:11 AM
Fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open for the third time in four years with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 win over Dan Evans…
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Over 50 injured in Peru as protests cause 'nationwide chaos'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/over-50-injured-in-peru-as-protests-cause-%27nationwide-chaos%27
January 21, 2023, 5:07 AM
Dozens of Peruvians were injured after tensions flared again on Friday night as police clashed with protesters in anti-government demonstrations that are spreading across the country.
In the…
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Japan reports 78,954 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-78-954-new-coronavirus-cases
January 21, 2023, 10:23 AM
Japan on Saturday reported 78,954 new coronavirus cases, down 3,660 from Friday. Tokyo reported 6,607 new cases, up four from Friday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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17-year-old girl hit, killed by train in Ibaraki
https://japantoday.com/category/national/17-year-old-girl-hit-killed-by-train-in-ibaraki
January 21, 2023, 7:28 AM
A 17-year-old girl died after she was hit by a train in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Friday night.
According to witnesses, the girl jumped off the platform into…
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Police trying to identify victim after dismembered body parts found in two suitcases
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/police-trying-to-identify-victim-after-dismembered-body-parts-found-in-two-suitcases
January 21, 2023, 7:27 AM
Police in Wakayama city are trying to identify a woman whose dismembered body parts were found in two suitcases this week.
The grisly discovery was made at around…
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Musk takes witness stand to defend Tesla buyout tweets
https://japantoday.com/category/business/elon-musk-takes-witness-stand-to-defend-tesla-buyout-tweets
January 21, 2023, 1:27 AM
Elon Musk took the witness stand Friday to defend a 2018 tweet claiming he had lined up the financing to take Tesla private in a deal that never…
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Chris Hipkins to be New Zealand's next prime minister
https://japantoday.com/category/world/chris-hipkins-to-be-new-zealand%27s-next-prime-minister
January 21, 2023, 1:29 AM
Education Minister Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand's next prime minister after he was the only candidate to enter the contest Saturday to replace Jacinda Ardern.…
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Canada to repatriate 19 women, children from Syria
https://japantoday.com/category/world/canada-to-repatriate-19-women-children-from-syria
January 20, 2023, 9:22 PM
Canada will repatriate six women and 13 infants who have been detained in northeast Syria in camps for family members of Islamic State Group fighters, Ottawa announced Friday.…
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Police: 4 injured at shooting near Kansas City funeral home
https://japantoday.com/category/world/police-4-injured-at-shooting-near-kansas-city-funeral-home
January 20, 2023, 9:23 PM
Police are investigating a shooting Friday near a Kansas City funeral home that left four people injured, one of them critically.
The shooting was reported about 11:30 a.m.…
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Ramstein summit fails to agree on Leopard tanks deal for Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ramstein-summit-fails-to-agree-leopard-tanks-deal-for-ukraine2
January 21, 2023, 4:39 AM
The United States and its allies failed during talks in Germany to convince Berlin to provide its Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, a key demand from Kyiv as…
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UK leader Sunak fined for failing to wear seat belt
https://japantoday.com/category/world/uk-leader-rishi-sunak-fined-for-failing-to-wear-seat-belt
January 20, 2023, 9:22 PM
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was fined by police on Friday for taking off his seat belt to film a social media video in a moving car.
Sunak,…
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Brazil begins first operations to protect Amazon
https://japantoday.com/category/world/brazil-begins-first-operations-to-protect-amazon
January 20, 2023, 9:23 PM
Brazil this week began the first operations against Amazon deforestation since veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office, the Ibama environmental agency said Friday.
On the…
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From tanks to subsidies: the main topics at Davos
https://japantoday.com/category/world/from-tanks-to-subsidies-the-main-topics-at-davos
January 20, 2023, 9:22 PM
The World Economic Forum in Davos wrapped up Friday after a week that featured feverish discussion of the war in Ukraine, rifts over global trade and Greta Thunberg…
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IAEA says Fukushima water release to follow safety standards
https://japantoday.com/category/national/iaea-says-fukushima-water-release-to-follow-safety-standards
January 21, 2023, 1:38 AM
The head of a U.N. nuclear agency task force assessing the safety of Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the wreaked Fukushima nuclear plant into the…
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Neil Young drops rift to praise Crosby as 'soul' of CSNY
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/neil-young-drops-rift-to-praise-crosby-as-%27soul%27-of-csny
January 20, 2023, 9:19 PM
Neil Young hailed the late David Crosby as "the soul" of their supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, paying homage Friday to the former bandmate he shared a…
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Australian park rangers say 'Toadzilla' could be world's biggest toad
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australian-park-rangers-say-%27toadzilla%27-could-be-world%27s-biggest-toad
January 20, 2023, 9:23 PM
Australian park rangers believe they have stumbled upon a record-breaking giant toad deep in a rainforest.
Dubbed "Toadzilla", the cane toad, an invasive species that poses a threat…
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Is there a Netflix curse on Australian Open tennis players?
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/is-there-a-netflix-curse-on-australian-open-tennis-players
January 20, 2023, 9:21 PM
Tennis is abuzz with tongue-in-cheek talk about a “Netflix curse” during the Australian Open, drawing a line from the streaming service’s new docuseries about the sport to the…
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Here's what to expect from Tuesday's Oscar nominations
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/here%27s-what-to-expect-from-tuesday%27s-oscar-nominations
January 20, 2023, 9:18 PM
There were, admittedly, some notable distractions at last year's ceremony, so you might have missed it: The old Oscar rules have gone out the window.
A film, streamed…
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Some fear COVID downgrade may cause more infections
https://japantoday.com/category/national/some-fret-covid-downgrade-as-too-rapid-fearing-more-infections
January 21, 2023, 7:26 AM
Teachers, students, medical experts and other citizens voiced anxieties Friday over the downgrading of COVID-19's legal status this spring, fearing that the action will remove anti-infection measures that…
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Japan convenience store sales rise 3.7% to all-time high in 2022
https://japantoday.com/category/business/update1-japan-convenience-store-sales-rise-3.7-to-all-time-high-in-2022
January 20, 2023, 9:27 PM
Convenience store sales in Japan rose 3.7 percent from a year earlier to a record 11.2 trillion yen in 2022, helped by the first increase in customer visits…
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Sweden braces for anti-Turkey demos amid NATO accession bid
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sweden-braces-for-anti-turkey-demos-amid-nato-accession-bid
January 20, 2023, 9:23 PM
Sweden is bracing for demonstrations Saturday that could complicate its efforts to persuade Turkey to approve its NATO accession.
A far-right activist from Denmark has received permission from…
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Veteran Australian rugby player Beale charged with sexual assault
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/veteran-rugby-player-beale-charged-with-sexual-assault
January 20, 2023, 9:21 PM
Veteran winger Kurtley Beale was suspended by Rugby Australia on Friday after being charged with sexual in an incident in December.
The 34-year-old Beale has played 95 tests…
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Google axes 12,000 jobs as layoffs spread across tech sector
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/google-axing-12-000-jobs-as-tech-industry-layoffs-widen
January 20, 2023, 9:32 PM
Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode…
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Japan refiles request to list divisive gold mine on UNESCO
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-refiles-request-to-list-divisive-gold-mine-on-unesco
January 21, 2023, 7:28 AM
Japan has formally resubmitted documents seeking to obtain UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a controversial former gold mine that has added to diplomatic frictions with South Korea over…
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Japan reports inflation hit 4%; 41-year high in December
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-reports-inflation-hit-4-41-year-high-in-december
January 21, 2023, 7:28 AM
Japan's consumer inflation rate hit a 41-year high of 4% in December, as prices for everything from burgers to gas surged.
That rate is still relatively low, compared…
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Asian markets rise after Wall St losses amid recession fears
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-markets-rise-after-wall-st-losses-amid-recession-fears
January 20, 2023, 6:48 AM
Asian stock markets rose Friday after Wall Street losses deepened as worries grow that the U.S. economy is headed for recession.
Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Seoul…
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Japan to lower COVID-19 to flu status in spring
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-to-lower-COVID-19-to-flu-status-in-spring
January 20, 2023, 12:20 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday announced plans to downgrade the legal status of COVID-19 to the equivalent of seasonal influenza in the spring, a move that…
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Undocumented workers from Paris 2024 Olympic sites speak out
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/undocumented-workers-from-paris-2024-olympic-sites-speak-out
January 20, 2023, 7:01 AM
Gaye Sarambounou is used to toiling long days for a pittance. He's a Malian living in France with no working papers, but it's a situation that occurs around…
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March for Life eyes Congress for post-Roe abortion limits
https://japantoday.com/category/world/march-for-life-returns-to-dc-with-new-post-roe-v.-wade-focus
January 21, 2023, 4:39 AM
A half century after Roe v. Wade, March for Life supporters on Friday celebrated the Supreme Court's dismantling of that constitutional right to abortion and heralded the political…
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Imperial Guard Review
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/imperial-guard-review
January 20, 2023, 9:24 PM
Mounted police take part in the Imperial Guard New Year Review at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday.
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