Radioactive capsule that fell off truck found in Australia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/radioactive-capsule-that-fell-off-truck-found-in-australia
February 1, 2023, 10:17 AM
Authorities in Western Australia on Wednesday recovered a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that fell off a truck while being transported along a 1,400-kilometer outback highway last month…
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UK braces for chaos as half a million teachers, civil servants, train drivers walk out
https://japantoday.com/category/world/uk-set-for-biggest-strike-action-for-years-as-teachers-civil-servants-walk-out
February 1, 2023, 7:10 AM
Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, train drivers and university lecturers will strike on Wednesday in the largest coordinated action in a generation which the…
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NATO chief stresses Indo-Pacific partnership in Keio University speech
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/nato-chief-stresses-importance-of-indo-pacific-partners-amid-security-tensions
February 1, 2023, 10:06 AM
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday stressed the importance of NATO's working closely with partners in the Indo-Pacific, saying Europe could not ignore what happens in East Asia…
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Australia targets Myanmar, Iran with economic sanctions
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australia-targets-myanmar-iran-with-economic-sanctions
February 1, 2023, 10:18 AM
Australia on Wednesday announced targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against “individuals responsible for egregious human rights abuses” in Myanmar two years after a military junta seized power…
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Nikki Haley planning Feb 15 launch for 2024 White House bid
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nikki-haley-planning-feb.-15-launch-for-2024-white-house-bid
February 1, 2023, 6:51 AM
Nikki Haley is moving closer to making her presidential campaign official.
On Wednesday, supporters of the former South Carolina governor will get an email invitation to a Feb…
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Murakami to publish first new novel in six years
https://japantoday.com/category/national/murakami-to-publish-first-new-novel-in-six-years
February 1, 2023, 7:35 AM
Celebrated Japanese author Haruki Murakami will release his first new novel in six years this April, publisher Shinchosha announced on Wednesday.
There was little detail given about the…
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Knife-wielding man robs woman of ¥2.3 million in Kanagawa parking lot
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/knife-wielding-man-robs-woman-of-%C2%A52.3-million-in-kanagawa-parking-lot
February 1, 2023, 7:36 AM
A man wielding a knife stole ¥2.3 million in cash from a woman in her 30s in the parking lot of her apartment building in Nakai, Kanagawa Prefecture,…
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Suspect in attack on sociologist Miyadai killed himself, police say
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Suspect-in-attack-on-Japanese-sociologist-Miyadai-killed-himself-police-say
February 1, 2023, 7:34 AM
The man sought by police over a knife attack on Japanese sociologist Shinji Miyadai at a university campus in Tokyo last November apparently committed suicide the following month,…
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Japan reports 55,537 new coronavirus case
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-55-537-new-coronavirus-case
February 1, 2023, 12:05 PM
Japan on Wednesday reported 55,537 new coronavirus cases, down 1,727 from Tuesday. Tokyo reported 4,012 new cases, down 850 from Tuesday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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Brazil volleyball star faces Olympic complaint after post threatening Lula
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/brazil-volleyball-star-faces-olympic-complaint-after-post-threatening-lula
February 1, 2023, 12:18 AM
The Brazilian Olympic Committee said it had filed a complaint against volleyball player Wallace de Souza after the former Olympic champion wrote a post on social media that…
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Cheaters beware: ChatGPT maker releases AI detection tool
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/cheaters-beware-chatgpt-maker-releases-ai-detection-tool
January 31, 2023, 9:48 PM
The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or…
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Department store closes after 55 years
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/department-store-closes-after-55-years
January 31, 2023, 11:32 PM
Staff at the Tokyu Department Store's flagship store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward bow on Tuesday night as the store closes for good after operating as a landmark of…
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Jorginho joins Premier League leader Arsenal from Chelsea
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/jorginho-joins-premier-league-leader-arsenal-from-chelsea
January 31, 2023, 9:50 PM
Italy international Jorginho joined Arsenal from Chelsea for a reported 12 million pounds ($14.75 million) on Tuesday, a deadline-day move that gives the Premier League leaders an extra…
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Canadian province tries decriminalizing drugs to fight overdose crisis
https://japantoday.com/category/world/canadian-province-tries-decriminalizing-drugs-to-fight-overdose-crisis1
February 1, 2023, 5:29 AM
The western Canadian province of British Columbia on Tuesday began a three-year pilot program to stop prosecuting people for carrying small amounts of heroin, meth, ecstasy, or crack…
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IOC rejects Russian demand that its athletes compete without restrictions
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/ioc-rejects-russian-demand-that-its-athletes-compete-without-restrictions
January 31, 2023, 9:49 PM
The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday rebuffed a Russian demand that its athletes be treated the same as those of other countries, in a growing row over Russian…
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U.S. sanctions Myanmar groups ahead of coup anniversary
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-sanctions-myanmar-groups-ahead-of-coup-anniversary
January 31, 2023, 9:52 PM
The U.S. said Tuesday it was imposing sanctions on a group of people and organizations connected to Myanmar's military regime as the two-year anniversary nears for the coup…
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Wales will thrive on 'underdog' tag against Ireland, says Gatland
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/wales-will-thrive-on-%27underdog%27-tag-against-ireland-says-gatland
January 31, 2023, 9:50 PM
Warren Gatland says Wales will relish being the underdogs in their Six Nations opener at home to Ireland on Saturday -- the first match of his second stint…
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Huge crowds welcome pope in Congo for start of Africa trip
https://japantoday.com/category/world/huge-crowds-welcome-pope-to-congo-for-start-of-africa-trip
January 31, 2023, 9:52 PM
Huge crowds cheered for Pope Francis as he travelled into the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa in his popemobile on Tuesday, beginning a visit that will highlight…
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Italy on alert amid anarchist attacks on diplomatic missions
https://japantoday.com/category/world/italy-on-alert-amid-anarchist-attacks-on-diplomatic-missions
January 31, 2023, 9:52 PM
Italy's government has increased security at its diplomatic missions around the globe in response to “a crescendo of terroristic attacks” by an informal anarchist network acting in solidarity…
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Manila considers deporting all 4 robbery suspects to Japan at once
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/update4-manila-mulls-deporting-all-4-robbery-suspects-to-japan-at-once
February 1, 2023, 7:36 AM
The Philippines is considering deporting all four suspects believed to be behind a string of robberies across Japan at the same time, the Southeast Asian country's justice minister…
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Blinken calls for Israel-Palestinian calm seem to fall flat
https://japantoday.com/category/world/blinken-in-mideast-renews-appeal-for-israel-palestinian-calm
January 31, 2023, 9:51 PM
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank Tuesday with little to show for his renewed appeals for…
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Hotel-shopping complex opens at Tokyo's Haneda airport
https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-hotel-shopping-complex-opens-at-tokyo%27s-haneda-airport
January 31, 2023, 9:49 PM
A hospitality complex featuring Japan's largest airport hotel, an open-air bath and a range of shops and restaurants opened next to Tokyo's Haneda airport Tuesday after a nearly…
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Farah says 2023 London Marathon will be his last
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/farah-says-2023-london-marathon-will-be-his-last
January 31, 2023, 9:49 PM
British athletics great Mo Farah has said this year's London Marathon will likely be his last as he contemplates the end of a brilliant career.
The 40-year-old is…
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Ukraine pushes for Western fighter jets after tank deals
https://japantoday.com/category/world/Ukraine-pushes-for-Western-fighter-jets-after-tank-deals
February 1, 2023, 5:20 AM
Ukraine won support Tuesday from Baltic nations and Poland in its quest to obtain Western fighter jets, but there were no signs that larger nations like the U.S.…
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1.27 million protest in France against pension reforms
https://japantoday.com/category/world/strikes-protests-hit-france-in-round-2-of-pension-battle
February 1, 2023, 5:19 AM
An estimated 1.27 million people took to the streets of French cities, towns and villages Tuesday, according to the Interior Ministry, in new massive protests against President Emmanuel…
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U.S. to increase weapons deployment to counter North Korea
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-to-increase-weapons-deployment-to-counter-north-korea
January 31, 2023, 9:51 PM
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said the United States will increase its deployment of advanced weapons such as fighter jets and bombers to the Korean Peninsula…
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Asian shares fall in muted trading ahead of Fed meeting
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-shares-fall-in-muted-trading-ahead-of-fed-meeting
January 31, 2023, 7:50 AM
Asian shares mostly fell in muted trading Tuesday as investors awaited decisions on interest rates and earnings reports from around the world.
Traders were awaiting the U.S. Federal…
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Prosecutors file charges in set shooting by Alec Baldwin
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/Prosecutors-file-charges-in-set-shooting-by-Alec-Baldwin
January 31, 2023, 9:47 PM
Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, according…
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Boeing bids farewell to an icon, delivering its last 747 jumbo jet
https://japantoday.com/category/features/travel/boeing-bids-farewell-to-an-icon-delivers-last-747-jumbo-jet
January 31, 2023, 11:27 PM
Boeing bid farewell to an icon on Tuesday, delivering its final 747 jumbo jet as thousands of workers who helped build the planes over the past 55 years…
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NATO chief wants stronger ties with Japan to defend democracy
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/nato-chief-wants-firmer-ties-with-japan-to-defend-democracy
February 1, 2023, 7:38 AM
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg sharply criticized China on Tuesday for "bullying its neighbors and threatening Taiwan" and stressed the need for Japan and other democracies to work together…
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