Azabudai Hills Arena
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/azabudai-hills-arena-2
November 20, 2023, 9:36 PM
“The Cloud,” an iconic art work, serves as a roof over the Azabudai Hills Arena symbolizing movement and changes at the Azabudai Hills complex which opens in Tokyo…
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Seized Galaxy Leader ship in Yemen's Hodeidah port area
https://japantoday.com/category/world/seized-galaxy-leader-ship-in-yemen%27s-hodeidah-port-area-owner1
November 20, 2023, 9:47 PM
The Galaxy Leader commercial ship was "illegally boarded by military personnel via a helicopter" on Nov. 19 and is now in the Hodeidah port area in Yemen, the…
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N Korea notifies Japan of satellite launch as early as Wednesday
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/n.korea-notifies-japan-of-satellite-launch-as-early-as-wednesday-kyodo1
November 20, 2023, 9:37 PM
North Korea has issued formal notice of a satellite launch as early as Wednesday, defying warnings from South Korea and multiple U.N. resolutions banning Pyongyang from using ballistic…
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Busy 2024 looms for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami, and club is figuring out how to make it work
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/busy-2024-looms-for-lionel-messi-and-inter-miami-and-club-is-figuring-out-how-to-make-it-work
November 20, 2023, 9:46 PM
Inter Miami is putting together its preseason schedule, one that will likely have somewhere between four and six games early next year. There's a 34-game Major League Soccer…
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Biden turns 81 as voters show concern about age
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-turns-81-as-voters-show-concern-about-age
November 20, 2023, 9:47 PM
Joe Biden joked about his age as he celebrated his 81st birthday on Monday, but the issue is no laughing matter for many voters as he seeks reelection…
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto becomes free agent Tuesday
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/yoshinobu-yamamoto-becomes-free-agent-tuesday-talks-can-run-through-jan.-4
November 20, 2023, 9:46 PM
Yoshinobu Yamamoto will become a free agent Tuesday and major league teams can sign him through 5 p.m. EST on Jan. 4.
Nippon Professional Baseball notified Major League…
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Finland's prime minister hints at further border action as Russia protests closings of crossings
https://japantoday.com/category/world/finland%27s-prime-minister-hints-at-further-border-action-as-russia-protests-closings-of-crossings
November 20, 2023, 9:48 PM
Finland’s prime minister on Monday said the country may need to take further actions on its border with Russia after closing four border crossings in an attempt to…
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Milei says it could take two years to tame Argentina's high inflation
https://japantoday.com/category/world/milei-says-could-take-two-years-to-tame-argentina%27s-high-inflation
November 20, 2023, 9:48 PM
President-elect Javier Milei said Monday that it could take between 18 and 24 months to bring Argentina's rampant inflation under control, as he outlined his plans to reform…
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Komatsu announces plans to acquire American Battery Solutions
https://japantoday.com/category/business/komatsu-announces-plans-to-acquire-american-battery-solutions
November 20, 2023, 9:39 PM
Komatsu, through its wholly owned subsidiary in the U.S., Komatsu America Corp, has agreed to acquire American Battery Solutions, Inc. (ABS), a battery manufacturer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan,…
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Former British PM Boris Johnson 'bamboozled' by science, COVID-19 inquiry told
https://japantoday.com/category/world/former-british-prime-minister-boris-johnson-%27bamboozled%27-by-science-ex-adviser-tells-inquiry
November 20, 2023, 9:47 PM
Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister, struggled to come to grips with much of the science during the coronavirus pandemic, his chief scientific advisor said Monday.
In…
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UK leader Rishi Sunak urges world to use AI and science to end malnutrition
https://japantoday.com/category/world/uk-leader-rishi-sunak-urges-world-to-use-ai-and-science-to-end-malnutrition
November 20, 2023, 9:48 PM
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Monday that the UK is setting up a new science initiative to help develop flood-tolerant rice, disease-resistant wheat and other crops that…
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More than 400,000 Afghans have returned home from Pakistan following crackdown on migrants
https://japantoday.com/category/world/more-than-400-000-afghans-have-returned-home-from-pakistan-following-crackdown-on-migrants
November 20, 2023, 9:48 PM
More than 400,000 Afghans returned to their home country following the ongoing crackdown on illegal foreigners in the country, Pakistani authorities said Monday.
Zabihullah Mujahid, chief spokesperson of…
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Malaysia arrests 7 Japanese men suspected of phone scam operation
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/malaysia-arrests-7-japanese-men-suspected-of-phone-scam-operation
November 20, 2023, 9:44 PM
Malaysian police said Monday they arrested seven Japanese men suspected of operating a phone scam that targeted citizens in their home country after raiding a condominium in Kuala…
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More than 200 mobsters get over 2,000 years in historic Italian mafia trial
https://japantoday.com/category/world/hundreds-face-sentencing-in-historic-italian-mafia-trial3
November 20, 2023, 9:48 PM
An Italian court on Monday convicted more than 200 mobsters and their white-collar helpers, the culmination of a historic, nearly three-year trial against Calabria's notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia.
For…
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Microsoft hires OpenAI founders to lead AI research team after ChatGPT maker's shakeup
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/microsoft-hires-openai-founders-to-lead-ai-research-team-after-chatgpt-maker%27s-shakeup
November 20, 2023, 9:46 PM
Microsoft announced Monday that it has hired Sam Altman and another co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI after they unexpectedly departed the company days earlier in a corporate shakeup…
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China welcomes Arab and Muslim foreign ministers for talks on ending the war in Gaza
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-welcomes-arab-and-muslim-foreign-ministers-for-talks-on-ending-the-war-in-gaza
November 20, 2023, 9:47 PM
China’s top diplomat welcomed four Arab foreign ministers and the Indonesian one to Beijing on Monday, saying his country would work with “our brothers and sisters" in the…
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Japan eyes banning cannabinoid HHCH after gummies render many ill
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-eyes-banning-cannabinoid-hhch-after-gummies-render-many-ill
November 20, 2023, 9:43 PM
Japan's health ministry said Monday it is planning to ban HHCH, a synthetic substance derived from cannabis, as soon as this week after people who consumed gummies containing…
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3rd release of treated water from Fukushima nuclear plant ends safely, TEPCO says
https://japantoday.com/category/national/3rd-release-of-treated-water-from-japan%27s-damaged-fukushima-nuclear-plant-ends-safely-operator-says
November 20, 2023, 9:38 PM
The release of a third batch of treated radioactive wastewater from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean ended safely as planned, its operator said Monday,…
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U.S. Defense Secretary Austin meets with Zelenskyy in Kyiv
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-defense-secretary-austin-makes-unannounced-visit-to-ukraine
November 20, 2023, 9:47 PM
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday in a high-profile push to keep money and weapons flowing to Ukraine even as U.S.…
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Australian PM criticizes China over its warship's use of sonar that injured a naval diver
https://japantoday.com/category/world/albanese-criticizes-china-over-warship%27s-use-of-sonar-that-injured-an-australian-naval-diver
November 20, 2023, 9:48 PM
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday criticized China for a “dangerous” encounter between Chinese and Australian warships but declined to say whether he had raised the issue in…
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Israel battles Hamas near another Gaza hospital sheltering thousands
https://japantoday.com/category/world/heavy-fighting-breaks-out-around-another-gaza-hospital-after-babies-evacuated-from-shifa
November 20, 2023, 9:47 PM
Israeli forces pressed their offensive against Hamas in northern Gaza on Monday, battling militants around a hospital where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for…
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New Tezuka 'Black Jack' manga episode created using AI unveiled
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/new-tezuka-black-jack-manga-episode-created-using-ai-unveiled
November 20, 2023, 9:43 PM
A new episode of Osamu Tezuka's famous "Black Jack" manga made with the help of artificial intelligence was unveiled Monday, with the creators saying that while the work…
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Japanese museum dedicated to salmon has no live salmon on display this year
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-museum-dedicated-to-salmon-have-no-live-salmon-on-display-this-year
November 20, 2023, 9:39 PM
Iyoboya Hall, a museum specializing in Japanese salmon in Niigata Prefecture’s Murakami City, recently announced that they have absolutely no live salmon to display during their traditional live salmon exhibition.…
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Asian stocks rise following Wall Street’s 3rd straight winning week
https://japantoday.com/category/business/stock-market-today-asian-stocks-rise-following-wall-street%E2%80%99s-3rd-straight-winning-week
November 20, 2023, 7:23 AM
Asian shares were higher Monday after Wall Street closed its third straight winning week with a tiny gain.
U.S. futures were lower while oil prices gained as investors…
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Japan vice ministers visit Ukraine to examine recovery needs
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-vice-ministers-visit-ukraine-to-examine-recovery-needs
November 20, 2023, 9:38 PM
Two senior Japanese vice ministers have visited Ukraine along with a business delegation to examine requests for Japanese contributions to the future reconstruction of the war-torn country, the…
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Diet debate on inflation-fighting FY2023 extra budget begins
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/diet-debate-on-inflation-fighting-fy-2023-extra-budget-begins
November 20, 2023, 7:38 AM
Japan's parliament on Monday began deliberations on a 13.20 trillion yen extra budget for fiscal 2023 to next March, as the government moves to fund an economy-supporting package…
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Scandal-hit Takarazuka to set up experts' panel to improve culture
https://japantoday.com/category/national/scandal-hit-takarazuka-to-set-up-experts%27-panel-to-improve-culture
November 20, 2023, 7:38 AM
Japan's all-female theater troupe Takarazuka Revue will set up a panel of experts possibly by year-end as it seeks to improve its corporate culture following the death of…
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S Korea warns N Korea to scrap spy satellite launch plans
https://japantoday.com/category/world/s.-korea-warns-n.-korea-to-scrap-spy-satellite-launch-plans
November 20, 2023, 4:22 AM
South Korea's military warned North Korea on Monday to immediately stop preparations for a spy satellite launch, vowing to take "necessary measures" if it goes ahead.
North Korea…
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Woman attacked by 3 hunting dogs in Shiga Prefecture
https://japantoday.com/category/national/woman-attacked-by-3-hunting-dogs-in-shiga-prefecture
November 20, 2023, 7:39 AM
A 52-year-old woman and her pet corgi were attacked by three hunting dogs which entered the garden of her home in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Sunday.
The incident…
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Careful what you 'Wish' for: Disney brings back the villain
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/careful-what-you-%27wish%27-for-disney-brings-back-the-villain
November 20, 2023, 9:45 PM
From Cruella de Vil to Scar, Disney has created many of cinema's most memorable villains -- but bombastic baddies have been notably absent from the studio's recent hits.…
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