Sapporo White Illumination
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/sapporo-white-illumination-2
November 22, 2023, 9:13 PM
Sapporo White Illumination, a seasonal light event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, on Wednesday night.
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Far-right Wilders wins Dutch election: exit poll
https://japantoday.com/category/world/far-right-wilders-wins-dutch-election-exit-poll
November 22, 2023, 9:15 PM
The far-right, anti-Islam party of firebrand politician Geert Wilders has won the Dutch election, exit polls suggested Wednesday, a political earthquake that will be felt far beyond the…
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Venezuela accuses Peru of 'kidnapping' soccer team in post-match spat
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/venezuela-accuses-peru-of-%27kidnapping%27-football-team-in-post-match-spat1
November 22, 2023, 9:26 PM
Venezuela accused the Peruvian government Wednesday of "kidnapping" its national soccer team, saying Lima has refused to allow the team aircraft to refuel after a 1-1 draw between…
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Car explosion shuts down U.S.-Canada border crossing
https://japantoday.com/category/world/car-blast-shuts-down-us-canada-border-crossing
November 22, 2023, 9:15 PM
U.S. terrorism investigators deployed Wednesday after a car erupted into a fireball at a U.S.-Canada checkpoint, triggering border closures on one of the busiest travel days in the…
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Rebels claim to capture more ground in Congo's east
https://japantoday.com/category/world/rebels-claim-to-capture-more-ground-in-congo%27s-east-raising-further-concerns-about-election-safety
November 22, 2023, 9:16 PM
A rebel group with alleged links to neighboring Rwanda claimed Wednesday to have seized a key town in Congo’s conflict-hit eastern region amid intense fighting, raising further security…
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Brazil ends year in poor shape under interim coach
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/brazil-ends-year-in-poor-shape-under-interim-coach-as-it-waits-for-word-from-carlo-ancelotti
November 22, 2023, 9:27 PM
Until this year, Brazil's national soccer team had never lost three games in a row. The Selecao had never lost a World Cup qualifying match at home. It…
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South Korea's Yoon meets British PM Sunak as Britain hails Korean culture
https://japantoday.com/category/world/south-korea%27s-yoon-meets-uk-pm-sunak-as-britain-hails-korean-culture
November 22, 2023, 9:15 PM
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for talks on Wednesday and signed an agreement stepping up cooperation in defense, security and technology.…
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Humanitarians want more aid for Gaza, access to hostages under Israel-Hamas truce, and more time
https://japantoday.com/category/world/humanitarians-want-more-aid-for-gaza-access-to-hostages-under-israel-hamas-truce.-and-more-time
November 22, 2023, 9:14 PM
International aid groups say they are ready to deliver thousands of truckloads of food, water and other supplies to besieged Gaza if a temporary cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas…
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Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose accused of sexual assault
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/guns-n%27-roses-frontman-axl-rose-accused-of-sexual-assault-filing2
November 22, 2023, 9:22 PM
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 1989, according to a court filing reported by U.S. media and seen by…
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LIV unveils 2024 golf schedule with 12 events in eight nations
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/liv-unveils-2024-schedule-with-12-events-in-eight-nations
November 22, 2023, 9:27 PM
The LIV Golf League released its 2024 regular-season schedule on Wednesday even as merger talks continue between LIV's Saudi backers and the U.S. PGA Tour over a framework…
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Police say some 70 bullets fired in Philadelphia shooting that left 2 dead, 5 wounded
https://japantoday.com/category/world/police-say-some-70-bullets-fired-in-north-philadelphia-shooting-that-left-2-dead-5-wounded
November 22, 2023, 9:16 PM
Philadelphia police on Wednesday identified two men killed in a city shooting a day earlier in which at least 70 rounds were fired and five other men were…
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Oil prices fall after OPEC+ postpones meeting
https://japantoday.com/category/business/oil-prices-fall-after-opec-postpones-meeting
November 22, 2023, 9:26 PM
International oil prices fell Wednesday after a key ministerial meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies was pushed back from Sunday to…
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Susan Sarandon, Melissa Barrera dropped from Hollywood companies after comments on Israel-Hamas war
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/susan-sarandon-melissa-barrera-dropped-from-hollywood-companies-after-comments-on-israel-hamas-war
November 22, 2023, 9:23 PM
Oscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon and “Scream” star Melissa Barrera were each dropped by Hollywood companies after making comments on the Israel-Hamas war that some deemed antisemitic.
Spyglass Media…
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25 killed after truck overloaded with food items and people crashes in Nigeria
https://japantoday.com/category/world/25-killed-when-truck-overloaded-with-food-items-and-people-crashes-in-nigeria%E2%80%99s-north
November 22, 2023, 9:15 PM
A truck overloaded with food items and more than 200 people crashed in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, killing 25 passengers and injuring dozens of others, authorities said Wednesday.…
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Finland erects barriers at border with Russia to control influx of migrants, closes crossing points
https://japantoday.com/category/world/finland-erects-barriers-at-border-with-russia-to-control-influx-of-migrants.-the-kremlin-objects
November 22, 2023, 9:15 PM
Finnish border guards and soldiers began erecting barriers including concrete obstacles topped with barbed-wire at some crossing points on the Nordic country’s lengthy border with Russia to better…
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Olympic organizers to release more than 400,000 new tickets for Paris Games and Paralympics
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/olympic-organizers-to-release-more-than-400-000-new-tickets-for-the-paris-games-and-paralympics
November 22, 2023, 9:27 PM
Olympic organizers will release 400,000 extra tickets for next year's Paris Games and the Paralympics at the end of the month.
Organizers said Wednesday the sale will start…
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Putin says we must think how to stop 'the tragedy' of war in Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/putin-says-we-must-think-how-to-stop-%27the-tragedy%27-of-war-in-ukraine
November 22, 2023, 9:14 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin told the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) on Wednesday that it was necessary to think about how to stop "the tragedy" of…
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In the land of the rising stocks, clouds may be arriving
https://japantoday.com/category/business/in-the-land-of-the-rising-stocks-clouds-may-be-arriving
November 22, 2023, 9:25 PM
After decades as some of the world’s most disappointing stocks, Japanese equities are suddenly lighting it up once again.
The Nikkei 225 index has surged 28% this year…
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Komeito delegation tries to mend frayed ties with China
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japanese-political-party-visits-china-to-mend-frayed-ties
November 22, 2023, 9:24 PM
The junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has sent a delegation to Beijing to meet with China's top leadership team as Asia's two largest…
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Undeclared income of Japan's wealthy hits record high
https://japantoday.com/category/national/undeclared-income-of-japan%27s-wealthy-hits-record-high
November 22, 2023, 9:21 PM
The amount of undeclared income by wealthy people in Japan hit a new record in the year through June this year at 98 billion yen, the National Tax…
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Japan to allow criminal checks beyond 10 years for jobs involving children
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-to-allow-criminal-checks-beyond-10-years-for-jobs-with-children
November 22, 2023, 9:22 PM
The Japanese government is set to allow employers to conduct criminal background checks going back more than 10 years under a new system to block sex offenders from…
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Load of rubbish: Litter-hunters vie for unusual world title in Tokyo
https://japantoday.com/category/national/load-of-rubbish-litter-hunters-vie-for-unusual-world-title-in-tokyo
November 22, 2023, 9:21 PM
Tokyo's well-kept streets may not be the most obvious place to do it, but competitive litter-hunters on Wednesday sifted through the Japanese capital in their first world championship.…
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Asian shares slip in cautious trading following a weak close on Wall Street
https://japantoday.com/category/business/stock-market-today-asian-shares-slip-in-cautious-trading-following-a-weak-close-on-wall-street
November 22, 2023, 7:45 AM
Shares slipped in Asia on Wednesday, tracking a decline on Wall Street a day after stocks there hit their highest level since the start of August.
Tokyo and…
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OpenAI says ousted CEO Sam Altman to return to company behind ChatGPT
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/openai-says-ousted-ceo-sam-altman-to-return-to-company-behind-chatgpt
November 22, 2023, 9:25 PM
The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, the latest in a saga that has shocked the artificial intelligence…
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Marriage for many Japanese has become an unaffordable luxury
https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/marriage-for-many-japanese-has-become-an-unaffordable-luxury
November 22, 2023, 6:27 AM
Why marry? What’s the point? Love, children. But love comes and goes, and as for children, they bring great joy but at a cost increasingly seen as frightful…
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Argentina hand Brazil third straight loss after crowd trouble at Maracana
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/soccer-argentina-hand-brazil-third-straight-loss-after-crowd-trouble-at-maracana
November 22, 2023, 6:35 AM
Nicolas Otamendi scored with a towering header to give Argentina a 1-0 away win over Brazil in a bad-tempered World Cup qualifier that was delayed by half an…
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S Korea says N Korea fired ballistic missile toward sea but launch likely failed
https://japantoday.com/category/world/south-korea-partially-suspends-inter-korean-agreement-after-the-north-says-it-launched-spy-satellite
November 22, 2023, 9:15 PM
South Korea said North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea but the launch likely failed Wednesday night, hours after Seoul said it would resume front-line aerial…
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Australia beefs up cyber defenses after major breaches
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australia-beefs-up-cyber-defences-after-major-breaches1
November 22, 2023, 5:35 AM
Australia will give cyber health checks for small businesses, increase cyber law enforcement funding and introduce mandatory reporting of ransomware attacks under a security overhaul announced on Wednesday…
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Komeito chief visits China to seek lifting of seafood ban
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/komeito-chief-visits-china-to-seek-lifting-of-seafood-ban
November 22, 2023, 9:24 PM
The leader of the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition visited China on Wednesday to urge Beijing to lift its ban on Japanese seafood imports imposed over the…
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Israel, Hamas agree on four-day truce, hostage release and aid into Gaza
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israel-hamas-agree-on-four-day-truce-hostage-release-and-aid-into-gaza
November 22, 2023, 10:21 AM
Israel's government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians…
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