Arsenal fail in Premier League summit bid as Spurs lose thriller
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/arsenal-miss-out-on-premier-league-top-spot-as-spurs-lose-thriller
December 28, 2023, 11:53 PM
Arsenal missed out on the chance to return to the Premier League summit on Thursday, losing 2-0 to West Ham as Tottenham went down in a six-goal thriller…
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France, Germany, UK and U.S. condemn Iran's increase in uranium enrichment
https://japantoday.com/category/world/france-germany-uk-and-us-condemn-iran%27s-increase-in-uranium-enrichment
December 28, 2023, 9:16 PM
France, Germany, Britain and the United States on Thursday condemned an increase by Iran in the production rate of highly enriched uranium of up to 60% purity, close…
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Minnesota woman sues dentist after 4 root canals, 8 dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit
https://japantoday.com/category/world/woman-sues-dentist-after-4-root-canals-8-dental-crowns-and-20-fillings-in-a-single-visit
December 28, 2023, 9:16 PM
A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her…
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Venezuela to hold military exercises off its shores as British warship heads to Guyana
https://japantoday.com/category/world/venezuela-will-hold-military-exercises-off-its-shores-as-a-british-warship-heads-to-guyana
December 28, 2023, 9:16 PM
President Nicolás Maduro ordered Venezuela’s armed forces to conduct defensive exercises in the Eastern Caribbean after the United Kingdom sent a warship toward Guyana’s territorial waters as the…
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Russian poet receives 7-year prison sentence for reciting verses against war in Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russian-poet-receives-7-year-prison-sentence-for-reciting-verses-against-war-in-ukraine
December 28, 2023, 9:15 PM
A Russian poet was given a 7-year prison sentence Thursday for reciting verses against Russia's war in Ukraine, a tough punishment that comes during a relentless Kremlin crackdown…
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World population up 75 million this year, topping 8 billion by Jan 1
https://japantoday.com/category/world/world-population-up-75-million-this-year-topping-8-billion-by-jan.-1
December 28, 2023, 9:15 PM
The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year's Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to…
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As Gaza war grinds on, tensions soar along Israel's volatile northern border with Lebanon
https://japantoday.com/category/world/as-gaza-war-grinds-on-tensions-soar-along-israel%27s-volatile-northern-border-with-lebanon
December 28, 2023, 9:15 PM
Israeli officials are stepping up threats against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, warning that Israel is running out of patience as the two sides continue to trade fire…
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Pierce Brosnan in hot water, accused of trespassing in Yellowstone thermal area
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/pierce-brosnan-is-in-hot-water-accused-of-trespassing-in-a-yellowstone-thermal-area
December 28, 2023, 9:22 PM
Pierce Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of times, is now facing heat in real life, charged with stepping out of…
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More Ukrainian children from Ukraine's Russia-held regions arrive in Belarus despite global outrage
https://japantoday.com/category/world/more-ukrainian-children-from-ukraine%27s-russia-held-regions-arrive-in-belarus-despite-global-outrage
December 28, 2023, 9:15 PM
Belarus' authoritarian president on Thursday attended a government-organized meeting with children brought from Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine, openly defying an international outrage over his country's involvement in Moscow's…
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Depardieu accusations expose divide in France over sexism
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/depardieu-accusations-expose-divide-in-france-over-sexism
December 28, 2023, 9:23 PM
An open letter penned by dozens of actresses and other artists in defense of Gerard Depardieu, the cinema giant accused of sexual harassment, has laid bare divisions in…
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Overall World Cup leader Schwarz suffers season-ending knee injury
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/french-skier-sarrazin-wins-eventful-bormio-world-cup-downhill.-kilde-and-schwarz-fail-to-finish.
December 28, 2023, 9:25 PM
Overall World Cup leader Marco Schwarz suffered a season-ending knee injury Thursday at an eventful downhill on the Stelvio, one of the circuit’s most demanding courses, that was…
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Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa to visit U.S., Europe in January
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Japanese-Foreign-Minister-Kamikawa-to-visit-U.S.-Europe-in-January
December 28, 2023, 9:29 PM
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa will travel to the United States next month to meet with her counterpart and affirm bilateral cooperation, the government said Thursday.
The trip,…
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India crashes to innings defeat inside 3 days of 1st test v South Africa. Only Kohli resists with 76
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/elgar-out-for-185-jansen-reaches-72-as-south-africa-extends-lead-to-147-runs-over-india
December 28, 2023, 9:35 PM
South Africa inflicted a crushing three-day defeat on India in the first test, winning by an innings and 32 runs on Thursday.
Debutant left-arm pacer Nandre Burger took…
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Flag football catching on and will be featured at the 2028 LA Games, maybe even with NFL players
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/flag-football-catching-on-and-will-be-featured-at-the-2028-la-games-maybe-even-with-nfl-players
December 28, 2023, 9:25 PM
Imagine Tyreek Hill catching passes again from Patrick Mahomes. Not in a Super Bowl, either, but with a gold medal on the line for Team USA.
Anything's about…
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Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israeli-strikes-across-gaza-kill-dozens-of-palestinians-even-in-largely-emptied-north
December 28, 2023, 9:15 PM
Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza on Thursday, killing dozens of people in a widening air and ground offensive against Hamas that has forced…
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S Korea's top court orders 3rd Japanese company to compensate workers for forced labor
https://japantoday.com/category/national/south-korea%27s-top-court-orders-a-3rd-japanese-company-to-compensate-workers-for-forced-labor
December 28, 2023, 9:30 PM
South Korea’s top court on Thursday ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its former wartime Korean employees for forced labor, the second such ruling in a…
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China urges regional alert as U.S. military steps up forward deployment
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/china-urges-regional-alert-as-us-military-steps-up-forward-deployment
December 28, 2023, 9:18 PM
China's defense ministry on Thursday urged the Asia-Pacific to be on high alert as the United States steps up forward military deployment in the region, after reports of…
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Japan's new H3 rocket to blast off February
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan%27s-new-h3-rocket-to-blast-off-feb.-after-failed-march-launch
December 28, 2023, 9:24 PM
Japan's H3 rocket, developed as a successor to the current mainstay launch vehicle, will blast off in mid-February, about a year after the first attempt ended in failure,…
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Safety scandal-hit Daihatsu widens list of compensation-entitled entities
https://japantoday.com/category/business/safety-scandal-hit-daihatsu-widens-list-of-compensation-entitled-entities
December 28, 2023, 9:19 PM
Daihatsu Motor Co said Thursday it expanded its list of suppliers eligible to be compensated for loss of sales stemming from its production halt caused by the discovery…
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U.S. proposes G7 explore ways to confiscate $300 billion in Russian assets: report
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/us-proposes-g7-explore-ways-to-confiscate-300-billion-in-russian-assets-ft
December 28, 2023, 9:17 PM
The United States has proposed that working groups from G7 countries explore ways to seize $300 billion in frozen Russian assets, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
The…
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Walk this way
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/walk-this-way-1
December 28, 2023, 9:10 PM
A man walks past a painting on the wall of a building in Tokyo on Thursday.
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Nadal back for one last hurrah
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/%27competitive-animal%27-nadal-back-for-one-last-hurrah
December 28, 2023, 9:25 PM
More than two decades after bursting on the scene, the sun is setting on Rafael Nadal's storied career with the Spanish gladiator hoping his creaking body can hold…
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Australia recovers from poor 2nd-innings start to lead by 241 runs over Pakistan in 2nd test
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/australia-has-54-run-lead-over-pakistan-after-1st-innings-as-captain-cummins-takes-5-wickets
December 28, 2023, 9:29 PM
Australia lost its first four wickets for 16 runs in its second innings but a 153-run stand between Steve Smith and Mitchell Marsh had the hosts in a…
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Former senior vice justice minister Kakizawa arrested over vote-buying allegations
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/update1-japanese-lawmaker-kakizawa-arrested-over-vote-buying-allegations
December 28, 2023, 6:15 AM
Former Japanese senior vice justice minister Mito Kakizawa, a lawmaker who belonged to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was arrested Thursday over allegations of vote-buying in a Tokyo…
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Man arrested after attempting to strangle girlfriend to death
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-after-attempting-to-strangle-girlfriend-to-death
December 28, 2023, 6:16 AM
Police in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, have a 23-year-old man on suspicion of attempting to kill his 24-year-old girlfriend on Wednesday.
The suspect, identified as Ryusei Shikichi, is employed…
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West to blame for world turmoil, says Russia's Lavrov
https://japantoday.com/category/world/west-to-blame-for-world-turmoil-says-russia%27s-lavrov1
December 28, 2023, 11:32 AM
The intrigues of Western countries whose dominance is ebbing away are largely responsible for pitching the world into turmoil, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview…
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Kishida's future in doubt for 2024; non-faction lawmakers in focus
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/focus-japan-pm%27s-future-in-doubt-for-2024-non-faction-lawmakers-in-focus
December 28, 2023, 11:43 AM
Plagued by an unfolding political fundraising scandal that has engulfed several factions of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the future of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is in…
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18-year-old youth arrested over alleged sex acts with elementary school girl in Wakayama
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/18-year-old-youth-arrested-over-alleged-sex-acts-with-elementary-school-girl-in-wakayama
December 28, 2023, 9:21 PM
Kumamoto Prefectural Police have arrested an 18-year-old youth on suspicion of engaging in sex acts with an elementary school girl he met in a chat room for an…
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At least 40 killed in Liberian fuel tanker blast
https://japantoday.com/category/world/at-least-40-killed-in-liberian-fuel-tanker-blast-says-official
December 28, 2023, 2:59 AM
At least 40 people have died following the explosion of a gas tanker in north-central Liberia, the West African country's chief medical officer, Francis Kateh, said on Wednesday.…
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N Korean leader Kim calls for accelerated war preparations
https://japantoday.com/category/world/n.-korea%27s-kim-calls-for-%27accelerated%27-war-preparations
December 28, 2023, 3:00 AM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his party to "accelerate" war preparations including its nuclear program, state media said Thursday.
The comments came just a week after…
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