Forest, Everton move into FA Cup fourth round after troubled week
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/forest-everton-move-into-fa-cup-fourth-round-after-troubled-week
January 18, 2024, 1:51 AM
Nottingham Forest and Everton shrugged off the threat of a potential Premier League points deduction as they battled into the FA Cup fourth round on Wednesday.
Forest survived…
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Apple hit again with U.S. ban in watch patent feud
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/apple-hit-again-with-us-ban-in-watch-patent-feud
January 17, 2024, 9:41 PM
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered Apple to halt the U.S. sale of its latest smartwatch models in a feud over patents with health company Masimo.
The…
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Clean train
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/clean-train
January 17, 2024, 8:59 PM
Railway workers wash a train at a locomotive depot Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
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Madrid to be added to F1 calendar
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/madrid-to-be-added-to-f1-calendar.-ap-sources-say-official-announcement-set-for-next-week
January 17, 2024, 9:46 PM
Madrid will be added to the Formula One calendar, multiple sources told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The official announcement will be made next week in the Spanish…
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Maine judge delays decision on removing Trump from ballot until Supreme Court rules in Colorado case
https://japantoday.com/category/world/maine-judge-delays-decision-on-removing-trump-from-ballot-until-supreme-court-rules-in-colorado-case
January 17, 2024, 9:38 PM
A Maine judge on Wednesday put on hold a decision on former President Donald Trump’s ballot status to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on…
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Schedule for 2024 T20 World Cup 'most complicated ever', says ICC
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/schedule-for-2024-t20-world-cup-%27most-complicated-ever%27-says-icc
January 17, 2024, 9:46 PM
The International Cricket Council on Wednesday said the schedule for this year's T20 World Cup in the United States and West Indies had been "the most complicated ever…
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Judge threatens to expel Trump from New York defamation trial after he ignores warning to stay quiet
https://japantoday.com/category/world/judge-threatens-to-expel-trump-from-new-york-defamation-trial-after-he-ignores-warning-to-stay-quiet-during-testimony
January 18, 2024, 1:19 AM
Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from his Manhattan civil trial Wednesday after he repeatedly ignored a warning to keep quiet while writer E Jean Carroll testified that he shattered…
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Samsung vies to make AI more mainstream with its new Galaxy phones
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/samsung-vies-to-make-ai-more-mainstream-by-baking-in-more-of-the-technology-in-its-new-galaxy-phones
January 17, 2024, 9:41 PM
Smartphones could get much smarter this year as the next wave of artificial intelligence seeps into the devices that accompany people almost everywhere they go.
Samsung, the biggest…
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Gunmen in Mexico abduct volunteer searcher looking for her disappeared brother, kill her husband and son
https://japantoday.com/category/world/gunmen-abduct-volunteer-searcher-looking-for-her-disappeared-brother-kill-her-husband-and-son
January 17, 2024, 9:39 PM
Gunmen burst into a home in central Mexico and abducted one of the volunteer searchers looking for the country's 114,000 disappeared and killed her husband and son, authorities…
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Biden brings congressional leaders to White House at pivotal time for Ukraine aid and U.S. border deal
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-brings-congressional-leaders-to-white-house-at-pivotal-time-for-ukraine-and-u.s-border-deal
January 18, 2024, 1:16 AM
President Joe Biden hosted top congressional leaders at the White House to underscore Ukraine's security needs as it continues to fight Russia's nearly two-year-old invasion, hoping to add…
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Pakistan recalls envoy from Iran after missile strikes
https://japantoday.com/category/world/pakistan-recalls-envoy-from-iran-after-%27unprovoked%27-missile-strikes2
January 17, 2024, 9:39 PM
Pakistan recalled its ambassador from neighboring Iran on Wednesday to protest at a "blatant breach" of its sovereignty after Tehran said it launched missile attacks on militant bases…
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Argentina's Milei praises free markets, slams socialism at Davos
https://japantoday.com/category/world/argentina%27s-milei-praises-free-markets-slams-socialism-at-davos
January 17, 2024, 9:39 PM
Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei praised free markets and slammed socialism at Davos during the first overseas tour for the self-proclaimed 'anarcho-capitalist', who is battling to fix a…
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Another Republican debate canceled after Haley says she'll only participate if Trump does, too
https://japantoday.com/category/world/another-republican-debate-is-canceled-after-haley-says-she%27ll-only-participate-if-trump-does-too
January 17, 2024, 9:38 PM
Another Republican presidential debate has been canceled after Nikki Haley's refusal to participate in any forum that doesn't also include former President Donald Trump, meaning that for the…
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U.S. pledges new sanctions over Houthi attacks will minimize harm to Yemen's hungry millions
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-pledges-new-sanctions-over-houthi-attacks-will-minimize-harm-to-yemen%27s-hungry-millions
January 17, 2024, 9:38 PM
The United States on Wednesday put Yemen's Houthis rebels back on its list of specially designated global terrorists, piling financial sanctions on top of American military strikes in…
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Trade barriers can slow energy transition: IEA chief
https://japantoday.com/category/world/trade-barriers-can-slow-energy-transition-iea-chief
January 17, 2024, 9:50 PM
Trade barriers can slow the world's energy transition but commerce also needs to be fair, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol said Wednesday, as world powers tussle over…
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King Charles III to have a prostate operation next week while Kate recovers from abdominal surgery
https://japantoday.com/category/world/kate-the-princess-of-wales-hospitalized-for-up-to-two-weeks-with-planned-abdominal-surgery
January 17, 2024, 9:39 PM
King Charles III and the Princess of Wales are both dealing with medical issues that will force them to delay previously planned public engagements over the coming weeks.…
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Qatar advances to Asian Cup knockout stages
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/china-and-lebanon-settle-for-0-0-draw-to-leave-asian-cup-progress-in-the-balance
January 17, 2024, 9:46 PM
Dumped out of its own World Cup at the earliest possible stage in 2022, Qatar looks intent on sticking around at the Asian Cup.
The host and defending…
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Japan Airlines gets first woman president
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-airlines-gets-first-woman-president-following-a-fatal-plane-collision-during-the-holidays
January 17, 2024, 9:42 PM
Japan Airlines has named Mitsuko Tottori as its first woman president following a collision between one of its planes and a coast guard aircraft on Jan 2 that…
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Russian missiles hit Ukrainian apartment buildings in latest deadly strikes on civilian areas
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russian-missiles-hit-ukrainian-apartment-buildings-and-injure-17-in-latest-strikes-on-civilian-areas
January 17, 2024, 9:38 PM
Russia fired two missiles at Kharkiv during the night, hitting apartment buildings and a medical center and injuring 17 people in the city in northeastern Ukraine, officials said…
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Explosion at rural fireworks factory in Thailand kills about 20 people
https://japantoday.com/category/world/multiple-deaths-reported-as-firework-factory-explodes-in-central-thailand
January 17, 2024, 9:39 PM
An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand killed about 20 people on Wednesday, according to provincial officials, though the devastation at the scene has made the…
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10 injured after kindergarten bus rear-ended by crane truck in Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/national/10-injured-after-kindergarten-bus-rear-ended-by-crane-truck-in-japan
January 17, 2024, 9:40 PM
Ten people on a kindergarten bus, including eight children, sustained minor injuries after their vehicle was rear-ended by a crane truck Wednesday afternoon in southwestern Japan, local authorities…
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Japan sees record 2.73 mil visitors in December; 25.06 mil for 2023
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-sees-record-2.73-million-visitors-in-december-in-covid-recovery-year
January 17, 2024, 9:40 PM
Japan welcomed a record number of visitors in December, official data showed on Wednesday, closing out a year of rapid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The number of…
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Hostages and residents in Gaza set to receive medicines as Israel-Hamas war rages on
https://japantoday.com/category/world/qatar-and-france-send-medicine-for-hostages-in-gaza-as-war-rages-on-and-regional-tensions-spike
January 18, 2024, 2:34 AM
A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas was en route to Gaza on Wednesday after France and Qatar mediated the first agreement between Israel…
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Japanese lawmaker Kakizawa indicted over violation of election law
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japanese-lawmaker-kakizawa-indicted-over-violation-of-election-law
January 17, 2024, 9:43 PM
Japanese lawmaker Mito Kakizawa was indicted Wednesday for violating the election law, prosecutors said, following the former Liberal Democratic Party member's arrest over illegal campaign financing allegations related…
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Women's health gap costs $1 trillion worldwide: report
https://japantoday.com/category/features/health/women%27s-health-gap-costs-1-trillion-worldwide-report
January 17, 2024, 9:48 PM
The huge gap between how women and men's health are treated costs $1 trillion a year worldwide, the World Economic Forum said on Wednesday.
Women spend a quarter…
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High hopes for Japan's 'Moon Sniper' mission
https://japantoday.com/category/national/high-hopes-for-japan%27s-%27moon-sniper%27-mission
January 17, 2024, 9:41 PM
Japan's "Moon Sniper" spacecraft will attempt a historic touchdown on the lunar surface this weekend using pinpoint technology the country hopes will lead to success where many have…
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Share your storytelling and video talents on the theme of 'Japan and Relationships' for a chance to win ¥75,000 in awards
https://japantoday.com/category/features/events/gaijinpot-6-word-video-contest-share-your-storytelling-and-video-talents-on-the-theme-of-%27japan-and-relationships%27-for-a-chance-to-win-%C2%A575-000-in-awards
January 17, 2024, 5:44 AM
GaijinPot invites everyone to share their storytelling and video talents in the GaijinPot 6-Word Video Contest on the theme of “Japan and Relationships” for a chance to win…
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China says threats of force over Taiwan not aimed at most Taiwanese
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-says-threats-of-force-over-taiwan-not-aimed-at-most-taiwanese3
January 17, 2024, 12:07 PM
China's position that it will not renounce using force to bring Taiwan under its control is aimed at foreign interference and a tiny number of separatists, but Taiwanese…
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Jabeur, Wozniacki derailed by Russian NextGen at Australian Open
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/jabeur-wozniacki-derailed-by-russian-nextgen-at-australian-open
January 17, 2024, 6:16 AM
Sixth seed Ons Jabeur and former champion Caroline Wozniacki fell victim to exciting young Russians in the Australian Open second round Wednesday.
The veteran pair were no match…
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Quake chaos forces Wajima kids to leave families to continue studies
https://japantoday.com/category/national/quake-chaos-forces-wajima-kids-to-leave-families-to-continue-studies
January 17, 2024, 10:00 AM
Junior high school students from a quake-hit central Japan city said teary goodbyes to their families on Wednesday and headed some 100 kilometers away to community facilities where…
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