Takeshi gets lifetime achievement award at Italy film festival
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/japan%27s-kitano-gets-lifetime-achievement-award-at-italy-film-festival
April 30, 2022, 7:49 AM
Japanese film director Takeshi Kitano was honored Friday with a lifetime achievement award at the 24th Far East Film Festival in Italy for his contributions to the industry…
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Beijing tightens COVID restrictions as long holiday begins
https://japantoday.com/category/world/beijing-tightens-covid-restrictions-as-long-holiday-begins
April 30, 2022, 6:32 AM
Beijing will amp up its COVID-19 restrictions with additional testing requirements, officials announced on Saturday, as the start of the Labor Day holiday was muted by creeping infections…
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Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv shelled as Russia maintains its offensive
https://japantoday.com/category/world/kharkiv-shelled-as-russia-maintains-its-offensive
April 30, 2022, 12:15 PM
Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv was hit by multiple Russian shellings Saturday, though President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukrainian forces are making "tactical successes" in the region.
Although Ukraine…
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Canadian police face off with protesters opposed to mandates
https://japantoday.com/category/world/canadian-police-face-off-with-protesters-opposed-to-mandates
April 30, 2022, 12:17 PM
Police wearing helmets and shields made several arrests Friday night in Canada’s capital after facing off against protesters opposed to COVID-19 mandates.
Big-rig trucks attempted to make their…
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Ward, Ohtani homer to back 3-hitter, as Angels top White Sox 5-1
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/ward-ohtani-homer-to-back-3-hitter-angels-top-chisox-5-1
April 30, 2022, 3:25 AM
Taylor Ward and Shohei Ohtani hit first-inning solo home runs off Lucas Giolito and the Los Angeles Angels rode a combined three-hitter to their sixth straight win, 5-1…
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Tokyo reports 2,979 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 25,182
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-2-979-new-coronavirus-cases
April 30, 2022, 12:14 PM
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Saturday reported 2,979 new coronavirus cases, down 914 from Friday and down 2,408 from last Saturday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe…
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Relatives of victims of fatal 2012 bus crash offer prayers at site in Gunma
https://japantoday.com/category/national/relatives-of-victims-of-fatal-2012-bus-crash-offer-prayers-at-site-in-gunma-1
April 30, 2022, 7:48 AM
About 30 relatives and friends of victims of a fatal bus crash in April 2012 on Friday placed flowers and offered prayers at the site of the accident…
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Kim warns N Korea could preemptively use nuclear weapons
https://japantoday.com/category/world/Kim-warns-N-Korea-could-preemptively-use-nuclear-weapons
April 30, 2022, 5:20 AM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned yet again that the North could preemptively use its nuclear weapons if threatened, as he praised his top military officials over…
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Los Angeles marks 30 years since Rodney King riots
https://japantoday.com/category/world/los-angeles-marks-30-years-since-rodney-king-riots
April 30, 2022, 1:14 AM
Black and Asian community leaders gathered in Los Angeles on Friday to mark 30 years since the city was engulfed in violence in the wake of the acquittal…
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Bizarre stories notwithstanding, Edogawa Rampo now regarded as ahead of his times
https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/bizarre-stories-notwithstanding-edogawa-rampo-now-regarded-as-ahead-of-his-times
April 29, 2022, 9:26 PM
If you're familiar with translations of Japanese fiction into English and other languages, you have probably heard of Edogawa Rampo. His real name was Taro Hirai (1894-1961), but…
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Trump, fighting contempt fines, says he doesn't have records
https://japantoday.com/category/world/trump-fighting-contempt-fines-says-he-doesn%27t-have-records
April 30, 2022, 5:37 AM
Donald Trump's lawyers, seeking to reverse their client's $10,000-per-day contempt fine, provided a New York judge Friday with an affidavit in which the former president claims he didn't…
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Moderna to open vaccine factory in Canada, its first abroad
https://japantoday.com/category/world/moderna-to-open-vaccine-factory-in-canada-its-first-abroad
April 29, 2022, 9:43 PM
American pharmaceutical company Moderna will build a vaccine factory in Montreal, its first outside of the United States, the company and government officials announced Friday.
Canadian Prime Minister…
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Biden, Mexican president confer on migration, other issues
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-mexican-president-confer-on-migration-other-issues
April 29, 2022, 9:43 PM
U.S. President Joe Biden discussed efforts to address the unprecedented flow of migration along the U.S. southern border in a Friday afternoon call with Mexican President Andrés Manuel…
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Islamic State 'Beatle' Kotey sentenced to life in U.S. prison
https://japantoday.com/category/world/islamic-state-%27beatle%27-kotey-sentenced-to-life-in-us-jail
April 29, 2022, 9:43 PM
Alexanda Kotey, part of the Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles," was sentenced to life in jail by a United States court on Friday.
Kotey, a…
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Ukraine cracks down on 'traitors' helping Russian troops
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-cracks-down-on-%27traitors%27-helping-russian-troops
April 30, 2022, 5:37 AM
Viktor appeared nervous as masked Ukrainian security officers in full riot gear, camouflage and weapons pushed into his cluttered apartment in the northern city of Kharkiv. His hands…
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Musk sells $8.5 bil in Tesla stock as he readies to buy Twitter
https://japantoday.com/category/business/musk-sells-8.5b-in-tesla-stock-as-he-readies-to-buy-twitter
April 29, 2022, 9:37 PM
In the three days after Elon Musk engineered a deal to buy Twitter, he sold roughly $8.5 billion worth of shares in Tesla to help fund the purchase…
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Collins and Osaka reach 2nd round at Madrid Open
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/collins-beats-puig-to-reach-2nd-round-at-madrid-open
April 29, 2022, 9:39 PM
Being more positive is paying off for former No. 1 Naomi Osaka early in her clay-court season.
Osaka kicked off her clay campaign with a comfortable 6-3, 6-1…
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Boris Becker jailed in Britain over bankruptcy
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/boris-becker-jailed-in-britain-over-bankruptcy
April 29, 2022, 9:39 PM
Former tennis star Boris Becker was on Friday jailed for two and a half years after being found guilty by a British court of charges relating to his…
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New bid provides late twist to enforced sale of Chelsea
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/jim-ratcliffe-launches-late-5-billion-bid-to-buy-chelsea
April 29, 2022, 9:40 PM
A late bid to buy Chelsea was launched by British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe on Friday even as the sale process was reaching its end-game with the selection of…
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Powerful explosion at Kabul mosque kills at least 10 people
https://japantoday.com/category/world/powerful-explosion-at-kabul-mosque-kills-at-least-10-people
April 29, 2022, 9:42 PM
A powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday, killing at least 10 people and wounding as many as 30, a Taliban…
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Japan, Indonesia confirm cooperation toward free, open Indo-Pacific
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Japan-Indonesia-confirm-cooperation-toward-free-open-Indo-Pacific
April 30, 2022, 7:49 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday confirmed to strengthen cooperation toward realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific amid China's growing assertiveness in…
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Relatives try to fulfill missing Hokkaido boat couple's marriage hopes
https://japantoday.com/category/national/kin-try-to-fulfill-missing-hokkaido-boat-couple%27s-marriage-hopes
April 30, 2022, 7:49 AM
The relatives of a young couple who were set to get engaged on the ill-fated tourist boat that sank in waters off Hokkaido last week have submitted the…
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World champion Yamaguchi powers into Badminton Asia semis
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/world-champion-yamaguchi-powers-into-badminton-asia-semis
April 29, 2022, 9:40 PM
Top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan surged into the Badminton Asia Championships semi-finals after fighting back to defeat Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong on Friday.
Sixth-seeded Pornpawee romped to the…
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IAEA: Japan making progress on Fukushima water release plan
https://japantoday.com/category/national/iaea-japan-making-progress-on-fukushima-water-release-plan
April 29, 2022, 9:45 PM
The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said Friday that Japan is making “significant progress” on its plans to release treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant next year.…
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Tesla recalls second batch of cars in China on safety concerns
https://japantoday.com/category/business/tesla-recalls-second-batch-of-cars-in-china-on-safety-concerns
April 29, 2022, 9:37 PM
U.S. car giant Tesla has recalled more than 14,600 cars in China over a software fault that could lead to safety risks, the country's market regulator said Friday,…
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Google adds ways to keep personal info private in searches
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/google-adds-ways-to-keep-personal-info-private-in-searches
April 29, 2022, 9:38 PM
Google has expanded options for keeping personal information private from online searches.
The company said it will let people request that more types of content such as personal…
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Taliban supreme leader urges world to recognize government
https://japantoday.com/category/world/taliban-supreme-leader-urges-world-to-recognise-government
April 29, 2022, 9:42 PM
Afghanistan's supreme leader called again Friday for the international community to recognize the Taliban government, saying the world had become a "small village" and proper diplomatic relations would…
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China digs in on zero-COVID strategy despite public's frustrations
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-digs-in-on-zero-covid-strategy-despite-public%27s-frustrations
April 29, 2022, 7:43 AM
China must press ahead with its "magic weapon" zero-COVID strategy, health officials said Friday, despite mounting economic costs and more signs of public frustration in locked-down Shanghai.
The…
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Asian shares jump as Chinese leaders pledge help for economy
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-shares-jump-as-chinese-leaders-pledge-help-for-economy
April 29, 2022, 7:19 AM
Asian stocks advanced Friday after Chinese leaders pledged to step up efforts to support the economy as the country weathers its worst outbreaks of COVID-19 since the pandemic…
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Marcos Jr rejects debate challenge ahead of Philippine presidential election
https://japantoday.com/category/world/marcos-jr-rejects-debate-challenge-ahead-of-philippine-presidential-poll
April 29, 2022, 7:22 AM
Philippines presidential election frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr rejected on Friday a challenge to debate rival Leni Robredo one-on-one, as the country heads into the final week of campaigning…
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