New S Korean President Yoon says he hopes to meet with Kishida soon
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/urgent-s.-korea%27s-yoon-says-he-hopes-to-meet-with-japan%27s-kishida-soon
May 10, 2022, 7:48 AM
New South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday he hopes to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida soon, in a show of willingness to improve soured…
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Shanghai disinfects homes, closes all subways in COVID fight
https://japantoday.com/category/world/shanghai-disinfects-homes-closes-all-subways-in-covid-fight
May 10, 2022, 6:42 AM
Teams in white protective suits are entering the homes of coronavirus-infected people to spray disinfectant as Shanghai tries to root out an omicron outbreak under China's strict “zero-COVID”…
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Woman arrested for disposing of infant’s body at trash disposal site
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-arrested-for-disposing-of-infant%E2%80%99s-body-at-trash-disposal-site
May 10, 2022, 7:49 AM
Police in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old Thai woman on suspicion of abandoning the body of a newborn baby boy at the trash disposal site…
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Ohtani hits 2 homers, 1st grand slam as Angels beat Rays 11-3
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/ohtani-hits-2-homers-1st-grand-slam-angels-beat-rays-11-3
May 10, 2022, 5:39 AM
Shohei Ohtani hit his first grand slam in professional baseball on a two-homer night, as the surging Los Angeles Angels beat the Tampa Bay Rays 11-3 on Monday.…
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Curfew in Sri Lanka after day of deadly unrest
https://japantoday.com/category/world/curfew-in-sri-lanka-after-day-of-deadly-unrest
May 10, 2022, 4:37 AM
Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police Tuesday to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence in weeks of protests over an…
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S Korea’s new leader offers support if N Korea denuclearizes
https://japantoday.com/category/world/S-Korea%E2%80%99s-new-leader-offers-support-if-N-Korea-denuclearizes
May 10, 2022, 7:51 AM
Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative political neophyte, took office as South Korea's new president Tuesday with a vow to pursue a negotiated settlement of North Korea's threatening nuclear…
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Bitcoin falls below $30,000, lowest since July 2021
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/bitcoin-falls-below-30-000-lowest-since-july-2021
May 10, 2022, 3:28 AM
Bitcoin slumped below $30,000 for the first time since July 2021 on Tuesday as cryptocurrencies track sinking markets with investors spooked by aggressive U.S. monetary tightening and surging…
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Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe fetches record $195 mil at auction
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/warhol-portrait-of-marilyn-monroe-fetches-record-195-mn-christie%27s
May 10, 2022, 3:30 AM
An iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe by American pop art visionary Andy Warhol went under the hammer for $195 million Monday at Christie's, becoming the most expensive 20th…
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Tokyo reports 4,451 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 42,160
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-4-451-new-coronavirus-cases
May 10, 2022, 10:16 AM
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Tuesday reported 4,451 new coronavirus cases, up 1,440 from Monday and up 1,904 from last Tuesday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe…
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Driver hits 78-year-old man; then takes him home where he later dies
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/driver-hits-78-year-old-man-then-takes-him-home-where-he-later-dies
May 10, 2022, 7:51 AM
Police in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in death after he struck a 78-year-old pedestrian and then took him…
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Ex-Alabama jail official, inmate she helped escape caught in Indiana
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sheriff-ex-jail-official-inmate-she-helped-escape-caught
May 9, 2022, 11:23 PM
A former Alabama jail official and the murder suspect she is accused of helping escape from custody were apprehended Monday in Indiana after more than a week on…
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Another Ecuador prison clash leaves 43 inmates dead
https://japantoday.com/category/world/another-ecuador-prison-clash-leaves-43-inmates-dead
May 9, 2022, 11:23 PM
A clash between rival Ecuadorian gangs killed 43 inmates, officials said Monday, little more than a month after another prison riot resulted in 20 deaths.
Interior Minister Patricio…
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3 kids found dead in Los Angeles home, mother arrested
https://japantoday.com/category/world/3-kids-found-dead-in-los-angeles-home-mother-arrested
May 9, 2022, 10:07 PM
Three children were found dead at a Los Angeles home over the weekend and their mother and a teenager were arrested, police said Monday.
Officers responded to a…
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Gloomy night
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/Gloomy-night
May 10, 2022, 1:16 AM
A woman walks in the rain as a train runs on the overpass in Tokyo on Monday night.
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MLB returning to London next year: official
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mlb-returning-to-london-next-year-official
May 9, 2022, 10:30 PM
Major League Baseball will bring regular season games back to London from 2023 as part of a long-term partnership aimed at boosting the sport's global appeal, a statement…
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8 Turks among 12 kidnapped by gang on bus in Haiti
https://japantoday.com/category/world/eight-turks-among-12-kidnapped-by-gang-on-bus-in-haiti
May 9, 2022, 10:20 PM
Twelve people, eight of them Turkish citizens, were kidnapped while travelling by bus in Haiti, officials said Monday, as the Caribbean country struggles with a surge of attacks…
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Pariah to president: Marcos Jr returns family to Philippines supremacy
https://japantoday.com/category/world/pariah-to-president-marcos-jr-returns-family-to-philippines-supremacy
May 9, 2022, 9:54 PM
Ferdinand Marcos Jr, whose dictator father and namesake plundered and brutalised the Philippines for decades, on Tuesday won a historic election victory, capping his clan's journey from pariahs…
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Wawrinka rekindles fire with rare win in Rome; Osaka out injured
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/veteran-wawrinka-rekindles-fire-with-rare-win-in-rome1
May 9, 2022, 10:31 PM
Stan Wawrinka believes he has what it takes to get back to playing "great tennis" again, the former world number three said after claiming his first victory in…
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New York Times Wordle solution 'fetus' causes kerfuffle
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ny-times-wordle-solution-%27fetus%27-causes-kerfuffle
May 9, 2022, 10:21 PM
The New York Times, owner of the hit game Wordle, hastily changed the solution Monday from "fetus," a term recently catapulted into the news as U.S. abortion rights…
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Webb telescope's first full color, scientific images coming in July
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/webb-telescope%27s-first-full-color-scientific-images-coming-in-july
May 9, 2022, 10:22 PM
Get ready for a summer blockbuster.
The James Webb Space Telescope will produce "spectacular color images" of the cosmos in mid-July -- its first observations dedicated to its…
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Companies envision taxis flying above jammed traffic
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/companies-envision-taxis-flying-above-jammed-traffic
May 9, 2022, 9:49 PM
As urban traffic gets more miserable, entrepreneurs are looking to a future in which commuters hop into "air taxis" that whisk them over clogged roads.
Companies such as…
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FIFA says Brazil and Argentina must play World Cup qualifier
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/fifa-says-brazil-and-argentina-must-play-world-cup-qualifier
May 9, 2022, 10:12 PM
Brazil and Argentina lost their appeals to FIFA on Monday and will have to play the World Cup qualifying game that was abandoned last year in Sao Paulo…
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UK Labour leader says he'll quit if fined for office beer
https://japantoday.com/category/world/uk-labour-leader-says-he%27ll-quit-if-fined-for-office-beer
May 9, 2022, 10:13 PM
The leader of Britain’s main opposition party said Monday that he will resign if he is fined by police for having a beer and food with colleagues while…
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Macron proposes new political union for non-EU countries
https://japantoday.com/category/world/macron-proposes-new-political-union-for-non-eu-countries
May 9, 2022, 9:55 PM
France’s president warned Monday that decades could pass before Ukraine joins the European Union, and proposed a new political organization to bring together countries on the continent that…
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'Jeopardy' savors run of super champions after host stumbles
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/hip-to-be-smart-%27jeopardy%27-savors-run-of-super-champions
May 10, 2022, 3:31 AM
As Mattea Roach, Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio can attest, it's cool to be smart again.
“Jeopardy!” is on an unusual run of super champs. In the past…
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Dozens killed by rebels in Congo's Ituri province
https://japantoday.com/category/world/dozens-killed-by-rebels-in-eastern-congo%27s-ituri-province
May 9, 2022, 10:15 PM
Rebels in eastern Congo attacked a village near a mine in Ituri province, killing at least 52 people, government officials said.
Fighters with the group known as CODECO…
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Pulitzer Prizes award Washington Post for Jan 6 coverage
https://japantoday.com/category/world/pulitzer-prizes-for-2021-journalism-arts-to-be-announced
May 9, 2022, 9:56 PM
The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in public service journalism Monday for its coverage of the Jan 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, an attack on democracy…
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Japan vigilant against Chinese navy activity involving aircraft carrier
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-vigilant-against-china-navy-activity-involving-aircraft-carrier
May 9, 2022, 9:49 PM
Japan is keeping a close watch on the Chinese navy's activities in waters around the nation after fighter jets and helicopters were seen taking off from and landing…
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Everton, Leeds, Burnley in fight for Premier League survival
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/everton-leeds-burnley-in-fight-for-premier-league-survival
May 9, 2022, 9:53 PM
One is an American in his first few months in English soccer. Another is an interim coach thrust unexpectedly into his first experience of top-flight management. The other…
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Russian ambassador to Poland hit with red paint
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russian-ambassador-to-poland-hit-with-red-paint
May 9, 2022, 12:19 PM
Russia's ambassador to Poland was splattered by red paint thrown at him by protesters opposed to the war in Ukraine, preventing him from paying respects on Monday at…
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