Asian shares rise; China trading closed for national holiday
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-shares-rise-china-trading-closed-for-national-holiday
June 3, 2022, 6:27 AM
Asian shares rose Friday amid mixed signs for investors such as rising energy prices and COVID-19 restrictions easing in China.
Trading was closed in China for the Dragon…
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Taliban face threat from Islamic State, new resistance: U.N.
https://japantoday.com/category/world/un-taliban-faces-threat-from-islamic-state-new-resistance
June 3, 2022, 7:22 AM
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaida as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the Islamic State extremist…
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China's diplomatic gambit heralds new 'Battle for the Pacific'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china%27s-diplomatic-gambit-heralds-new-%27battle-for-the-pacific%27
June 3, 2022, 6:35 AM
A 10-day South Pacific island-hopping tour by China's top diplomat focused world attention on a usually overlooked region, opened a new front in Beijing's quest for global influence…
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Police fatally shoot Texas fugitive after he kills family of 5
https://japantoday.com/category/world/fugitive-suspected-of-taking-truck-from-five-found-dead
June 3, 2022, 6:07 AM
A convicted murderer on the run since escaping a prison bus after stabbing its driver last month was shot dead by law enforcement late Thursday after he killed…
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3 dead in shooting outside Iowa church
https://japantoday.com/category/world/2-people-and-shooter-die-in-shooting-outside-iowa-church
June 3, 2022, 2:44 AM
Two people and a shooter died Thursday night in a shooting outside a church in Ames, authorities said.
The three people died outside the Cornerstone Church, a megachurch…
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Angels' Maddon thinks Ohtani tipping his pitches after loss to Yankees
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/Angels%27-Maddon-thinks-Ohtani-tipping-his-pitches-after-loss-to-Yankees
June 3, 2022, 4:38 AM
Nobody had to tip off the Yankees about Shohei Ohtani, even though he rarely comes through New York.
In fact, Angels manager Joe Maddon suspects the Bronx Bombers…
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Parliament summons Hockey Canada officials over gang rape allegations
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/parliament-summons-hockey-canada-officials-over-gang-rape-allegations
June 2, 2022, 10:25 PM
Hockey Canada officials will be summoned to testify before a parliamentary committee, lawmakers agreed Thursday, over accusations that eight players were involved in a gang rape in 2018.…
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Matsuyama disqualified for too much paint on his 3-wood
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/matsuyama-disqualified-for-too-much-paint-on-his-3-wood
June 2, 2022, 10:06 PM
Former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama was disqualified Thursday when officials determined he had too much paint on the face of his 3-wood that he was using for alignment.…
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Ready for landing
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/ready-for-landing
June 2, 2022, 9:51 PM
Seiki Fukuda gets set to take pictures of an aircraft as it prepares to land at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Thursday. He said he's been taking pictures…
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Chad declares food emergency; urges international help
https://japantoday.com/category/world/chad-declares-%27food-emergency%27-urges-international-help
June 2, 2022, 10:22 PM
Chad on Thursday declared a "food emergency" in the impoverished landlocked country, urging the international community to help.
The plea for aid comes before a meeting Friday between…
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Ottawa compensates Siksika tribe $1.3 bil for taken land
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ottawa-compensates-siksika-tribe-can-1.3-bn-for-taken-land
June 2, 2022, 10:23 PM
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday signed a Can$1.3 billion (U.S.$1 billion) deal -- one of the largest of its kind -- to settle a Blackfoot tribe's…
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Biden appeals for tougher gun laws: 'How much more carnage?'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-to-speak-on-mass-shootings-urge-congress-to-act
June 3, 2022, 4:42 AM
U.S. President Joe Biden delivered an impassioned plea to Congress to take action against gun violence in an address to the nation Thursday night, calling on lawmakers to…
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Russia tightens grip on key target in Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine%27s-zelenskiy-eyes-%27inflection-point%27-in-war-as-russia-tightens-grip-on-key-target
June 3, 2022, 6:42 AM
Russia tightened its grip on a key target in a battle for control of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region while President Volodymir Zelenskiy pleaded for more Western arms to…
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Liverpool dismayed by 'disgraceful' claims from French Interior Minister
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/liverpool-dismayed-by-%27disgraceful%27-claims-from-french-interior-minister
June 2, 2022, 9:49 PM
Liverpool chief executive Billy Hogan has reacted with "disbelief" at French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin's insistence that the chaotic scenes at Saturday's Champions League final in Paris were…
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Oklahoma shooter killed surgeon who treated him for back pain: police
https://japantoday.com/category/world/oklahoma-shooter-killed-surgeon-treating-him-for-back-pain-police
June 3, 2022, 4:42 AM
The gunman who shot dead four people at a hospital in the U.S. state of Oklahoma killed the surgeon whom he blamed for pain after back surgery, police…
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Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction upheld by appeals court
https://japantoday.com/category/world/harvey-weinstein%E2%80%99s-rape-conviction-upheld-by-appeals-court
June 2, 2022, 9:50 PM
A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction and 23-year prison sentence, rejecting the movie mogul’s claim that the judge at his landmark #MeToo…
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Heard 'absolutely not' able to pay Depp $10.35 million in damages: lawyer
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/heard-%27absolutely-not%27-able-to-pay-depp-10.35-million-in-damages-lawyer
June 2, 2022, 9:47 PM
Actress Amber Heard is unable to pay her ex-husband Johnny Depp more than $10 million in damages, her lawyer said Thursday, after a U.S. jury took the side…
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Swiatek to face Gauff in French Open final
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/swiatek-extends-winning-run-to-reach-second-french-open-final
June 2, 2022, 9:49 PM
Iga Swiatek romped into her second French Open final on Thursday and will face Coco Gauff for the title after the teenager became the youngest Grand Slam finalist…
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Red-hot summer job market awaits U.S. teens as employers sweat
https://japantoday.com/category/business/a-red-hot-job-market-awaits-us-teens-while-employers-sweat
June 2, 2022, 10:15 PM
Mary Jane Riva, CEO of the Pizza Factory, has a cautionary message for her customers this summer: Prepare to wait longer for your Hawaiian pie or calzone.
The…
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Japan-born American files suit against Japan's dual nationality ban
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-born-american-files-suit-against-japan%27s-dual-nationality-ban
June 2, 2022, 9:44 PM
A Japanese-born American said Thursday she has filed a lawsuit with a Japanese court claiming that the country's nationality law, which bans its citizens from also holding a…
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Japan to 'throw everything' at Brazil after thrashing Paraguay 4-1
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/japan-warm-up-for-brazil-with-4-1-win-over-paraguay
June 2, 2022, 9:49 PM
World Cup-bound Japan say they are primed to test themselves against the mighty Brazil next week after a comprehensive 4-1 win over Paraguay in Sapporo on Thursday.
The…
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Employee of Japanese fast-food chain Sukiya dies while working alone
https://japantoday.com/category/national/worker-at-japanese-fast-food-chain-sukiya-dies-while-working-alone
June 2, 2022, 9:45 PM
A female worker of Japan's leading fast-food chain Sukiya Co collapsed earlier this year while working alone at one of its outlets and she was confirmed dead later…
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Yemen's warring parties renew two-month truce: U.N.
https://japantoday.com/category/world/yemen%27s-warring-parties-renew-two-month-truce-un
June 2, 2022, 10:28 PM
Yemen's warring parties have agreed to renew a two-month truce, the United Nations said on Thursday, in an 11th-hour move on the day it was set to expire.…
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Court orders TEPCO to pay ¥73.5 million over Fukushima nuclear crisis
https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-court-orders-tepco-to-pay-73.5-million-yen-over-fukushima-crisis
June 3, 2022, 1:02 AM
A Japanese court on Thursday ordered the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to pay a total of 73.5 million yen in compensation to current…
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OPEC+ alliance boosts oil production as energy prices soar
https://japantoday.com/category/business/OPEC-alliance-boosts-oil-production-as-energy-prices-soar
June 2, 2022, 10:20 PM
The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries including Russia will raise production by 648,000 barrels per day in July and August, offering modest relief for a global…
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China demands U.S. stop trade talks with Taiwan
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-demands-us-stop-trade-talks-with-taiwan
June 2, 2022, 9:50 PM
China’s government on Thursday accused Washington of jeopardizing peace after U.S. envoys began trade talks with Taiwan aimed at deepening relations with the self-ruled island democracy claimed by…
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Amazon to close Kindle bookstore in China
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/amazon-to-close-kindle-bookstore-in-china
June 2, 2022, 10:11 PM
U.S. tech giant Amazon said Thursday that it will stop operating its Kindle e-bookstore in China from next year, closing the chapter on a massive consumer market.
The…
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Queen Elizabeth II to miss Jubilee service due to 'discomfort'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/Queen-Elizabeth-II-to-miss-Jubilee-service-amid-%27discomfort%27
June 2, 2022, 9:49 PM
Queen Elizabeth II stepped gingerly onto the Buckingham Palace balcony Thursday, drawing wild cheers from the tens of thousands who came to join her at the start of…
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Asia shares slide across board amid rate hike, COVID worries
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asia-shares-slide-across-board-amid-rate-hike-covid-worries
June 2, 2022, 7:10 AM
Asian shares mostly declined Thursday, echoing a retreat on Wall Street as investors fretted about higher interest rates and rising coronavirus cases in parts of the region.
Benchmarks…
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Angry French diplomats drop discretion to strike over reform
https://japantoday.com/category/world/a-frank-exchange-of-views-french-diplomats-on-rare-strike
June 2, 2022, 9:50 PM
Members of the French diplomatic corps dropped their traditional reserve on Thursday to go on a rare strike, angered by a planned reform they worry will hurt their…
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