Chinese, Taiwanese warships eye each other as drills due to end
https://japantoday.com/category/world/chinese-and-taiwanese-warships-eye-each-other-as-drills-due-to-end1
August 7, 2022, 3:51 AM
Chinese and Taiwanese warships played high-seas "cat and mouse" on Sunday, hours before the scheduled end of four days of unprecedented Chinese military exercises launched in reaction to…
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Kyrgios, Nishioka advance to ATP Washington final
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/kyrgios-reaches-washington-final-as-kanepi-tries-to-end-drought
August 7, 2022, 3:55 AM
Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka upset eighth-ranked Andrey Rublev on Saturday to join Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in reaching the ATP and WTA Washington Open men's final with straight-set triumphs.…
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Man arrested for threatening bus passenger with box cutter
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-threatening-bus-passenger-with-box-cutter
August 7, 2022, 7:50 AM
Police in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 53-year-old man on suspicion of violating the swords and firearms control law after he threatened a passenger on a bus.…
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Japan defense chief Kishi may be replaced in Cabinet due to Unification Church links
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-defense-chief-kishi-may-be-replaced-in-cabinet-reshuffle
August 7, 2022, 7:48 AM
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may replace Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, who had received help from members of a religious group at the heart of attention since the killing…
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77 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is time to proliferate peace
https://japantoday.com/category/features/opinions/77-years-after-Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki-it-is-time-to-proliferate-peace
August 7, 2022, 7:52 AM
On Saturday, I proudly stood with Japan's prime minister, Fumio Kishida, and the people of Hiroshima in memory of an unprecedented catastrophe.
Seventy-seven years ago, nuclear weapons were…
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Australia bounce back from Hooper shock to defeat Pumas in Rugby Championship
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/australia-bounce-back-from-hooper-shock-to-defeat-pumas-in-rugby-championship
August 6, 2022, 11:51 PM
Australia fought back from a half-time deficit to claim a bonus-point 41-26 win over Argentina in the Rugby Championship on Saturday.
The Wallabies trailed 19-10 at the break…
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Cosplay winners
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August 6, 2022, 9:33 PM
Costume role players representing France (front) celebrate after winning the World Cosplay Championship at Aichi Arts Center in Nagoya on Saturday.
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Air strikes, rocket attacks push Israel, Gaza into second day of fighting
https://japantoday.com/category/world/air-strikes-rocket-attacks-push-israel-gaza-into-second-day-of-fighting2
August 6, 2022, 9:50 PM
Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza while the militant Islamic Jihad group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel on Saturday as a cross-border clash continued into a second day,…
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S African Buhai leads British Open; Chun, Shibuno follow
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/south-african-buhai-leads-british-open-after-%27best-ever-round%27
August 6, 2022, 9:46 PM
South African Ashleigh Buhai took a firm grip on the Women's British Open on Saturday with an impressive third round 64 at Muirfield to leave her dreaming of…
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Brazil police arrest 5 more over murder of British journalist in Amazon
https://japantoday.com/category/world/brazil-police-arrest-5-more-in-murder-of-british-journalist-in-amazon
August 6, 2022, 9:51 PM
Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested five more men in an investigation into the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon…
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Springboks win 26-10 to pile pressure on All Blacks
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/springboks-win-26-10-to-pile-pressure-on-all-blacks
August 6, 2022, 9:45 PM
South Africa ground down an out-of-form New Zealand to win 26-10 in the Rugby Championship opener on Saturday and pile the pressure on the All Blacks with their…
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Liverpool stumbles, Tottenham impresses in EPL openers
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/liverpool-stumbles-tottenham-impresses-in-epl-openers
August 6, 2022, 9:44 PM
While Liverpool made a stuttering start to the English Premier League, Tottenham showed it might be ready to take another step forward under Antonio Conte.
Liverpool had to…
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Pompeii discoveries shed light on middle class life
https://japantoday.com/category/world/pompeii-discoveries-shed-light-on-middle-class-life
August 6, 2022, 9:51 PM
Archeologists have discovered four new rooms in a house in Pompeii filled with plates, amphoras and other everyday objects, giving a snapshot of middle class life at the…
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Musk says Twitter deal could move ahead with 'bot' info
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/musk-says-twitter-deal-could-move-ahead-with-%27bot%27-info
August 6, 2022, 9:49 PM
Elon Musk said Saturday his planned $44 billion takeover of Twitter should move forward if the company can confirm some details about how it measures whether user accounts…
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Major fire spreads at Cuban fuel storage facility hit by lightning
https://japantoday.com/category/world/major-fire-spreads-at-cuban-fuel-storage-facility-hit-by-lightning2
August 6, 2022, 9:51 PM
A second fuel storage tank near Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas exploded on Saturday morning following a blaze which burned through the night after lightning hit another tank…
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Austria in shock over doctor's suicide following anti-vax abuse
https://japantoday.com/category/world/austria-in-shock-over-doctor%27s-suicide-following-anti-vax-abuse
August 6, 2022, 9:51 PM
Austrians expressed shock and anger this week over the suicide of doctor who had been the target of a torrent of abuse and threats from anti-vaccination protesters.
The…
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Iran urges 'realistic' U.S. response to revive nuclear deal
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iran-urges-%27realistic%27-u.s.-response-to-revive-nuclear-deal1
August 6, 2022, 9:51 PM
Iran's foreign minister called on Saturday for a "realistic response" from the United States to Iranian proposals at indirect talks in Vienna aimed at reviving Tehran's 2015 nuclear…
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Russian forces begin assault on two eastern Ukraine cities
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russian-forces-begin-assault-on-two-eastern-ukraine-cities
August 7, 2022, 4:29 AM
Russian forces began an assault Saturday on two key cities in the eastern Donetsk region and kept up rocket and shelling attacks on other Ukrainian cities, including one…
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British motorcyclist in coma after crashing at Japan circuit
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/British-motorcyclist-in-coma-after-crashing-at-Japan-circuit
August 6, 2022, 9:44 PM
British motorcycle racer Gino Rea crashed during practice for a race at Japan's Suzuka Circuit on Saturday, got seriously injured and fell into a coma, local police said.…
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Small fire sickens 1 fan at idol group King & Prince's concert
https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-small-fire-sickens-1-fan-at-idol-group-king-prince%27s-concert
August 6, 2022, 9:43 PM
A small fire erupted Saturday in onstage equipment during a concert of Japanese male idol group King & Prince in Sapporo, with one person among the thousands of…
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Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon, dies at 79
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/judith-durham-australia%27s-folk-music-icon-dies-at-79
August 6, 2022, 9:48 PM
Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon who achieved global fame as the lead singer of The Seekers, has died. She was 79.
Durham died in Alfred Hospital in…
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UK boy dies after life support stopped at end of long legal battle
https://japantoday.com/category/world/life-support-for-uk-boy-to-be-stopped-after-long-legal-battle
August 6, 2022, 9:51 PM
A London hospital on Saturday withdrew life support for 12-year-old British boy Archie Battersbee after his parents lost a long, emotive and divisive legal battle.
Archie's mother, Hollie…
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Japan foreign minister promises Cambodian PM to help ASEAN on Myanmar
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-foreign-minister-promises-cambodia-pm-to-help-asean-on-myanmar
August 7, 2022, 7:48 AM
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday pledged to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that Japan will support efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to improve…
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Taiwan says China military drills appear to simulate attack
https://japantoday.com/category/world/taiwan-says-china-military-drills-appear-to-simulate-attack
August 6, 2022, 7:32 AM
Taiwan said Saturday that China’s military drills appear to simulate an attack on the self-ruled island, after multiple Chinese warships and aircraft crossed the median line of the…
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Snickers owner apologizes after referring to Taiwan as a country
https://japantoday.com/category/business/snickers-owner-apologises-after-referring-to-taiwan-as-a-country
August 6, 2022, 7:31 AM
American candy giant Mars Wrigley has insisted it "respects China's national sovereignty" and apologized after an advert for its Snickers bar referred to Taiwan as a country, sparking…
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Actress Anne Heche hospitalized after fiery car crash
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/actress-anne-heche-hospitalized-after-fiery-car-crash-us-media
August 6, 2022, 6:28 AM
U.S. actress Anne Heche has been hospitalized in critical condition after crashing her car into a Los Angeles home, U.S. media reported Friday.
The Los Angeles Fire Department…
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Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire after deadly strikes
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israel-and-gaza-militants-exchange-fire-after-deadly-strikes
August 6, 2022, 9:56 PM
Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza early Saturday as rockets rained on southern Israel, hours after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed at…
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Blinken: China should not hold global concerns 'hostage'
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/marcos-meets-blinken-in-philippines-amid-us-china-crisis
August 6, 2022, 9:35 PM
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that China should not hold hostage talks on important global matters such as the climate crisis, after Beijing cut off…
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Badosa beats Coco Gauff to reach 4th semifinal of year
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/badosa-beats-coco-gauff-to-reach-4th-semifinal-of-year
August 6, 2022, 4:44 AM
Second-seeded Paula Badosa beat Coco Gauff 7-6(4), 6-2 on Friday at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic to reach her fourth semifinal of the year.
Badosa won nine straight…
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Kishida to reshuffle cabinet with COVID, Taiwan, Unification Church in focus
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-pm-kishida-to-reshuffle-cabinet-as-covid-taiwan-in-focus
August 6, 2022, 7:48 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he will reshuffle his cabinet next week to address mounting issues including Taiwan tensions, COVID-19 and economic stimulus measures to…
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