Thousands flee after Philippine volcano erupts
https://japantoday.com/category/world/thousands-flee-after-philippine-volcano-erupts
March 26, 2022, 7:52 AM
Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate from their homes near a Philippine volcano Saturday after an eruption sent ash and steam hundreds of meters into the sky.…
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Shanghai won't lock down despite COVID spike: official
https://japantoday.com/category/world/shanghai-won%27t-lock-down-despite-covid-spike-official
March 26, 2022, 6:59 AM
Shanghai on Saturday recorded a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, but a member of the city's pandemic task force said officials were determined to avoid a full lockdown…
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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-dead-at-50
March 26, 2022, 4:18 AM
Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters, has died. He was 50.
There were no immediate details about how Hawkins died, though the band…
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Tokyo reports 7,440 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 47,338
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-7-440-new-coronavirus-cases
March 26, 2022, 9:55 AM
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Saturday reported 7,440 new coronavirus cases, up 151 from Friday and down four from last Saturday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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Sakamoto skates to gold as Russia ban opens door for new stars
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/Sakamoto-skates-to-gold-as-Russia-ban-opens-door-for-new-stars
March 25, 2022, 11:48 PM
Japan's Kaori Sakamoto on Friday added the world figure skating title to her Olympic bronze medal, capitalising on the absence of Russian rivals banned following the invasion of…
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Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases
https://japantoday.com/category/world/justices-decide-for-themselves-when-to-step-aside-from-cases
March 25, 2022, 11:41 PM
Reports that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas implored Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff to act to overturn the 2020 election results have put…
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Ohtani chosen as Angels' opening day pitcher
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/two-way-star-ohtani-chosen-as-angels%27-opening-day-pitcher
March 26, 2022, 3:25 AM
The full Shohei Ohtani experience will be on display when the Los Angeles Angels take the field on opening day.
The two-way star was picked to be the…
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Russia starts military drill on disputed islands off Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/national/russia-starts-military-drill-on-disputed-islands-off-japan
March 26, 2022, 7:50 AM
The Russian military said Friday it has started a military exercise involving more than 3,000 troops on a chain of islands including those disputed with Japan, Russian news…
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Brazilian star Anitta tops Spotify with booty-grinding 'Envolver'
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/brazilian-star-anitta-tops-spotify-with-booty-grinding-%27envolver%27
March 25, 2022, 9:42 PM
Pop superstar Anitta became the first Brazilian to reach the number one spot on music streaming platform Spotify Friday, with a booty-grinding hit, "Envolver," that has sparked a…
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EU leaders reach compromise on energy after long debate
https://japantoday.com/category/world/eu-leaders-reach-compromise-on-energy-after-long-debate
March 25, 2022, 9:49 PM
European Union leaders struggled for hours Friday to find a compromise on a deal aimed at curbing energy prices that have gone through the roof and hurt households…
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DeSantis signs bill targeting explicit books in Florida schools
https://japantoday.com/category/world/desantis-signs-bill-to-keep-explicit-books-out-of-schools
March 25, 2022, 9:50 PM
Saying Florida public schools are making sexually explicit books available to children, Republican Gov Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday to give parents a say in what books…
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COVID outbreak hits Japanese team at women's curling worlds
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/covid-outbreak-hits-japanese-team-at-women%27s-curling-worlds
March 25, 2022, 9:46 PM
A COVID-19 outbreak on the Japanese team at the women's curling world championships forced them to compete one player down in one match and forfeit another on Friday.…
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Atom-smashing CERN lab ratchets up measures against Russia
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/atom-smashing-cern-lab-ratchets-up-measures-against-russia
March 25, 2022, 9:46 PM
The sprawling European science lab that houses the world’s largest atom smasher is taking new steps that will further limit its cooperation with Russian research institutes in the…
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4 Chinese badminton players guilty of not playing seriously
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/4-chinese-badminton-players-guilty-of-not-playing-seriously
March 25, 2022, 9:48 PM
Four Chinese badminton players are on probation for two years for failing to try their best to win a doubles match in 2018.
The incident happened in the…
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Gauff and Rogers win; more seeded women fall at Miami Open
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/gauff-and-rogers-win-more-seeded-women-fall-at-miami-open
March 25, 2022, 11:34 PM
Seeded women continue to have major struggles at the Miami Open.
Coco Gauff is one of the few exceptions.
The 14th-seeded American, whose home is about a 45-minute…
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U.S. cancels Taliban talks after girls school closure
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-cancels-doha-talks-with-taliban-over-girls-school-closure-official
March 25, 2022, 9:50 PM
The United States said Friday that it has canceled planned talks in Doha with the Taliban after the hardline Islamist rulers of Afghanistan shut girls' secondary schools.
"We…
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Yemen rebels strike oil depot in Saudi city hosting F1 race
https://japantoday.com/category/world/fire-in-saudi-city-ahead-f1-race-yemen-rebels-claim-attacks
March 25, 2022, 9:50 PM
Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked an oil depot on Friday in the Saudi city of Jiddah ahead of a Formula One race in the kingdom. It was the rebels'…
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F1 continues racing despite nearby fire following an attack
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/leclerc-leads-verstappen-in-1st-practice-at-saudi-arabian-gp
March 25, 2022, 9:47 PM
Despite a raging fire at a nearby oil depot following an attack, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix maintained business as usual on Friday night. The Formula One race…
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Chip shortage forces GM to pause production at Indiana plant
https://japantoday.com/category/business/chip-shortage-forces-gm-to-pause-production-at-indiana-plant
March 25, 2022, 9:44 PM
General Motors is shutting down its pickup truck factory in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for two weeks next month because the company has run short of computer chips.
The…
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Biden sees refugee crisis in Poland
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-in-poland-to-see-us-troops-ukraine-refugees
March 25, 2022, 9:49 PM
Just 60 miles from Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden saluted Poland on Friday for welcoming more than 2 million refugees who have fled Russia's invasion. Then he met…
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10,000 foreign children in Japan may be absent from school
https://japantoday.com/category/national/10-000-foreign-children-in-japan-may-be-absent-from-school
March 26, 2022, 7:50 AM
Around 7 percent of all foreign children in Japan of elementary to junior high school age, or 10,046 children, may not be attending school, government data showed Friday.…
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Kishida proposes Biden visit Japan in late April
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Kishida-proposes-Biden-visit-Japan-in-late-April
March 25, 2022, 9:39 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has sounded out U.S. President Joe Biden about visiting Japan in late April, government sources said Friday.
The proposal was made when Kishida…
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Small U.S. businesses face tax headaches on top of pandemic woes
https://japantoday.com/category/business/small-businesses-face-tax-headaches-on-top-of-pandemic-woes
March 25, 2022, 9:44 PM
Small businesses that have been buffeted by the pandemic, inflation and shipping woes have another challenge to add to their plate: taxes.
Tax season can be complicated for…
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High court rules dike floodgates be kept closed in Isahaya Bay
https://japantoday.com/category/national/high-court-rules-dike-floodgates-be-kept-closed-in-southwestern-japan
March 25, 2022, 9:38 PM
A Japanese high court nullified Friday a 2010 ruling that ordered the state to open the floodgates of a dike in southwestern Japan, in a protracted legal battle…
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Japan's action on Ukraine boosts G7 response, but effectiveness unclear
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/focus-japan-action-boosts-g-7%27s-russia-response-but-effectiveness-unclear
March 26, 2022, 7:49 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's whirlwind trip to Brussels to meet U.S. and European leaders was the latest sign of how the Asian country is committed to working…
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From Euro glory to World Cup disaster: What happened to Italy?
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/from-euro-glory-to-world-cup-disaster-what-happened-to-italy
March 25, 2022, 9:47 PM
Italy is once again reeling after failing to reach a second straight World Cup, throwing away automatic qualification before falling to a devastating defeat in the play-offs to…
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Court rules police removal of Abe hecklers from speech illegal
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/court-rules-police-removal-of-abe-hecklers-from-stump-speech-illegal
March 25, 2022, 9:39 PM
A court in northern Japan on Friday ruled against the removal by police officers of hecklers from the site of a 2019 stump speech by then-Prime Minister Shinzo…
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Japan retains economic assessment in March; warns of Ukraine risks
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-retains-economic-assessment-in-march-warns-of-ukraine-risks
March 25, 2022, 9:44 PM
Japan's government on Friday maintained its assessment that the economic recovery from the coronavirus fallout is continuing, while warning of the impact of rising crude oil and other…
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Japan OKs bigger budget to host U.S. forces, step up alliance
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-oks-bigger-budget-to-host-us-forces-step-up-alliance
March 26, 2022, 7:51 AM
Japan’s parliament on Friday approved a new agreement with the United States, endorsing Japanese government spending exceeding 1 trillion yen ($8 billion) for hosting U.S. troops as the…
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Japan to ban luxury car exports to Russia
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-to-ban-luxury-car-exports-to-Russia
March 26, 2022, 7:51 AM
Japan is planning to ban exports of luxury cars to Russia as early as next week as part of its expanded sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of…
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