All Blacks thrash Pumas 53-3 in Rugby Championship
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/all-blacks-bounce-back-top-pumas-53-3-in-rugby-championship
September 3, 2022, 10:20 AM
Beleaguered head coach Ian Foster finally found some relief and even hope in his home town of Hamilton where the All Blacks snapped a historic losing streak by…
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Russia reports 50,000 COVID-19 cases for second day running
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-reports-50-000-covid-19-cases-for-second-day-running
September 3, 2022, 10:18 AM
Russia recorded more than 50,000 new daily COVID-19 cases for the second day running on Saturday, the government's coronavirus task force said.
Over the last 24 hours, 51,699…
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Arrested ex-Tokyo Olympic exec may have been asked to favor Kadokawa Corp
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/arrested-ex-tokyo-olympic-exec-may-have-been-asked-to-favor-kadokawa
September 3, 2022, 10:12 AM
Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive arrested in a bribery case involving a sponsorship contract for a clothes retailer, may also have been asked to…
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Japan reports 123,100 new coronavirus cases; 12,561 in Tokyo
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-12-561-new-coronavirus-cases
September 3, 2022, 10:05 AM
Japan on Saturday reported 123,100 new coronavirus cases.
The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 12,561 new cases, up 148 from Friday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe…
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Unification Church's donation coercion in Japan is problem: ex-exec
https://japantoday.com/category/national/unification-church%27s-donation-coercion-in-japan-is-problem-ex-exec
September 3, 2022, 7:48 AM
The Unification Church acts "clearly against public morality" as it has imposed an unreasonable quota for donations on its churches across Japan, causing many followers to go bankrupt,…
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Man arrested for killing adoptive mother dies in apparent suicide in detention cell
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-killing-adoptive-mother-dies-in-apparent-suicide-in-detention-cell
September 3, 2022, 7:50 AM
A 28-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of killing his 54-year-old adoptive mother last year has died after being found unresponsive in his detention cell in Osaka,…
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California opens cooling centers for heat wave vulnerable
https://japantoday.com/category/world/california-opens-cooling-centers-for-heat-wave-vulnerable
September 3, 2022, 2:26 AM
It is too hot in Nelly Amaya's place when the mercury surges into triple digits, driven by the punishing heat wave gripping the western United States.
"We don't…
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U.S. angers China with potential $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan
https://japantoday.com/category/world/u.s.-angers-china-with-potential-1.1-billion-arms-sale-to-taiwan
September 3, 2022, 10:21 AM
The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, with China threatening to…
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Murray out of U.S. Open in 3rd round; Serena Williams eliminated
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/Murray-out-of-U.S.-Open-in-3rd-round-Serena-Williams-eliminated
September 3, 2022, 5:14 AM
Andy Murray’s latest Week 1 exit at a Grand Slam tournament did not discourage him. The three-time major champion still thinks he can go toe-to-toe with the best in men’s…
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Digital minister Kono asks gov't to stop using floppy disks
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/digital-minister-kono-asks-gov%27t-to-stop-using-floppy-disks-1
September 2, 2022, 9:41 PM
If you look at Wikipedia’s English-language entry for Taro Kono, it describes the Japanese politician as having “developed a reputation as a political maverick.” So having assumed a new…
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Environment chat
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/environment-chat-1
September 2, 2022, 9:01 PM
U.S. Environment Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, center, poses with Asaka High School students and faculties as well as people from Fukushima Prefecture at the Ministry of the…
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Dozens of migrant children reported missing in Houston, raising alarms
https://japantoday.com/category/world/exclusive-dozens-of-migrant-children-reported-missing-in-houston-raising-alarms1
September 2, 2022, 9:44 PM
Federal and local officials are scrambling to locate close to a dozen unaccompanied migrant children, after Houston police raised concerns about dozens of migrant children reported missing in…
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Sri Lanka's deposed ex-leader returns from exile
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sri-lanka%27s-deposed-ex-leader-returns-from-exile
September 2, 2022, 9:44 PM
Sri Lanka's deposed former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to the country Friday, an airport official said, seven weeks after he fled amid the island's worst-ever economic crisis.
Rajapaksa…
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It's raining diamonds across the universe, research suggests
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/it%27s-raining-diamonds-across-the-universe-research-suggests
September 2, 2022, 9:30 PM
It could be raining diamonds on planets throughout the universe, scientists suggested Friday, after using common plastic to recreate the strange precipitation believed to form deep inside Uranus…
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Gunmen kill more than 40 people in Ethiopia's Oromiya region
https://japantoday.com/category/world/gunmen-kill-more-than-40-people-in-ethiopia%27s-oromiya-region-residents
September 2, 2022, 9:45 PM
Gunmen killed at least 42 people in Ethiopia's Oromiya region, two residents who buried the bodies in mass graves said on Friday, the latest killings in the country's…
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Trump search inventory reveals new details from FBI seizure
https://japantoday.com/category/world/empty-folders-among-items-found-in-fbi-search-of-trump-home
September 3, 2022, 5:32 AM
Along with highly classified government documents, the FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate found dozens of empty folders marked classified but with nothing inside…
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3 Balkan countries to work on averting food, energy shortage
https://japantoday.com/category/world/3-balkan-countries-to-work-on-averting-food-energy-shortage
September 2, 2022, 9:45 PM
Anticipating a tough winter in light of the war in Ukraine, three Balkan states agreed Friday to help each other with potential food or energy shortages and have…
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G7 pledges to move forward with Russia oil price cap system
https://japantoday.com/category/world/g-7-pledges-to-move-forward-with-russia-oil-price-cap-system
September 2, 2022, 9:42 PM
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers on Friday pledged to impose a cap on the price of Russian oil in a bid to limit the…
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BBC donates $1.6 million to charity over Diana interview
https://japantoday.com/category/world/bbc-donates-1.6-million-to-charity-over-diana-interview
September 2, 2022, 9:45 PM
The BBC said on Friday it had donated to charities 1.42 million pounds ($1.64 million) of sales it made from an interview that it conducted with Princess Diana…
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U.S, Japan, S Korea officials to meet on Sept 7 to discuss N Korea
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/u.s-japan-s.korea-officials-to-meet-on-sept.-7-to-discuss-n.korea
September 3, 2022, 5:33 AM
Senior officials from Japan, the United States and South Korea will meet next week to discuss North Korean issues, the Japanese government said on Friday, amid signs the…
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Top cleric among 18 killed in Afghanistan mosque blast
https://japantoday.com/category/world/top-cleric-killed-by-mosque-blast-in-afghanistan%27s-herat
September 2, 2022, 9:45 PM
A suicide bomber struck one of western Afghanistan's biggest mosques Friday, killing at least 18 people including an influential imam who this year called for those who commit…
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IAEA to have 'full picture' of Ukraine nuclear plant in days
https://japantoday.com/category/world/fighting-goes-on-near-ukraine-nuclear-plant-iaea-on-site
September 3, 2022, 5:32 AM
Fighting raged Friday near Europe's biggest nuclear power plant in a Russian-held area of eastern Ukraine, as experts from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency assessing damage expressed concern…
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S Korean foreign minister meets Japan wartime labor plaintiffs
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/s.-korea-foreign-minister-meets-japan-wartime-labor-plaintiffs
September 2, 2022, 9:47 PM
South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin met with Korean plaintiffs in Japanese wartime labor cases on Friday as the government of President Yoon Seok Yeol works to solve…
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Premier League clubs shatter spending record in £1.9 billion spree
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/premier-league-clubs-shatter-spending-record-in-%C2%A31.9bn-spree
September 2, 2022, 9:28 PM
Premier League clubs shattered their single-season spending record during an incredible £1.9 billion ($2.1 billion) spree during the summer window.
Deloitte's Sports Business Group estimated the gross spending…
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Japan names huge 52-man training squad with eye on Rugby World Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/japan-name-huge-52-man-training-squad-with-eye-on-rugby-world-cup
September 2, 2022, 9:29 PM
Japan head coach Jamie Joseph on Friday named a mammoth 52-man preliminary squad to face New Zealand, England and France, saying he needs "more depth" for next year's…
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India launches new aircraft carrier
https://japantoday.com/category/world/india-launches-new-aircraft-carrier-as-china-concerns-grow
September 2, 2022, 9:45 PM
India commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier Friday as it seeks to counter regional rival China's much larger and growing fleet, and expand its own indigenous shipbuilding capabilities.…
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EPA head says advanced nuclear tech key to mitigating climate change
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/epa-head-advanced-nuke-tech-key-to-mitigate-climate-change
September 3, 2022, 7:51 AM
The head of the U.S. Environment Protection Agency said Friday that advanced nuclear technology will be “critical" for both the United States and Japan as they step up…
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Asian stock markets lower ahead of latest U.S. jobs reading
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-stock-markets-lower-ahead-of-latest-us-jobs-reading
September 2, 2022, 6:16 AM
Asian stock markets were mixed Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data that might reinforce Federal Reserve plans for bigger interest rate hikes to cool surging inflation.
Shanghai advanced…
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi gets more jail, hard labor for election fraud
https://japantoday.com/category/world/myanmar%27s-suu-kyi-gets-more-jail-hard-labour-for-election-fraud
September 2, 2022, 9:44 PM
Myanmar's deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of electoral fraud on Friday and sentenced by a judge to three years in jail with hard…
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Apparent assassination attempt against VP roils Argentina
https://japantoday.com/category/world/argentina-attempt-to-kill-vp-fails-when-handgun-misfires
September 2, 2022, 9:44 PM
As Argentina’s powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández stepped from her car outside her apartment building and began shaking hands with a throng of a well-wishers, a man came…
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