Man arrested after 'disturbance' as line to see queen swells
https://japantoday.com/category/world/man-arrested-after-%27disturbance%27-as-line-to-see-queen-swells
September 17, 2022, 10:07 AM
Thousands of people spent London’s coldest night in months huddled in line to view the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, and authorities warned Saturday that arriving mourners face…
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Trout homers for 8th time in 10 games as Angels beat Mariners 8-7
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/trout-homers-for-8th-time-in-10-games-angels-beat-m%27s-8-7
September 17, 2022, 7:27 AM
Mike Trout homered for the eighth time in 10 games and the Los Angeles Angels tripped up the Seattle Mariners’ AL wild-card run with an 8-7 victory Friday…
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'Unprecedented' super typhoon approaches southern Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-japan-poised-to-issue-special-typhoon-warning-for-kyushu-region
September 17, 2022, 10:05 AM
The Japan Meteorological Agency urged residents to evacuate parts of the southern island of Kyushu on Saturday, ahead of a large and powerful typhoon expected to bring up to half…
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Japan reports 70,975 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-8-018-new-coronavirus-cases
September 17, 2022, 12:00 PM
Japan on Saturday reported 70,975 new coronavirus cases.
The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 8,018 new cases, down 618 from Friday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe…
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Man arrested on suspicion of killing wife by giving her methanol
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-killing-wife-by-giving-her-methanol
September 17, 2022, 7:51 AM
Police in Tokyo have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 40-year-old wife in January by poisoning her with methanol.
According to police, Keisuke Yoshida, who…
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Emperor, empress leave for Queen Elizabeth's funeral
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-emperor-empress-leave-for-queen-elizabeth%27s-state-funeral
September 17, 2022, 7:49 AM
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako left for Britain on a government plane Saturday to attend Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral, marking the couple's first trip abroad since he…
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Political worries, low yen attracting more Chinese buyers to Japan's real estate market
https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/political-worries-low-yen-attracting-more-chinese-buyers-to-japan%27s-real-estate-market
September 17, 2022, 5:18 AM
"The number of people accessing our site is up by 30% over this time last year," Zhao Kiyoshi, representative director of Shenjumiaosuan, a real estate platform based in…
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Mainland China reports first imported monkeypox case
https://japantoday.com/category/world/mainland-china-reports-first-imported-monkeypox-case1
September 17, 2022, 3:38 AM
The Chinese city of Chongqing reported one case of the monkeypox virus infection on Friday in an individual who arrived from abroad, marking mainland China's first known monkeypox…
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Israel attacks Damascus airport; five soldiers killed, Syria says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israel-attacks-damascus-airport-five-soldiers-killed-syria-says
September 17, 2022, 3:39 AM
Israel carried out an airstrike on Syria's Damascus International airport and other positions south of the capital, killing five soldiers and causing material damages, the ministry of defense…
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Villa ease pressure on Gerrard as Premier League returns after queen's death
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/villa-ease-pressure-on-gerrard-as-premier-league-returns-after-queen%27s-death1
September 17, 2022, 2:25 AM
Aston Villa eased the pressure on under-fire boss Steven Gerrard with a 1-0 win over Southampton on Friday as the Premier League returned following the death of Queen…
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Kyrgyzstan reports heavy fighting with Tajikistan, 24 people killed
https://japantoday.com/category/world/kyrgyzstan-reports-heavy-fighting-with-tajikistan-24-people-killed
September 16, 2022, 9:38 PM
Kyrgyzstan reported "intense battles" with Central Asian neighbor Tajikistan on Friday and said 24 people had been killed in the latest outbreak of violence to hit the former…
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Changing colors
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/changing-colors-1
September 16, 2022, 9:09 PM
Visitors view glasswort that have turned red on the shores of Lake Notoro in the Hokkaido city of Abashiri on Friday.
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King Charles stands vigil as queen's lying-in-state queue swells
https://japantoday.com/category/world/king-charles-stands-vigil-as-queen%27s-lying-in-state-queue-swells1
September 16, 2022, 9:37 PM
King Charles and his siblings stood vigil by the coffin of their late mother Queen Elizabeth on Friday as tens of thousands of mourners queuing to pay their…
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China, AUKUS countries clash at IAEA over nuclear submarine plan
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-aukus-countries-clash-at-iaea-over-nuclear-submarine-plan
September 16, 2022, 9:38 PM
China clashed with the countries in the so-called AUKUS alliance at the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Friday over their plan to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines, capping a…
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IOC president Bach discusses 'challenges' for 2026 Winter Games
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/ioc-president-bach-discusses-%27challenges%27-for-2026-games
September 17, 2022, 2:27 AM
Costly construction delays, a leadership vacancy linked to a volatile political climate and a lack of sponsors amid a spreading financial crisis has prompted International Olympic Committee president…
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Denmark spy chief charged with leaking state secrets
https://japantoday.com/category/world/denmark-spy-chief-charged-with-leaking-state-secrets
September 16, 2022, 9:38 PM
Denmark's state prosecutor said on Friday it had charged the suspended chief of the country's foreign intelligence unit with leaking highly classified information, the latest twist in a…
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Depositors storm 5 banks as Lebanon's cash crisis worsens
https://japantoday.com/category/world/depositors-storm-four-banks-as-lebanon%27s-cash-crisis-worsens
September 16, 2022, 9:38 PM
Lebanese depositors, including one armed with a hunting rifle, broke into at least five banks on Friday to demand their trapped savings, a sign of growing chaos in…
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Death toll from building collapse in Jordan climbs to 13
https://japantoday.com/category/world/death-toll-from-building-collapse-in-jordan-climbs-to-13
September 16, 2022, 9:38 PM
The death toll from the collapse of a four-story building in Jordan's capital this week has climbed to 13, with rescuers still searching for a missing woman, the…
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Starbucks Singapore says customer database breached
https://japantoday.com/category/business/starbucks-singapore-says-customer-database-breached
September 16, 2022, 9:46 PM
Starbucks Singapore said Friday its customer database was breached online, with local media reporting that 200,000 people's information was stolen.
The coffee chain -- a licensed Starbucks franchise…
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Putin vows to press attack on Ukraine; courts India, China
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china%27s-xi-calls-for-effort-to-prevent-%27color-revolutions%27
September 17, 2022, 3:49 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Friday to press his attack on Ukraine despite Ukraine's latest counteroffensive and warned that Moscow could ramp up its strikes on the country's…
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Chinese delegation barred from queen's coffin
https://japantoday.com/category/world/report-chinese-delegation-barred-from-queen%27s-coffin
September 16, 2022, 9:58 PM
A delegation of Chinese officials reportedly has been barred from visiting the historic hall in Parliament where Queen Elizabeth II is lying in state, as geopolitics cast a…
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Ukrainian president says burial site contains torture victims
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-finds-new-mass-burials-says-russia-%E2%80%9Cleaves-death
September 17, 2022, 3:49 AM
Investigators searching through a mass burial site in Ukraine have found evidence that some of the dead were tortured, including bodies with broken limbs and ropes around their…
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Germany seizes Russian energy firm's subsidiaries
https://japantoday.com/category/world/germany-seizes-russian-energy-firm%27s-subsidiaries
September 16, 2022, 7:29 AM
Berlin on Friday took control of the German operations of Russian oil firm Rosneft to secure energy supplies which have been disrupted after Moscow invaded Ukraine.
Rosneft's German…
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Gov't ordered to pay ¥1.65 mil over death of Cameroon man in detention center
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Gov%27t-ordered-to-pay-%C2%A51.65-mil-over-death-of-Cameroon-man-in-detention-center
September 16, 2022, 9:51 PM
A Japanese court on Friday ordered the government to pay 1.65 million yen in damages to the bereaved family of a Cameroonian man who died while being detained…
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Federer, Serena retire; tennis moves on to Alcaraz, Swiatek
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/federer-serena-retire-tennis-moves-on-to-alcaraz-swiatek
September 16, 2022, 9:42 PM
The timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: Within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is believed to be her last match at age 40, Roger…
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China's consumer, factory activity improve but still weak
https://japantoday.com/category/business/china%27s-consumer-factory-activity-improve-but-still-weak
September 16, 2022, 9:45 PM
Chinese consumer spending and factory output edged up in August but still were weak, official data showed Friday, and forecasters warned the second-largest economy is vulnerable to repeated…
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Asian stocks follow Wall St lower amid inflation pressure
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-stocks-follow-wall-st-lower-amid-inflation-pressure
September 16, 2022, 7:53 AM
Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Friday after higher-than-expected U.S. inflation dashed hopes the Federal Reserve might ease away from more interest rate hikes.
Shanghai, Tokyo,…
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Man arrested over murder of Osaka karaoke parlor owner asks for death penalty
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-over-murder-of-osaka-karaoke-parlor-owner-asks-for-death-penalty
September 17, 2022, 7:50 AM
A 57-year-old man who went on trial at the Osaka District Court on Friday for killing a 25-year-old woman at the karaoke parlor she owned last year, requested…
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Taiwan eyes earlier end to COVID quarantine for arrivals
https://japantoday.com/category/features/travel/taiwan-eyeing-earlier-end-to-covid-quarantine-for-arrivals
September 16, 2022, 9:33 PM
Taiwan is eyeing an earlier end to its mandatory quarantine for all arrivals and has been making relevant preparations, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Friday, as the government…
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Japan approves 14 venues for G7 ministerial meetings in 2023
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-approves-venues-for-g-7-ministerial-meetings-in-2023
September 17, 2022, 7:50 AM
Japan on Friday approved the venues for the Group of Seven ministerial meetings next year. The G7 summit is scheduled to be held in Hiroshima, one of the…
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