Taiwan hit by strongest quake in 25 years; four deaths reported
https://japantoday.com/category/world/taiwan-hit-by-strongest-quake-in-25-years-one-death-reported1
April 3, 2024, 4:35 AM
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, the strongest tremor to hit the island in at least 25 years, killing four people, injuring dozens and sparking a…
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White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moon
https://japantoday.com/category/world/white-house-directs-nasa-to-create-time-standard-for-the-moon
April 3, 2024, 3:42 AM
The White House on Tuesday directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies, as the United States aims to set…
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Tsunami threat from quake off Taiwan downgraded in Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tsunami-threat-from-quake-off-Taiwan-downgraded-in-Japan
April 3, 2024, 5:28 AM
The tsunami threat from a strong earthquake that struck Taiwan has largely passed.
The Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded its forecast from 3 meters to 1 meter. One island…
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Calvert-Lewin penalty earns Everton 1-1 draw at Newcastle in the Premier League
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/calvert-lewin-penalty-earns-everton-1-1-draw-at-newcastle-in-the-premier-league
April 2, 2024, 10:00 PM
Dominic Calvert-Lewin stepped off the bench to salvage a 1-1 draw for relegation-fighting Everton at Newcastle in the Premier League on Tuesday.
The England striker hadn't scored in…
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Video shows California deputies fatally shooting abducted teen as she runs toward them
https://japantoday.com/category/world/video-shows-california-deputies-fatally-shooting-abducted-teen-as-she-runs-toward-them
April 2, 2024, 9:59 PM
A teenage girl who had been kidnapped by her father was following sheriff's deputies' instructions and appeared to be surrendering when deputies fatally shot her during a gun…
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Taylor Swift officially declared a billionaire by Forbes
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/taylor-swift-officially-declared-a-billionaire-by-forbes1
April 2, 2024, 10:03 PM
Taylor Swift was officially named a member of the three-comma-club Tuesday, as Forbes confirmed rumors estimating her wealth exceeds a billion dollars.
The financial news outlet said she…
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Turkey denies newly elected pro-Kurdish mayor the right to hold office in country's east
https://japantoday.com/category/world/turkey-denies-newly-elected-pro-kurdish-mayor-the-right-to-hold-office-in-country%27s-east
April 2, 2024, 9:58 PM
Turkey’s electoral authorities on Tuesday denied the newly elected mayor from a pro-Kurdish political party the right to hold office in an eastern city and replaced him with…
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Most-capped All Black Sam Whitelock to retire from all rugby
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/most-capped-all-black-sam-whitelock-to-retire-from-all-rugby
April 2, 2024, 9:59 PM
All Blacks lock Sam Whitelock will retire from all rugby at the end of the current European season, aged 35 and after a record 153 tests for New…
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Aid organizations suspend operations in Gaza after 7 workers killed
https://japantoday.com/category/world/aid-organizations-suspend-operations-in-gaza-after-world-central-kitchen-workers%27-deaths
April 3, 2024, 3:10 AM
Several humanitarian aid organizations suspended operations in Gaza on Tuesday after an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen workers.
The nonprofits, including World Central Kitchen, said they…
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Pepe Aguilar putting Mexican culture at front and center with 'Jaripeo: Hasta Los Huesos'
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/pepe-aguilar-is-putting-mexican-culture-at-the-front-and-center-with-%27jaripeo-hasta-los-huesos%27
April 2, 2024, 10:04 PM
Pepe Aguilar feels like a superhero when he puts on his charro suit. But unlike Superman, Aguilar’s power isn’t supernatural or otherworldly; it’s his love for his culture…
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Haiti's surge in gang violence has led more than 53,000 to flee the capital in less than three weeks
https://japantoday.com/category/world/haiti%27s-surge-in-gang-violence-has-led-more-than-53-000-to-flee-the-capital-in-less-than-three-weeks
April 2, 2024, 9:58 PM
More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape unrelenting gang violence, according to a United Nations report released…
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Bye, bye Bibi: Is the game up for Israel's great survivor Netanyahu?
https://japantoday.com/category/features/opinions/bye-bye-bibi-is-the-game-up-for-israel%27s-great-survivor-netanyahu
April 2, 2024, 9:53 PM
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Houdini of Israeli politics and its longest serving prime minister, has been written off many times before.
But with thousands of protesters on the streets…
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WeWork expects to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of May
https://japantoday.com/category/business/wework-expects-to-emerge-from-bankruptcy-by-the-end-of-may-predicting-8-billion-in-rental-savings
April 2, 2024, 10:03 PM
Embattled co-working space provider WeWork says it expects to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of May, touting lease-restructuring efforts that it estimates will bring $8 billion in…
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Democrats hit Trump on abortion in key election states
https://japantoday.com/category/world/democrats-hit-trump-on-abortion-in-key-us-election-states
April 3, 2024, 3:06 AM
Democrats blitzed target states Tuesday with a campaign to mobilize voters on reproductive rights ahead of November's US election, highlighting efforts by Donald Trump and the Republicans to…
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Police say JK Rowling committed no crime with tweets slamming Scotland's new hate speech law
https://japantoday.com/category/world/police-say-jk-rowling-committed-no-crime-with-tweets-slamming-scotland%27s-new-hate-speech-law
April 3, 2024, 1:21 AM
JK Rowling did not break the law with tweets criticizing Scotland’s new hate speech law and referring to transgender women as men, the police said Tuesday.
The “Harry…
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Browsing in incognito mode doesn't protect you as much as you might think
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/browsing-in-incognito-mode-doesn%27t-protect-you-as-much-as-you-might-think
April 2, 2024, 10:03 PM
Although a private browsing mode known as “Incognito" in Google's widely used Chrome browser has been available for nearly a decade, a legal settlement involving the way it…
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Stevie Wonder, Miranda Lambert, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj submit letter to AI developers to honor artists' rights
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/miranda-lambert-billie-eilish-nicki-minaj-submit-letter-to-ai-developers-to-honor-artists%27-rights
April 2, 2024, 10:04 PM
Stevie Wonder, Miranda Lambert, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Peter Frampton, Katy Perry, Smokey Robinson and J Balvin are just some of the over 200 names featured on a…
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Biden and Xi discuss Taiwan, AI and fentanyl in a push to return to regular leader talks
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-and-xi-hold-first-call-since-november-summit-chinese-state-media-reports
April 3, 2024, 3:37 AM
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Taiwan, artificial intelligence and security issues Tuesday in a call meant to demonstrate a return to regular leader-to-leader dialogue…
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Japan, U.S., Australia, Philippines to hold drill in South China Sea
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-japan-u.s.-australia-philippines-to-hold-drill-in-south-china-sea
April 2, 2024, 10:02 PM
Japan, the United States, Australia and the Philippines are set to hold a joint naval exercise on Sunday off the Southeast Asian country's Palawan Island in the South…
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Tesla sales tumble nearly 9% as competition heats up and demand for EVs slows
https://japantoday.com/category/business/tesla-1q-sales-fall-nearly-9-as-competition-heats-up-and-demand-for-electric-vehicles-slows
April 2, 2024, 10:02 PM
Tesla sales fell sharply last quarter as competition increased worldwide, electric vehicle sales growth slowed, and price cuts failed to lure more buyers.
The Austin, Texas, company said…
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Fire at popular Istanbul nightclub during renovations kills at least 29 people
https://japantoday.com/category/world/fire-at-an-istanbul-nightclub-during-renovations-leaves-15-dead-and-several-badly-hurt
April 2, 2024, 9:57 PM
A fire engulfed a popular Istanbul nightclub Tuesday during renovations, trapping workers and employees inside and killing at least 29 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including…
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BayStars rough up MVP pitcher Murakami; beat Tigers 5-3
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/baseball-baystars-rough-up-mvp-pitcher-murakami-beat-tigers
April 2, 2024, 10:00 PM
The DeNA BayStars got to reigning Central League MVP pitcher Shoki Murakami early on their way to a 5-3 victory over the Hanshin Tigers on Tuesday.
BayStars catcher…
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Putin vows to find masterminds of Moscow concert hall attack and urges tighter security
https://japantoday.com/category/world/putin-vows-to-find-the-masterminds-of-the-moscow-concert-hall-attack-and-urges-tighter-security
April 3, 2024, 3:37 AM
President Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday to track down the masterminds of the Moscow concert hall attack that left 144 people dead in the worst assault on Russian soil…
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2 LDP heavyweights to be advised to leave party over funds scandal
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-2-ldp-heavyweights-to-be-advised-to-leave-party-over-funds-scandal
April 2, 2024, 10:04 PM
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is to advise two heavyweights of its biggest faction to leave the party due to their roles in a political funds scandal that…
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Shizuoka governor to resign after gaffe insulting vegetable sellers
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-shizuoka-gov.-to-resign-after-gaffe-insulting-vegetable-sellers
April 2, 2024, 10:01 PM
The governor of Shizuoka Prefecture said Tuesday he will resign amid backlash over a gaffe saying civil servants being inducted into the prefectural government were intelligent people, "unlike…
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Kashiwazaki nuclear plant better coped to deal with terrorism: IAEA
https://japantoday.com/category/national/kashiwazaki-nuclear-plant-better-coped-to-deal-with-terrorism-iaea
April 2, 2024, 10:01 PM
International Atomic Energy Agency experts said Tuesday the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, is better coped to deal with terrorism following improvements in its…
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World's most powerful MRI scans first images of human brain
https://japantoday.com/category/features/health/world%27s-most-powerful-mri-scans-first-images-of-human-brain
April 2, 2024, 9:55 PM
The world's most powerful MRI scanner has delivered its first images of human brains, reaching a new level of precision that is hoped will shed more light on…
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Senegal swears in Africa's youngest elected leader as president in a dramatic prison-to-palace rise
https://japantoday.com/category/world/senegal-prepares-to-swear-in-former-opposition-figure-recently-freed-from-prison-as-new-president
April 2, 2024, 9:58 PM
Senegal inaugurated Africa's youngest elected leader as president on Tuesday, as the 44-year-old and previously little-known Bassirou Diomaye Faye completed a dramatic ascent from prison to palace within…
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Ukraine aims drones at an oil refinery and a drone factory in its deepest strike yet inside Russia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-uses-drones-in-what-appears-to-be-its-deepest-strike-yet-inside-russia
April 3, 2024, 3:07 AM
Ukrainian drones attacked one of Russia's biggest oil refineries and a drone factory in the Russian province of Tatarstan, officials said Tuesday, in what appeared to be Kyiv’s…
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Tokyo police confirm 2018 death of N Korea abduction suspect
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/tokyo-police-confirm-2018-death-of-n.-korea-abduction-suspect
April 3, 2024, 12:32 AM
Tokyo police said Tuesday they have confirmed that a suspect in North Korea's 1980 abduction of Japanese national Tadaaki Hara died in 2018, the first death among 11…
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