U.S., China to launch exchanges on balanced growth, money laundering, Yellen says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-china-to-launch-exchanges-on-balanced-growth-money-laundering-yellen-says
April 6, 2024, 7:00 AM
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday that she and Chinese Vice Premier Hi Lifeng agreed to launch exchanges on balanced growth in domestic and global economies,…
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9-year-old girl dies after being hit by train Gunma Prefecture
https://japantoday.com/category/national/9-year-old-girl-dies-after-being-hit-by-train-gunma-prefecture
April 6, 2024, 7:03 AM
A nine-year-old girl died after she was hit by a train in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, on Saturday.
The incident occurred at around 8:50 a.m. on a crossing…
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More than 600 people still stranded in Taiwan, 3 days after earthquake that killed at least 12
https://japantoday.com/category/world/more-than-600-people-still-stranded-in-taiwan-3-days-after-earthquake-that-killed-at-least-12
April 6, 2024, 5:06 AM
Rescuers were planning to bring in heavy equipment on Saturday to try to recover two bodies buried under boulders on a hiking trail, three days after Taiwan’s strongest…
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Philippines, U.S., Australia, Japan to hold joint drills in disputed sea
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/philippines-us-australia-japan-to-hold-joint-drills-in-disputed-sea
April 6, 2024, 7:04 AM
The United States, Australia, Japan and the Philippines will hold joint naval and air drills in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday, their defense chiefs said in…
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Convenience store employee arrested for attempting to kill co-worker
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/convenience-store-employee-arrested-for-attempting-to-kill-co-worker
April 6, 2024, 7:05 AM
Police in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 22-year-old man who works part-time at a convenience store on suspicion of attempting to kill a 41-year-old male co-worker.
According…
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Boeing's CEO got compensation worth nearly $33 million last year but lost a $3 million bonus
https://japantoday.com/category/business/boeing%27s-ceo-got-compensation-worth-nearly-33-million-last-year-but-lost-a-3-million-bonus
April 6, 2024, 1:21 AM
Boeing CEO David Calhoun received compensation valued at $33 million last year, nearly all of it in stock awards, but his stock payout for this year will be…
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Suzuki drives in 3 runs as Chicago Cubs hold off LA Dodgers for 9-7 win
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/seiya-suzuki-drives-in-3-runs-as-chicago-cubs-hold-off-los-angeles-dodgers-for-9-7-win
April 6, 2024, 3:05 AM
Seiya Suzuki had three RBIs and Michael Busch homered against his former team, helping the Chicago Cubs beat Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-7 on Friday.…
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Staking out their spots
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/staking-out-their-spots
April 5, 2024, 9:24 PM
People reserve spots for cherry blossom viewing parties at Ueno Park in Tokyo on Friday.
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Police find 7 bodies, 5 of them decapitated and 1 dismembered, in Mexico's fifth largest city
https://japantoday.com/category/world/police-find-7-bodies-5-of-them-decapitated-and-1-dismembered-in-mexico%27s-fifth-largest-city
April 5, 2024, 10:06 PM
Authorities in one of Mexico’s largest cities said Friday they have found seven bodies with five of them decapitated and another completely dismembered, in a car left in…
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Biden surveys collapsed Baltimore bridge, pledges help
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-surveys-collapsed-baltimore-bridge-pledges-help
April 5, 2024, 10:05 PM
President Joe Biden took an aerial tour on Friday of the collapsed Baltimore bridge that is blocking a key East Coast shipping lane, and he pledged federal help…
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Meta asks U.S. judge to toss blockbuster antitrust case
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/meta-asks-us-judge-to-toss-blockbuster-antitrust-case
April 5, 2024, 10:02 PM
Facebook giant Meta on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a case from a powerful U.S. antitrust authority that could see the social media juggernaut forced to…
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Biden urges Egypt, Qatar leaders to press Hamas to come to agreement for Israeli hostages in Gaza
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-urges-egypt-qatar-leaders-to-press-hamas-to-come-to-agreement-for-israeli-hostages-in-gaza
April 6, 2024, 3:23 AM
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday wrote to the leaders of Egypt and Qatar, calling on them to press Hamas for a hostage deal with Israel, according to…
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Judge says Trump's lawyers can't force NBC to turn over materials related to 'Stormy' documentary
https://japantoday.com/category/world/judge-says-trump%27s-lawyers-can%27t-force-nbc-to-turn-over-materials-related-to-%27stormy%27-documentary
April 6, 2024, 3:05 AM
Donald Trump's lawyers were blocked Friday from forcing NBC to provide them with materials related to the TV network's recent documentary about porn actor Stormy Daniels, a key…
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Belarus to pull away from Europe conventional forces treaty already abandoned by Russia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/belarus-to-pull-away-from-europe-conventional-forces-treaty-already-abandoned-by-russia
April 5, 2024, 10:06 PM
The authoritarian president of Belarus on Friday said the country would suspend participation in the troubled Conventional Forces in Europe treaty that once was a key security doctrine…
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First U.N. food supplies arrive in Sudan's Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger
https://japantoday.com/category/world/first-u.n.-food-supplies-arrive-in-sudan%27s-darfur-after-months-but-millions-face-acute-hunger
April 5, 2024, 10:05 PM
The United Nations said Friday it has begun distributing food in Sudan’s restive western Darfur region for the first time in months, following two successful cross-border deliveries in…
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U.S. East Coast earthquake rattles millions, but dense region escapes sweeping damage
https://japantoday.com/category/world/earthquake-shakes-new-york-city-area
April 5, 2024, 10:06 PM
An unusual East Coast earthquake shook millions of people from New York and Philadelphia skyscrapers to rural New England on Friday, causing no widespread damage but startling an…
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U.S.-Chinese military talks resume on safety in the air and at sea after a nearly 2-year break
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-chinese-military-talks-resume-on-safety-in-the-air-and-at-sea-after-a-nearly-2-year-break
April 5, 2024, 10:05 PM
For the first time in nearly two years, U.S. and Chinese defense officials met this week to discuss unsafe and aggressive ship and aircraft incidents between the two…
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ASEAN finance leaders end meetings in Laos, pointing to challenges from geopolitics, volatile prices
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asean-finance-leaders-end-meetings-in-laos-pointing-to-challenges-from-geopolitics-volatile-prices
April 5, 2024, 10:02 PM
Southeast Asian economies are gaining ground as tourism and exports recover from the shocks of the pandemic, but geopolitical tensions and volatile commodity prices still pose serious risks,…
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Kishida, ahead of U.S. trip, seeks stronger military ties with Washington and other partners
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan%27s-kishida-ahead-of-us-trip-seeks-stronger-military-ties-with-washington-and-other-partners
April 6, 2024, 7:04 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday he wants to strengthen military and weapons development cooperation with the United States as well as with other countries such as…
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Senior doctors in England agree on a pay deal with the government to end a yearlong dispute
https://japantoday.com/category/world/senior-doctors-in-england-agree-pay-deal-with-uk-government-that-will-end-year-long-dispute
April 5, 2024, 10:06 PM
Senior doctors in England have accepted a pay offer from the British government that ends a yearlong dispute with unprecedented strike action.
The British Medical Association and the…
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Russian officials again try to link the Moscow concert attack with Ukraine despite Kyiv's denials
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russian-officials-again-try-to-link-the-moscow-concert-attack-with-ukraine-despite-kyiv%27s-denials
April 6, 2024, 3:23 AM
Russian authorities on Friday again tried to link the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall to Ukraine, saying one of the detained suspects had photos on his…
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Wallabies great Hooper beats nerves to make winning sevens debut
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/wallabies-great-hooper-beats-nerves-to-make-winning-sevens-debut
April 5, 2024, 10:03 PM
Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper admitted feeling "really nervous" as he made a successful sevens debut Friday, the start of a journey he hopes will take him from…
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Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israel-dismisses-2-officers-over-deadly-drone-strikes-on-aid-workers-in-gaza
April 6, 2024, 3:23 AM
The Israeli military said Friday that it dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for their roles in drone strikes in Gaza that killed seven aid workers on…
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Apple lays off more than 600 workers in California in its first major round of post-pandemic cuts
https://japantoday.com/category/business/apple-lays-off-more-than-600-workers-in-california-in-its-first-major-round-of-post-pandemic-cuts
April 5, 2024, 10:02 PM
Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company's first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation.…
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U.S.-Japan alliance upgrade needed due to more assertive China: envoy
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/u.s.-japan-alliance-upgrade-needed-amid-more-assertive-china-envoy
April 6, 2024, 1:23 AM
The United States seeks to modernize the command structure of its decades-old security alliance with Japan to deal with a "much more assertive China" including toward Taiwan, U.S.…
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Criminal gangs in Europe infiltrating legal world, Europol says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/menace-to-society-criminal-gangs-in-europe-are-infiltrating-the-legal-world-europol-says
April 5, 2024, 10:04 PM
Criminal networks in the European Union are penetrating legal businesses across the 27-nation bloc and rely heavily on corruption to develop their activities. That's the bleak picture emerging…
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Taiwan earthquake rescuers face threat of landslides, rockfalls; death toll at 12
https://japantoday.com/category/world/taiwan-earthquake-rescuers-face-threat-of-landslides-rockfalls-death-toll-at-12
April 5, 2024, 10:04 PM
Rescuers in Taiwan faced the threat of further landslides and rockfalls in Friday's search for a dozen people still missing from this week's earthquake, as the death toll…
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Verstappen hopes to use Japan's high-speed Suzuka circuit to reassert his dominance in Formula 1
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/verstappen-hopes-to-use-japan%27s-high-speed-suzuka-circuit-to-reassert-his-dominance-in-formula-1
April 5, 2024, 10:03 PM
Max Verstappen said he found Japan's Suzuka circuit "intimidating” the first time he navigated a Formula 1 car around the figure-eight layout with its high-speed corners and narrow…
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Japan to extend $1 mil aid to quake-hit Taiwan
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-extend-1-mil.-aid-to-quake-hit-taiwan
April 6, 2024, 7:05 AM
Japan will extend $1 million in aid to Taiwan for disaster relief and recovery work following a powerful earthquake earlier this week, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said…
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Asian shares mostly decline after Wall Street drop on rate cut concerns
https://japantoday.com/category/business/stock-market-today-asian-shares-mostly-decline-after-wall-street-drop-on-rate-cut-concerns
April 5, 2024, 8:02 AM
Asian shares mostly declined Friday after a U.S. Federal Reserve official said the central bank might not deliver any of the interest rate cuts that Wall Street has…
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