TikTok top attorney reiterates safety measures for users
https://japantoday.com/category/world/tiktok-top-attorney-reiterates-safety-measures-for-users
March 31, 2023, 9:06 PM
The top attorney for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance said Friday the Biden administration hasn't given any feedback to the company since TikTok's CEO testified in…
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Romania: Andrew Tate to leave jail, put under house arrest
https://japantoday.com/category/world/romania-andrew-tate-to-leave-jail-put-under-house-arrest
March 31, 2023, 9:07 PM
Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who has spent months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, has won an appeal to replace…
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Lack of big-name teams could take toll on Final Four ratings
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/lack-of-big-name-teams-could-take-toll-on-final-four-ratings
March 31, 2023, 9:20 PM
Cinderella teams make for great stories and busted brackets. They don't necessarily make for great television ratings, though.
After getting a dream Final Four field last year, CBS…
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Journalist's arrest threatens reporting from Russia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/journalist%27s-arrest-threatens-reporting-from-russia
March 31, 2023, 9:06 PM
The arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter on espionage charges in Russia has news organizations based outside the country weighing for the second time in a year…
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At least 11 killed in Pakistan Ramadan donation stampede
https://japantoday.com/category/world/at-least-11-killed-in-pakistan-ramadan-donation-stampede
March 31, 2023, 9:07 PM
At least 11 people were killed in a crowd crush in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi Friday as a Ramadan alms donation sparked a stampede in the inflation-hit…
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Trump to be arraigned Tuesday
https://japantoday.com/category/world/trump-to-be-arraigned-tuesday-to-face-new-york-indictment
March 31, 2023, 9:05 PM
Former President Donald Trump will be arraigned Tuesday after his indictment in New York City, court officials said Friday, his formal surrender and arrest presenting the historic, shocking…
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Imperial Household Agency launches public relations office
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan%27s-imperial-agency-launches-public-relations-office
March 31, 2023, 9:19 PM
Japan's Imperial Household Agency on Saturday established a formal press relations office to revamp its public outreach.
The launch comes after the agency in charge of the family's…
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Greece's prime minister makes border wall an election pledge
https://japantoday.com/category/world/greece%27s-prime-minister-makes-border-wall-an-election-pledge
March 31, 2023, 9:06 PM
Greece’s prime minister promised Friday to extend a wall across all of the country’s land border with Turkey as he campaigned for the country's general election.
Prime Minister…
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Gov't unveils measures to promote marriage, raise birthrate
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-unveils-proposal-to-promote-marriage-raise-birthrate
March 31, 2023, 9:15 PM
A Japanese cabinet minister in charge of tackling the country's declining birthrate unveiled a draft proposal Friday aimed at reversing the downtrend, including increased subsidies for childrearing and…
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Many electric vehicles to lose big tax credit with new U.S. rules
https://japantoday.com/category/business/many-electric-vehicles-to-lose-big-tax-credit-with-new-rules
March 31, 2023, 9:14 PM
Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit later this year, and many will get only half that, under rules proposed Friday by…
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Israeli strikes near Syrian capital kill Iranian adviser
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israeli-strikes-near-syrian-capital-kill-iranian-adviser
March 31, 2023, 9:06 PM
Israeli airstrikes hit the suburbs of Syria's capital city early Friday for the second day in a row, killing an Iranian adviser, the state media of Syria and…
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Wimbledon to accept Russian and Belarusian players as 'neutral' athletes
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/tennis-wimbledon-to-accept-russian-and-belarusian-players-as-%27neutral%27-athletes
March 31, 2023, 9:20 PM
Wimbledon will allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete at the grasscourt Grand Slam as 'neutrals' this year under certain conditions, having banned players from the two countries…
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Ukraine marks grim Bucha anniversary
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-sends-bombs-as-ukraine-marks-grim-bucha-anniversary
March 31, 2023, 9:05 PM
Ukrainians marked the anniversary Friday of the liberation of Bucha with calls for remembrance and justice after a brutal Russian occupation.
“We will not let it be forgotten,”…
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Scorsese, DiCaprio to premiere new film at Cannes
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/scorsese-dicaprio-to-premiere-new-film-at-cannes
March 31, 2023, 9:17 PM
Martin Scorsese's new film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, "Killers of the Flower Moon", will get its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20, organizers confirmed on…
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King Charles commemorates WWII dead, child refugees in Hamburg
https://japantoday.com/category/world/king-charles-iii-visits-hamburg-on-final-leg-of-foreign-trip
March 31, 2023, 9:06 PM
King Charles III commemorated the more than 30,000 people, mostly German civilians, who were killed in the Allied bombing of Hamburg almost 80 years ago as he visited…
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Oscar Pistorius denied parole
https://japantoday.com/category/world/lawyer-steenkamp%27s-parents-to-oppose-parole-for-pistorius
March 31, 2023, 9:07 PM
Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was denied parole Friday and will have to stay in prison at least another year and four months after it was decided that…
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Asian stocks follow Wall Street up ahead of U.S. inflation update
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-stocks-follow-wall-st-up-ahead-of-us-inflation-update
March 31, 2023, 6:51 AM
Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher Friday ahead of a United States inflation update traders hope might prompt the Federal Reserve to ease plans for more interest rate…
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Inflation pain to continue for Japan consumers in new fiscal year
https://japantoday.com/category/business/inflation-pain-to-continue-for-japan-consumers-in-new-fiscal-year
March 31, 2023, 9:13 PM
Japan will see another wave of price hikes at the start of the new business year from Saturday as higher raw material costs eat into company margins, dealing…
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Roppongi blossoms
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/roppongi-blossoms-1
March 31, 2023, 9:07 PM
People look at cherry blossoms from a pedestrian bridge in the Roppongi district of Tokyo on Friday.
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Japanese foreign minister to visit China amid friction over detained Japanese
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-fm-to-visit-china-amid-friction-over-detained-japanese
March 31, 2023, 7:27 AM
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday he will visit China this weekend for talks with his counterpart Qin Gang, becoming Japan's first top diplomat to do so…
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Ohtani strikes out 10 in Angels' opening loss to A's
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/shohei-ohtani-strikes-out-10-in-angels%27-opening-loss-to-a%27s
March 31, 2023, 7:28 AM
Shohei Ohtani's Pitchcom machine failed him for a stretch in the first inning, so he had to improvise with a rookie catcher.
“It was tough because you want…
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Japan to tighten export controls of advanced chip equipment
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-unveils-export-control-plans-for-chip-equipment
March 31, 2023, 9:16 PM
Japan on Friday unveiled plans to control exports of 23 items used to make semiconductors, following U.S. pressure for countries to impose restrictions to contain China.
The announcement…
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China manufacturing slows in March; services growth hits 12-year high
https://japantoday.com/category/business/china-manufacturing-slows-in-march-services-growth-hits-12-yr-high
March 31, 2023, 9:14 PM
China's manufacturing activity slowed in March, official figures showed Friday, while growth in the services and construction sectors surged to a 12-year high.
The world's second-largest economy is…
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Japan to maintain trade sanctions against Russia for another year
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-to-maintain-trade-sanctions-against-russia-for-another-year
March 31, 2023, 9:16 PM
Japan's government decided Friday to keep Russia stripped of its "most-favored-nation" trade status for another year beyond the end of March, with Moscow's aggression against Ukraine showing no…
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Covering over well at Indian temple collapses, killing 35
https://japantoday.com/category/world/covering-over-well-at-indian-temple-collapses-killing-35
March 31, 2023, 3:59 AM
Army soldiers and other responders found 35 bodies inside a well after a structure built over it collapsed as a large crowd of Hindu faithful prayed at a…
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Big E3 video game expo in U.S. is canceled
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/big-e3-videogame-expo-in-us-is-canceled
March 31, 2023, 9:19 PM
Sponsors of E3, a long-running video game trade show, pulled the plug on its 2023 gathering, announcing on the event's website Thursday they will "reevaluate" the future of…
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UK to join Asia-Pacific trade pact in its biggest post-Brexit deal
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/uk-claims-post-brexit-win-by-sealing-trans-pacific-trade-pact-membership
March 31, 2023, 7:27 AM
The UK will join 11 other countries in a major Asia-Pacific trade partnership, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Friday, in the country's biggest post-Brexit trade deal following nearly…
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Japan reports 6,730 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-6-730-new-coronavirus-cases
March 31, 2023, 11:35 AM
Japan on Friday reported 6,730 new coronavirus cases, down 477 from Thursday. Tokyo reported 854 new cases, down 102 from Thursday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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Beijing kids with autism get help from horses
https://japantoday.com/category/features/health/beijing-kids-with-autism-get-help-from-horses
March 31, 2023, 9:09 PM
On a crisp spring day at a Beijing equestrian club, 14-year-old Victor Liu climbs into the saddle of a dark-haired horse, starting the latest session of a sport…
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Arsenal ready for title push; Man City face Liverpool test
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/arsenal-ready-for-title-push-man-city-face-liverpool-test
March 31, 2023, 9:20 PM
Arsenal enter the final furlong of the Premier League title race with a clash against Leeds on Saturday as they bid to be crowned champions for the first…
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