In new book, Murakami explores walled city and shadows
https://japantoday.com/category/national/in-new-book-murakami-explores-walled-city-and-shadows
April 12, 2023, 9:56 PM
Haruki Murakami wrote a story of a walled city when he was fresh off his debut. More than four decades later, as a seasoned and acclaimed novelist, he…
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Real Madrid beats Chelsea 2-0 in Champions League quarters
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/real-madrid-beats-chelsea-2-0-in-champions-league-quarters
April 12, 2023, 9:59 PM
Karim Benzema struck yet again against Chelsea, leading Real Madrid to a 2-0 win in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Wednesday.
Substitute…
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U.S. intelligence leak complicates summit with South Korea
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-intelligence-leak-complicates-summit-with-south-korea
April 12, 2023, 10:00 PM
Leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting that Washington spied on South Korea have put the country's president in a delicate situation ahead of a state visit to the U.S.,…
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Look who's back: Donald Trump's big return to Fox News
https://japantoday.com/category/world/look-who%27s-back-donald-trump%27s-big-return-to-fox-news
April 12, 2023, 10:01 PM
For several months, Fox News treated Donald Trump like yesterday's news. But now the former president has come roaring back at the popular network for conservative viewers, most…
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Harry Potter TV series announced; Rowling to executive produce
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/harry-potter-tv-series-announced-rowling-to-executive-produce
April 12, 2023, 10:10 PM
The first Harry Potter television series is set to be made, with author JK Rowling acting as an executive producer, Warner Bros Discovery announced on Wednesday.
Rowling has…
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Brazil's Lula arrives in China for state visit
https://japantoday.com/category/world/brazil%27s-lula-arrives-in-china-for-state-visit
April 12, 2023, 10:03 PM
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived late Wednesday in China for an official visit aimed at boosting already deep ties between the Asian giant and Latin…
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Medvedev sets up Zverev clash in Monte Carlo
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/medvedev-sets-up-zverev-clash-in-monte-carlo1
April 12, 2023, 9:59 PM
Daniil Medvedev cruised through his first match of the year on clay Wednesday, defeating Italian wild card Lorenzo Sonego 6-3, 6-2 at the Monte Carlo Masters to set…
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Biden urges N Ireland leaders to seize 'incredible economic opportunity'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-urges-n.ireland-leaders-to-seize-%27incredible-economic-opportunity%272
April 12, 2023, 10:02 PM
U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Northern Irish political leaders to restore their power-sharing government with the promise that scores of major U.S. corporations were ready to…
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China records world's first human death from H3N8 bird flu: WHO
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-records-world%27s-first-human-death-from-h3n8-bird-flu-who1
April 12, 2023, 10:03 PM
A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, but…
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Credit Suisse rescue package rejected by Swiss parliament
https://japantoday.com/category/business/credit-suisse-rescue-package-rejected-by-swiss-parliament2
April 12, 2023, 9:53 PM
Switzerland's parliament rejected on Wednesday the government's 109 billion Swiss francs ($120.82 billion) aid for Credit Suisse's merger with UBS, leaving the fallen bank's hastily arranged rescue without…
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3D-printed rocket maker to focus on bigger vehicle for commercial launches
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/3d-printed-rocket-maker-to-focus-on-bigger-vehicle-for-commercial-launches
April 12, 2023, 9:58 PM
Relativity Space, an aerospace startup that carried out the first test flight of a 3D-printed rocket, announced Wednesday that it will focus on a bigger rocket to compete…
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New Scottish leader will challenge UK over gender law veto
https://japantoday.com/category/world/new-scottish-leader-will-challenge-uk-over-gender-law-veto
April 12, 2023, 10:04 PM
New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf said Wednesday he will follow through with his predecessor’s plan to challenge the British government over its decision to block a law…
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Angie Dickinson is (almost) ready for TCM’s Film Festival
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/angie-dickinson-is-(almost)-ready-for-tcm%E2%80%99s-film-festival
April 12, 2023, 9:46 PM
Angie Dickinson has quite a few stories about her star-making role in Howard Hawks’ “Rio Bravo,” that she is ready to regale audiences with at the TCM Classic…
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Daichi Kamada set to leave Frankfurt at end of season
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/daichi-kamada-set-to-leave-frankfurt-at-end-of-season
April 12, 2023, 9:59 PM
Japanese midfielder Daichi Kamada is set to leave Eintracht Frankfurt when his contract expires at the end of the season, the German club said Wednesday.
Kamada has been…
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Japan's foreign minister to visit 4 nations in Latin America, Caribbean
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-foreign-minister-to-visit-4-nations-in-latin-america-caribbean
April 12, 2023, 9:56 PM
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is planning to visit three Latin American countries and the Caribbean nation of Barbados from late April, government sources said Wednesday, as Japan explores…
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Prince Harry will attend father's coronation; Meghan won't
https://japantoday.com/category/world/palace-prince-harry-to-attend-his-father%27s-may-6-coronation
April 12, 2023, 10:01 PM
Prince Harry will attend his father’s coronation, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday, ending months of speculation about whether the prince would be welcome after leveling charges of racism and…
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PGA Tour has 7 tournaments in the fall to secure full cards
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/pga-tour-has-7-tournaments-in-the-fall-to-secure-full-cards
April 12, 2023, 10:00 PM
The PGA Tour on Wednesday announced a fall schedule that will have seven tournaments for players to either retain full status, earn a spot in the Masters or…
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Climate battle heats up over fate of Tokyo stadium where Babe Ruth played
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-stadium-where-babe-ruth-played-may-face-wrecking-ball
April 12, 2023, 9:50 PM
A historic baseball stadium in Tokyo where Babe Ruth played could be demolished, part of a disputed redevelopment plan harshly criticized by environmentalists.
Ruth played at the Meiji…
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Japan's para ski national team coach Capeli fired for sexual harassment
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/japan%27s-para-ski-national-team-coach-capeli-fired-for-harassment
April 12, 2023, 9:58 PM
The Japan Para-Ski Federation on Wednesday said it has fired the para alpine national team head coach, Italian Dario Capeli, for harassment.
While the federation did not reveal…
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Ukraine's outrage grows over video seeming to show beheading
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-to-probe-video-allegedly-showing-soldier%27s-beheading
April 12, 2023, 10:00 PM
Ukraine launched an investigation Wednesday into a gruesome video that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier, in the latest accusation of atrocities said to have been…
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Musk says owning Twitter 'painful' but needed to be done
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/musk-says-owning-twitter-%27painful%27-but-needed-to-be-done
April 12, 2023, 9:57 PM
Billionaire Elon Musk has told the BBC that running Twitter has been “quite painful” but that the social media company is now roughly breaking even after he acquired…
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Sun, wind power make record 12% of world electricity: survey
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sun-wind-power-make-record-12-of-world-electricity-survey
April 12, 2023, 10:02 PM
Solar and wind energy surged to make a record 12 percent of the world's electricity in 2022, a climate think tank calculated in a report Wednesday -- though…
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Mario, Mariah, Madonna added to National Recording Registry
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/mario-mariah-madonna-added-to-national-recording-registry
April 12, 2023, 9:46 PM
Mario, Madonna and Mariah have entered the national audio canon.
Madonna’s star-making 1984 album “Like a Virgin,” Mariah Carey’s 1994 holiday perennial “All I Want For Christmas Is…
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China warns against as U.S., Philippines staging combat drills
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-warns-as-us-philippines-stage-combat-drills
April 12, 2023, 10:03 PM
China warned on Wednesday that a deepening security alliance between the United States and the Philippines should not harm its security and territorial interests and interfere in long-simmering…
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Former teen idol alleges sex abuse by Japan music mogul
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/former-teen-idol-alleges-sex-abuse-by-japan-music-mogul
April 12, 2023, 9:45 PM
A former teen idol on Wednesday said he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of Japan's biggest boyband empire, in a rare public allegation against…
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Japan's population falls under 125 mil; 12th year of decline
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan%27s-population-falls-under-125-mil.-12th-year-of-decline
April 12, 2023, 9:48 AM
Japan's population shrank by 556,000 in 2022 from a year earlier to 124.9 million for the 12th straight year of decrease, as the number of Japanese nationals saw…
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Asian shares moderately higher with focus on inflation data
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-shares-moderately-higher-with-focus-on-inflation-data
April 12, 2023, 6:33 AM
Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday, as investors watched for key inflation data likely to influence the Federal Reserve's stance on interest rates.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose…
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Australia tells exporters to diversify from top trade partner China
https://japantoday.com/category/business/australia-tells-exporters-to-diversify-from-top-trade-partner-china
April 12, 2023, 9:52 PM
Australia wants exporters to diversify markets and become less reliant on China, because it cannot separate economic and strategic relationships, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said a day after…
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China says Taiwan encirclement drills a 'serious warning'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-says-taiwan-encirclement-drills-a-%27serious-warning%27
April 12, 2023, 7:00 AM
Recent Chinese air and sea drills simulating an encirclement of Taiwan were intended as a “serious warning” to pro-independence politicians on the self-governing island and their foreign supporters,…
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South Korea opposition calls for probe into U.S. spying
https://japantoday.com/category/world/south-korea-opposition-calls-for-probe-into-us-spying
April 12, 2023, 10:06 AM
South Korea's opposition urged the government on Wednesday to investigate alleged espionage by the United States after leaked documents appeared to show Washington spying on its key Asian…
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