Italy beats Brazil; Japan upsets Senegal at Under-20 World Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/italy-beats-brazil-japan-shocks-senegal-at-under-20-world-cup
May 22, 2023, 12:07 AM
Two of the title favorites lost their opening games at the Under-20 World Cup on Sunday when Italy upstaged Brazil 3-2 and Japan produced a shocking 1-0 upset…
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Brooks Koepka delivers another major performance to win PGA
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/brooks-koepka-delivers-another-major-performance-to-win-pga
May 22, 2023, 12:59 AM
All those injuries that made Brooks Koepka wonder if he was still among golf's elite were put to rest Sunday at Oak Hill when he beat the strongest…
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Greece's ruling Conservatives win vote but fall short of majority
https://japantoday.com/category/world/greece%27s-ruling-conservatives-win-vote-but-fall-short-of-majority1
May 21, 2023, 9:50 PM
Greece's ruling New Democracy party stormed to a crushing victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday but fell just short of the threshold needed to form a government…
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U.S. routs France 9-0 to stay perfect at ice hockey worlds
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/us-routs-france-9-0-to-stay-perfect-at-ice-hockey-worlds
May 21, 2023, 9:48 PM
The United States routed France 9-0 to keep its perfect record at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday.
Cutter Gauthier led with a hat trick, Drew O’Connor…
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FIFA's Samoura urges TV companies to up offers to avoid Women's World Cup blackout
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/fifa%27s-samoura-urges-tv-companies-to-up-offers-to-avoid-women%27s-world-cup-blackout
May 21, 2023, 9:48 PM
FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura has called on broadcasters to return to the negotiating table with increased offers to avoid a TV blackout of this year's Women's World…
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One win away from NBA Finals, Nuggets credit teamwork for playoff dominance
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/one-win-away-from-nba-finals-nuggets-credit-teamwork-for-playoff-dominance
May 21, 2023, 9:48 PM
When the Denver Nuggets faced the most crucial stretch of the biggest road game in franchise history, Nikola Jokic took over both on the floor and in the…
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Shootout at Baja California car rally leaves 10 dead, 10 wounded
https://japantoday.com/category/world/shootout-at-baja-california-car-rally-leaves-10-dead-10-wounded
May 21, 2023, 9:50 PM
Authorities say they are investigating an apparent gunfight at an off-road vehicle rally in Mexico’s Baja California state that left 10 people dead and another 10 wounded.
Videos…
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Medvedev makes his mark on clay by beating Rune for Italian Open title
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/medvedev-makes-his-mark-on-clay-by-beating-rune-for-italian-open-title
May 21, 2023, 9:47 PM
Daniil Medvedev hadn’t won a single match in his three previous appearances at the Italian Open.
Now he’s won the tournament.
The Russian beat rising 20-year-old Danish player…
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Debt ceiling talks to resume as Biden, McCarthy prepare to meet Monday to resolve standoff
https://japantoday.com/category/world/mccarthy-says-debt-limit-call-with-biden-was-%27productive-%27-talks-will-resume-sunday-leaders-to-meet-in-person-monday
May 21, 2023, 9:49 PM
Debt ceiling talks were set to resume Sunday evening as Washington races to strike a budget compromise along with a deal to raise the nation's borrowing limit and avert…
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Man City celebrate title glory with win over Chelsea; Leeds in relegation peril
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/man-city-celebrate-title-glory-with-win-over-chelsea-leeds-in-relegation-peril
May 21, 2023, 9:47 PM
Manchester City celebrated their Premier League title triumph with a 1-0 win against Chelsea before Ilkay Gundogan lifted the trophy in front of their jubilant fans, while Leeds…
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Italy's Meloni visits flood-hit region
https://japantoday.com/category/world/italy%27s-meloni-visits-flood-hit-region
May 21, 2023, 9:50 PM
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni donned wellington boots and visited flooded homes in northeast Italy Sunday, after returning early from the G7 summit in Japan following floods which left…
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Sudan ceasefire deal raises hopes for relief in Khartoum
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sudan-ceasefire-deal-raises-hopes-for-relief-in-khartoum3
May 21, 2023, 9:49 PM
Air strikes and clashes between Sudan's warring factions could be heard in the capital Khartoum on Sunday, residents said, after a Saudi and U.S.-brokered deal for a week-long…
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China tells tech manufacturers to stop using Micron chips, stepping up feud with United States
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/china-tells-tech-manufacturers-to-stop-using-micron-chips-stepping-up-feud-with-united-states
May 21, 2023, 9:46 PM
Stepping up a feud with Washington over technology and security, China's government on Sunday told users of computer equipment deemed sensitive to stop buying products from the biggest…
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Civil rights groups warn tourists about Florida in wake of 'hostile' laws
https://japantoday.com/category/world/civil-rights-groups-warn-tourists-about-florida-in-wake-of-%27hostile%27-laws
May 21, 2023, 10:20 PM
The NAACP over the weekend issued a travel advisory for Florida, joining two other civil rights groups in warning potential tourists that recent laws and policies championed by…
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Andy Murray pulls out of French Open
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/3-time-grand-slam-champion-andy-murray-pulls-out-of-clay-court-french-open
May 21, 2023, 9:48 PM
Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray has withdrawn from the clay-court French Open, organizers said Sunday.
The 36-year-old British player lost in the 2016 final to Novak Djokovic…
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South Korean, German leaders agree to cooperate on supply chains, North Korea
https://japantoday.com/category/world/south-korean-german-leaders-agree-to-cooperate-on-supply-chains-north-korea
May 21, 2023, 9:50 PM
The leaders of South Korea and Germany on Sunday pledged more cooperation in building stable industrial supply chains and addressing the challenges posed by nuclear-armed North Korea as…
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India's Modi arrives in Papua New Guinea for Pacific summit
https://japantoday.com/category/world/india%27s-modi-lands-in-papua-new-guinea-for-pacific-summit
May 21, 2023, 9:50 PM
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Papua New Guinea Sunday for talks with Pacific island leaders, the first visit by an Indian premier as New Delhi seeks…
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Robert De Niro compares his evil new character to Trump
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/robert-de-niro-compares-his-evil-new-character-to-trump
May 21, 2023, 9:44 PM
Robert De Niro couldn't help but take a jab at Donald Trump in Cannes on Sunday, saying his character in the new film embodied the same kind of…
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Wearable binoculars gifted to G7 spouses by Kishida's wife
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/wearable-binoculars-gifted-to-g-7-spouses-by-japan-pm%27s-wife
May 21, 2023, 11:54 PM
Yuko Kishida, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, has gifted pairs of wearable binoculars to the spouses of the leaders of the Group of Seven countries…
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Kishida faces dilemma at G7 as he balances anti-nuclear goals with reality of threats
https://japantoday.com/category/features/opinions/analysis-japanese-pm-faces-dilemma-at-g7-as-he-balances-anti-nuke-goals-with-reality-of-threats
May 21, 2023, 9:41 PM
8:15 on the morning of Aug 6, 1945.
It's a big reason leaders from the world's most powerful democracies descended on Hiroshima for this weekend's Group of Seven…
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Walker helps Giants power past Dragons
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/baseball-walker-helps-giants-power-past-dragons
May 22, 2023, 1:00 AM
Adam Walker hit a two-run homer and scored twice, helping the Yomiuri Giants to an early three-run lead in a 5-2 Central League win Sunday over the Chunichi…
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China claims record 13th Sudirman Cup badminton title
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/china-claim-record-13th-sudirman-cup-badminton-title
May 21, 2023, 9:48 PM
China claimed a record 13th Sudirman Cup title on Sunday, defeating South Korea on home soil at the first major sporting event in the country since the lifting…
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Zelenskyy denies Ukrainian city of Bakhmut occupied by Russian forces
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-says-troops-still-engaging-russian-forces-in-bakhmut-after-moscow-announces-victory-in-city
May 21, 2023, 9:49 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russian forces weren't occupying Bakhmut, casting doubt on Moscow's insistence that the eastern Ukrainian city had fallen.
Responding to a reporter’s…
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U.N. chief says it's time to reform Security Council, Bretton Woods
https://japantoday.com/category/world/un-chief-says-it%27s-time-to-reform-security-council-bretton-woods
May 21, 2023, 9:49 PM
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that it was time to reform both the Security Council and Bretton Woods to align with the "realities of today's world".…
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Care for bug food?
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/care-for-bug-food
May 21, 2023, 9:51 PM
A vending machine at Kannai Station in Yokohama sells “bug food.”
Photo: Jeff W Richards
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3 dead, 2 wounded in early morning shooting at Kansas City bar
https://japantoday.com/category/world/police-3-dead-2-wounded-in-early-morning-shooting-at-kansas-city-bar
May 21, 2023, 9:56 AM
Two people were killed at the scene and a third victim died at a hospital following a shooting at a Kansas City, Missouri, bar early Sunday, police said.…
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Zelenskyy likens war-torn Ukraine to A-bombed Hiroshima
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Zelenskyy-likens-war-torn-Ukraine-to-A-bombed-Hiroshima
May 21, 2023, 9:42 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that seeing the history of Hiroshima's devastation by an atomic bomb over seven decades ago reminded him of what Russia's invasion has…
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4 people wounded in exchange of gunfire outside Birmingham bar
https://japantoday.com/category/world/alabama-police-4-people-wounded-in-exchange-of-gunfire-outside-birmingham-bar
May 21, 2023, 9:50 PM
Four people were shot and wounded outside an Alabama bar early Sunday in what police described as an exchange of gunfire.
Birmingham Police Lt. Ron Harless said three…
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S Korea delegation arrives in Japan for Fukushima water inspection
https://japantoday.com/category/national/s.-korea-delegation-arrives-in-japan-for-fukushima-water-inspection
May 21, 2023, 9:43 PM
A South Korean delegation arrived in Japan on Sunday for a six-day visit to assess the safety of Japan's planned release of treated radioactive water into the sea…
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Canada will keep training Ukrainian soldiers, maybe pilots: Trudeau
https://japantoday.com/category/world/canada-will-keep-training-ukrainian-soldiers-maybe-pilots-trudeau
May 21, 2023, 10:08 PM
Canada will support Ukraine for as long and as much as necessary in its conflict with Russia, including the training of Ukrainian soldiers and possibly pilots, Canadian Prime…
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