Newgarden earns record $3.6 mil for Indy win
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/newgarden-earns-record-3.6m-for-indy-win-pedersen-gets-rookie-of-year-honor
May 29, 2023, 10:28 PM
Josef Newgarden celebrated his first Indianapolis 500 win Sunday night.
He cashed in Monday at the race's annual victory dinner.
The two-time IndyCar champ earned a record $3.666…
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Say cheese
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/say-cheese-1
May 29, 2023, 9:15 PM
Japan's Ryoya Minani. second left, poses with his friends after winning an uphill race during the Cheese Rolling contest at Cooper's Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England, on Monday.…
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China's manned rocket takes off for space station
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-to-send-first-civilian-astronaut-to-space-station1
May 30, 2023, 3:05 AM
China sent three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian scientist into space for the first time as Beijing pursues plans to send a…
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UAE announces groundbreaking mission to asteroid belt, seeking clues to life's origins
https://japantoday.com/category/world/uae-announces-groundbreaking-mission-to-asteroid-belt-seeking-clues-to-life%27s-origins
May 29, 2023, 9:42 PM
The United Arab Emirates unveiled plans Monday to send a spaceship to explore the solar system's main asteroid belt, the latest space project by the oil-rich nation after…
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Pregnancy and sports a challenging combination for female professional athletes
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/pregnancy-and-sports-a-challenging-combination-for-female-professional-athletes
May 29, 2023, 9:40 PM
Pro soccer player Jess McDonald was traded across six teams in her first five years as a single parent, making it difficult to find, let alone afford, child…
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Sudan factions agree to extend ceasefire deal amid clashes
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sudan-factions-agree-to-extend-ceasefire-deal-amid-clashes
May 29, 2023, 9:42 PM
Sudan's warring military factions agreed on Monday to a five-day extension of a ceasefire agreement, after renewed heavy clashes and air strikes in parts of the capital threw…
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NATO soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes with Serb protesters
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nato-soldiers-injured-in-kosovo-clashes-with-serb-protesters1
May 29, 2023, 9:41 PM
Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday, while Serbia's president put the army on…
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El Salvador court sentences ex-President Funes to 14 years in prison
https://japantoday.com/category/world/el-salvador-court-sentences-ex-president-funes-to-14-years-in-prison2
May 29, 2023, 9:42 PM
A court in El Salvador sentenced former President Mauricio Funes and his justice minister to over a decade behind bars for their ties with criminal groups and failure…
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Russia hits military base in Ukraine in new wave of strikes
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-hits-military-base-in-ukraine-in-new-wave-of-strikes
May 29, 2023, 10:20 PM
Russia said on Monday its military hit Ukrainian air bases in overnight strikes and Ukrainian forces shelled industrial facilities inside Russia as both sides sought the upper hand…
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Poland imposes sanctions on 365 Belarusians over 'draconian' verdict against journalist
https://japantoday.com/category/world/poland-imposes-sanctions-on-365-belarusians-over-%27draconian%27-verdict-against-journalist
May 29, 2023, 9:42 PM
Poland imposed sanctions Monday on 365 Belarusian citizens and froze the financial assets of 20 entities and 16 other people associated with Russian capital in reaction to what…
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Libyan court sentences 23 suspected Islamic State militants to death
https://japantoday.com/category/world/libyan-court-sentences-23-suspected-islamic-state-militants-to-death
May 29, 2023, 9:42 PM
A Libyan court Monday sentenced 23 suspected Islamic State group militants to death for launching deadly attacks that killed dozens of people, including Egyptian Coptic Christians.
The appeals…
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Racist abuse of players is getting worse, says Stephens
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/tennis-racist-abuse-of-players-is-getting-worse-says-stephens1
May 29, 2023, 9:40 PM
Racist behavior directed at athletes is getting worse and even software designed to protect them from it has little impact, world number 30 Sloane Stephens said on Monday.…
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Biden on Memorial Day lauds generations of fallen U.S. troops
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-marks-memorial-day-nearly-2-years-after-ending-america%27s-longest-war-lauds-troops%27-sacrifice
May 29, 2023, 9:41 PM
President Joe Biden lauded the sacrifice of generations of U.S. troops who “dared all and gave all” fighting for their country and called on Americans to ensure their…
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India's northeast remains on edge after ethnic clashes
https://japantoday.com/category/world/india%27s-northeast-remains-on-edge-after-ethnic-clashes-as-home-minister-plans-visit
May 29, 2023, 9:42 PM
Shootings and arson continued Monday in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, where clashes between security forces and tribal insurgents the previous day killed five people, media reports said.…
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Alcaraz, Djokovic face brief trouble late in straight-set victories at French Open
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/sloane-stephens-leads-4-american-women-into-2nd-round-of-french-open
May 29, 2023, 9:40 PM
Pretty much everyone expects to see, and likely wants to see, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic face each other in the French Open semifinals. There's work to be…
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Who can stop Man City? Challengers need big offseason to set up Premier League title shot
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/who-can-stop-man-city-challengers-need-big-offseason-to-set-up-premier-league-title-shot
May 29, 2023, 9:40 PM
Who can stop Manchester City?
That's the question being asked at the end of another Premier League campaign when Pep Guardiola's team proved too strong, winning the title…
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Kishida fires his eldest son as executive secretary
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Kishida-fires-his-son-as-executive-secretary
May 29, 2023, 9:33 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that he will fire his eldest son Shotaro from his role as executive secretary on Thursday, amid growing criticism over inappropriate…
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'Tony' Yasumura reveals all about his not-naked shtick and its origins in Japanese comedy
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/%27tony%27-yasumura-reveals-all-about-his-not-naked-shtick-and-its-origins-in-japanese-comedy
May 29, 2023, 9:36 PM
The shtick that’s gone viral features a soccer player, a Spice Girl, James Bond, you name it, appearing to be naked, except they’re not really naked at all.…
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Russia issues arrest warrant for Lindsey Graham over Ukraine comments
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-issues-arrest-warrant-for-lindsey-graham-over-ukraine-comments
May 29, 2023, 10:20 PM
Russia's Interior Ministry on Monday issued an arrest warrant for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine.
In an edited video of…
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Ex-doctor denies consensual killing of terminally ill woman
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/ex-doctor-denies-consensual-killing-of-terminally-ill-woman
May 29, 2023, 9:34 PM
A former doctor on Monday denied conspiring with another doctor in the alleged consensual killing of a terminally ill woman with a rare neurological disease in 2019 in…
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Authorities in Thailand seize more than a ton of crystal methamphetamine thought bound for Australia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/authorities-in-thailand-seize-more-than-a-ton-of-crystal-methamphetamine-thought-bound-for-australia
May 29, 2023, 9:42 PM
Law enforcement officials in Thailand said Monday they seized more than a ton of crystal methamphetamine in a southern province last week that they believed was bound for…
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Plastic pollution: Treaty talks get into the nitty-gritty
https://japantoday.com/category/business/plastic-pollution-treaty-talks-get-into-the-nitty-gritty1
May 29, 2023, 9:40 PM
Countries grappling with the "immense" task of ending plastic pollution began a new round of talks in Paris on Monday, amid protests and warnings of the urgency to…
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IAEA team in Japan for final review before discharge of Fukushima nuclear plant water
https://japantoday.com/category/national/iaea-team-in-japan-for-final-review-before-planned-discharge-of-fukushima-nuclear-plant-water
May 29, 2023, 9:34 PM
An International Atomic Energy Agency team arrived in Tokyo on Monday for a final review before Japan begins releasing massive amounts of treated radioactive water into the sea…
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Philippines, U.S., Japan to hold first-ever joint coast guard exercise
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/philippines-u.s.-japan-to-hold-first-ever-joint-coast-guard-exercise
May 29, 2023, 9:33 PM
The coast guards of the United States, Japan and the Philippines will hold trilateral maritime exercises in the South China Sea this week, the first such maneuvers between…
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Erdogan confronts polarized Turkey after historic win
https://japantoday.com/category/world/erdogan-confronts-polarised-turkey-after-historic-win
May 29, 2023, 9:41 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday confronted the tough task of uniting his deeply divided country after winning a historic runoff election to extend his two-decade rule…
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Making proactive efforts to avoid early onset of dementia
https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/proactive-efforts-to-avoid-early-onset-of-dementia
May 29, 2023, 11:11 PM
Medical science is still awaiting discoveries that will pinpoint the cause, and bring about a cure, for Alzheimer's disease. Right now, however, the best we can say is…
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Tokyo court OKs dismissal of worker at Diamond Princess operator
https://japantoday.com/category/national/tokyo-court-oks-dismissal-of-worker-at-diamond-princess-operator
May 29, 2023, 9:36 PM
A Tokyo court upheld Monday the dismissal of a worker at the Japan unit of the operator of the Diamond Princess cruise ship who lost his job in…
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Japan MSDF ship flying controversial rising sun flag enters S Korea
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-msdf-ship-flying-controversial-rising-sun-flag-enters-s.-korea
May 29, 2023, 10:00 PM
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer flying the controversial rising sun flag entered a South Korean port Monday to attend a naval drill scheduled for later this week,…
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Australian PM condemns fear tactics in Indigenous vote
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australian-pm-condemns-fear-tactics-in-indigenous-vote
May 29, 2023, 6:33 AM
Australia's prime minister took a swipe Monday at "doomsayers" using fear tactics in a referendum to give Indigenous people a voice on laws that affect them.
Debate on…
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Suspect in Nagano murders asked mother to shoot him
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/suspect-in-central-japan-slayings-asked-mother-to-shoot-him
May 29, 2023, 9:56 AM
The suspect in last week's shooting and stabbing attacks in central Japan that left four people dead asked his mother to shoot him during an hours-long standoff at…
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