Rain pounds Japan's northeast; Akita residents flee overflowing river
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Rain-pounds-Japan%27s-northeast-Akita-residents-flee-overflowing-river
July 15, 2023, 9:50 AM
Heavy rain pounded Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Saturday, with some residents urged to immediately get to safety after a river in the prefectural capital Akita broke…
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Ohtani allows 4 earned runs, takes the loss in Astros' 7-5 win over spiraling Angels
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/shohei-ohtani-allows-4-earned-runs-takes-the-loss-in-the-astros%27-7-5-win-over-the-spiraling-angels
July 15, 2023, 5:52 AM
Shohei Ohtani allowed four earned runs on five hits and left the mound in the sixth inning shortly before Mauricio Dubon's tiebreaking two-run single in the Houston Astros'…
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Japan's willingness to engage with N Korea may test allies' patience
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/focus-japan%27s-willingness-to-engage-with-n.-korea-may-test-allies%27-patience
July 15, 2023, 7:17 AM
While Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has expressed readiness to engage in high-level communication with North Korea, Japan must perform a careful balancing act to ensure its outreach to…
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South Korea landslides, floods kill more than 20; over 4,000 evacuated
https://japantoday.com/category/world/south-korea-hit-with-landslides-flooding-hundreds-evacuated1
July 15, 2023, 10:00 AM
Twenty-two people have died, 14 were missing and thousands evacuated in South Korea as of Saturday, according to ministry data, as a third day of torrential rains caused…
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5 leaving cemetery after funeral wounded by gunfire from another vehicle in Maryland
https://japantoday.com/category/world/police-investigate-road-shooting-in-maryland-suburb-of-washington-d.c.
July 14, 2023, 9:40 PM
Five people leaving a cemetery after a funeral were shot and wounded Friday by someone firing into their car from a second vehicle in a Maryland suburb of…
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Vingegaard hails Pogacar after latest Tour de France skirmish
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/vingegaard-hails-pogacar-after-latest-tour-de-france-skirmish
July 14, 2023, 9:34 PM
Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard hailed his rivalry with Tadej Pogacar after surviving the Slovenian's latest attack to cling on to the overall lead of the Tour de France…
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U.N. waits for Russian answer as Black Sea grain deal deadline looms
https://japantoday.com/category/world/un-waits-for-russian-answer-as-black-sea-grain-deal-deadline-looms
July 14, 2023, 9:38 PM
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is still waiting for a response from Russian President Vladimir Putin on a proposal to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea…
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Trump asks top Georgia court to disqualify election probe prosecutor and toss grand jury report
https://japantoday.com/category/world/trump-asks-top-georgia-court-to-disqualify-election-probe-prosecutor-and-toss-grand-jury-report
July 15, 2023, 6:32 AM
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are asking Georgia's highest court to prevent the district attorney who has been investigating his actions in the wake of the 2020…
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Pakistan's military chief warns Afghan Taliban against harboring militants as attacks spike
https://japantoday.com/category/world/pakistan%27s-military-chief-warns-afghan-taliban-against-harboring-militants-as-attacks-spike
July 14, 2023, 9:41 PM
Pakistan's military chief warned the Afghan Taliban on Friday of an “effective response” by his forces if they fail to stop harboring militants who plot cross-border attacks from…
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Fukushima nuclear plant prepares to release diluted radioactive water into sea
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan%27s-fukushima-nuclear-plant-prepares-to-release-diluted-radioactive-water-into-the-sea
July 15, 2023, 7:17 AM
At Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, giant blue pipes have been constructed to bring in torrents of seawater to dilute treated, radioactive water under a plan to…
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Blinken: U.S., allies to 'defend against any aggression' from North Korea
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/blinken-us-allies-to-%27defend-against-any-aggression%27-from-north-korea
July 15, 2023, 7:19 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised Friday the United States would defend allies from North Korean "aggression", with Japan and South Korea joining a call to punish…
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Singapore minister, tycoon arrested in rare high-level graft probe
https://japantoday.com/category/world/singapore-minister-tycoon-arrested-in-rare-high-level-graft-probe
July 14, 2023, 9:41 PM
A Singapore government minister and a property tycoon were arrested this week, the anti-graft body said on Friday, without giving details of what prompted the rare high-level probe…
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World cycling’s governing body bans female transgender athletes from women’s events
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/world-cycling%E2%80%99s-governing-body-bans-female-transgender-athletes-from-women%E2%80%99s-events
July 14, 2023, 9:35 PM
Female transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty will no longer be able to compete in women's races, world cycling governing body the UCI said Friday.
The International…
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Microsoft gets more time from UK to plead case to buy video game maker Activision
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/microsoft-gets-more-time-from-uk-to-plead-case-to-buy-video-game-maker-activision
July 14, 2023, 9:33 PM
British antitrust regulators on Friday extended their deadline to issue a final order blocking Microsoft's $69 billion plan to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, allowing them to…
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Barcelona, Man United fined by UEFA for breaking financial fair play rules
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/barcelona-man-united-fined-by-uefa-for-breaking-financial-fair-play-rules
July 14, 2023, 9:36 PM
Barcelona was fined 500,000 euros ($560,000) by UEFA on Friday and Manchester United must pay 300,000 euros ($336,000) in the last round of financial monitoring using Financial Fair…
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4 Japan utility groups slapped with business improvement order
https://japantoday.com/category/business/4-japan-utility-groups-slapped-with-business-improvement-order
July 14, 2023, 9:30 PM
The industry ministry said Friday it ordered four major Japanese utility groups to improve their operations after they were found to have formed electricity sales cartels.
Kansai Electric…
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Alcaraz, Djokovic set for blockbuster Wimbledon final
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/djokovic-alcaraz-on-brink-of-blockbuster-wimbledon-title-showdown
July 14, 2023, 9:34 PM
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic set up a potentially era-defining Wimbledon title showdown after cruising through their semifinals on Friday with the Serb superstar promising a "feast" of…
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Hundreds of thousands face disruption at London's Gatwick Airport this summer after strike vote
https://japantoday.com/category/world/hundreds-of-thousands-face-disruption-at-london%27s-gatwick-airport-this-summer-after-strike-vote
July 14, 2023, 9:37 PM
Hundreds of thousands of British vacationers face potential disruption to their travel plans at the start of the school summer holidays, after almost 1,000 workers at London's Gatwick…
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Ukrainian artistic swimming
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/ukrainian-artistic-swimming-1
July 14, 2023, 9:42 PM
Vladyslava Aleksiva and Maryna Aleksiva, of Ukraine, compete in the women's duet technical of artistic swimming at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka on Friday. The championships continue…
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Man gets 10 years for fatally scalding 3-year-old boy with hot water
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/osaka-man-given-10-yrs-for-fatally-burning-toddler-with-hot-water
July 15, 2023, 7:18 AM
A court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 10 years in prison for scalding his girlfriend's 3-year-old son to death with hot shower water at their apartment…
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France celebrates Bastille Day with pomp, a tribute to India and extra police to prevent new unrest
https://japantoday.com/category/world/france-celebrates-bastille-day-with-pomp-a-tribute-to-india-and-extra-police-to-prevent-new-unrest
July 14, 2023, 9:39 PM
France is celebrating its national holiday Friday with whizzing warplanes and a grand Bastille Day parade in Paris — and with more than 100,000 police deployed around the…
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Putin says he offered Wagner mercenaries option to stay as a single unit
https://japantoday.com/category/world/putin-says-russian-mercenary-group-has-no-legal-basis-so-%27doesn%27t-exist%27
July 15, 2023, 2:58 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he offered the Wagner private military company the option of continuing to serve as a single unit under their same commander after their…
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Japan calls on China to approach Fukushima water release in 'scientific manner'
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-calls-on-china-to-approach-fukushima-water-release-in-%27scientific-manner%27
July 14, 2023, 9:24 PM
Japan called on China to approach the release of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in a "scientific manner" at a meeting held between Japanese Foreign…
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U.S. military chief praises Japan's defense funding boost
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/us-military-chief-praises-japan%27s-defense-funding-boost-as-a-buttress-against-china-and-north-korea
July 15, 2023, 7:18 AM
The highest-ranking U.S. military officer on Friday encouraged Japan's commitment to doubling its defense spending over the next five years, calling Tokyo's controversial push for a stronger military crucial to…
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Man who went on train knife rampage in 2021 gets 19 years in prison
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-who-went-on-train-knife-rampage-in-2021-gets-19-years-in-prison
July 14, 2023, 7:42 AM
A man who went on a stabbing rampage on a train in 2021 was sentenced to 19 years in prison by the Tokyo District Court on Friday.
According…
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Asian shares buoyed by Wall Street's winning week as inflation eases
https://japantoday.com/category/business/stock-market-today-asian-shares-buoyed-by-wall-street%27s-winning-week-as-inflation-eases
July 14, 2023, 6:46 AM
Asian shares mostly surged Friday after Wall Street's winning streak barreled into a fourth day, buoyed by the latest signal that inflation may be easing.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei…
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India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon’s south pole
https://japantoday.com/category/world/india%E2%80%99s-space-agency-is-set-to-launch-an-unmanned-mission-to-the-moon%E2%80%99s-south-pole
July 14, 2023, 9:40 PM
An Indian spacecraft blazed its way to the far side of the moon Friday in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land…
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Animator Miyazaki's first film in a decade released
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/japan-animator-miyazaki%27s-first-film-in-a-decade-released1
July 14, 2023, 7:35 AM
Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki's highly-anticipated film -- his first feature in a decade -- was released in Japan on Friday.
The 82-year-old Miyazaki, co-founder of the celebrated anime…
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China coast guard warns Japanese fishing boat near disputed islands
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/beijing-says-it-warned-japanese-fishing-boat-in-waters-near-japan-held-islands-claimed-by-china
July 14, 2023, 7:35 AM
China says its coast guard issued a warning to a Japanese fishing boat operating in waters surrounding uninhabited East China Sea islands that are controlled by Japan but…
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U.S. sets grim milestone with new record for deadliest six months of mass killings
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-sets-a-grim-milestone-with-new-record-for-the-deadliest-six-months-of-mass-killings
July 14, 2023, 4:48 AM
Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight.…
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