Miyazawa scores her 5th goal of Women's World Cup as Japan beats Norway 3-1 to reach quarterfinals
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/miyazawa-scores-her-5th-goal-of-women%27s-world-cup-as-japan-beats-norway-3-1-to-reach-quarterfinals
August 5, 2023, 11:47 AM
Japan scored its 14th goal of the Women's World Cup and conceded its first Saturday, beating Norway 3-1 to reach the quarterfinals for the fourth time.
Hinata Miyazawa…
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Spain routs Switzerland 5-1 to advance to quarterfinals of Women's World Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/spain-routs-switzerland-5-1-to-advance-to-the-quarterfinals-of-the-women%27s-world-cup
August 5, 2023, 10:07 AM
Humiliated following a blowout loss to Japan in the group stage finale, Spain quickly recovered to show that La Roja should still be considered a contender to win…
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Cambodia electoral body confirms Prime Minister Hun Sen's party as the winner after final vote tally
https://japantoday.com/category/world/cambodia-electoral-body-confirms-prime-minister-hun-sen%27s-party-as-the-winner-after-final-vote-tally
August 5, 2023, 7:24 AM
Cambodia’s electoral body on Saturday announced the final results of last month’s election, sealing a landslide victory for the ruling party of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen and…
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All Blacks rally from 17-3 down to beat Australia 23-20
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/all-blacks-rally-from-17-3-down-to-beat-australia-23-20-in-the-2nd-bledisloe-cup-test
August 5, 2023, 10:06 AM
Tries on debut to winger Shaun Stevenson and backrower Samipeni Finau helped the All Blacks rally from 17-3 down at halftime to beat the Wallabies in the second…
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Fans celebrate Japanese figure skating star Hanyu's marriage
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/fans-celebrate-japanese-figure-skating-star-hanyu%27s-marriage
August 5, 2023, 1:49 PM
Fans and people in the hometown of Japanese figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu celebrated his marriage on Saturday, a day after he broke the news on social media.…
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Saudi dives into Ukraine peace push with Jeddah talks
https://japantoday.com/category/world/saudi-dives-into-ukraine-peace-push-with-jeddah-talks
August 5, 2023, 7:21 AM
Saudi Arabia was set to host talks on the Ukraine war on Saturday in the latest flexing of its diplomatic muscle, though expectations are mild for what the…
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Smithsonian museum plans to show photos of A-bomb aftermath in Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/national/smithsonian-museum-plans-to-show-photos-of-a-bomb-aftermath-in-japan
August 5, 2023, 7:08 AM
A Smithsonian museum is planning to display photographs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the wake of the U.S. atomic bombings in the closing days of World War II…
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'Breaking Bad' actor Mark Margolis dies at 83
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/%27breaking-bad%27-actor-mark-margolis-dies-at-83
August 5, 2023, 3:41 AM
Mark Margolis, who played the sinister, wheelchair-bound cartel don Hector Salamanca in acclaimed TV shows "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul," has died aged 83, his family said…
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S Korea, Japan Halloween accident victims' families promote support, exchanges
https://japantoday.com/category/national/feature-s.-korea-japan-accident-victims%27-families-promote-support-exchanges
August 5, 2023, 7:05 AM
Since the Seoul Halloween crowd crush in October last year, exchanges have gotten under way between bereaved family members in South Korea and Japan to glean lessons from…
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Hinako Shibuno maintains 2-shot lead after second round of the Women’s Scottish Open
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/hinako-shibuno-maintains-2-shot-lead-after-second-round-of-the-women%E2%80%99s-scottish-open
August 4, 2023, 11:16 PM
Hinako Shibuno birdied the final hole Friday to maintain a two-shot lead at the Women's Scottish Open after a 4-under 68 in the second round.
The Japanese player…
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Ukraine aims to retake ground by Bakhmut; Russia says it repelled attacks
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-aims-to-retake-ground-by-bakhmut-russia-says-it-repelled-attacks
August 5, 2023, 1:29 AM
Ukrainian military officials said on Friday that Kyiv was persistently working to retake land near the shattered eastern city of Bakhmut while Russian forces were pouring in additional…
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Judoka
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/judoka
August 4, 2023, 11:09 PM
Koga Wakana of Japan, in white, and Maria Celia Laborde of the United States fight in the final of the women's 48kg category of the Judo Masters tournament…
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Crowd overwhelms New York City's Union Square, tosses chairs, climbs on vehicles
https://japantoday.com/category/world/crowd-overwhelms-new-york-city%27s-union-square-tosses-chairs-climbs-on-vehicles
August 4, 2023, 10:18 PM
Police in New York City are struggling to control a crowd of thousands of people who gathered in Manhattan's Union Square for an internet personality's supposed videogame console…
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Australia calls for China to end trade curbs as barley tariffs lifted
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australia-calls-for-china-to-end-trade-curbs-as-barley-tariffs-lifted1
August 5, 2023, 7:27 AM
Australia on Friday used China's decision to drop anti-dumping tariffs on its barley imports to call for the end to all remaining trade restrictions, led by wine, as…
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NASA back in touch with Voyager 2 after 'interstellar shout'
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/nasa-back-in-touch-with-voyager-2-after-%27interstellar-shout%27
August 5, 2023, 7:16 AM
NASA has succeeded in re-establishing full contact with Voyager 2 by using its highest-power transmitter to send an "interstellar shout" that righted the distant probe's antenna orientation, the…
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Movie weapons supervisor waives right to preliminary hearing in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/movie-weapons-supervisor-waives-right-to-preliminary-hearing-in-fatal-shooting-by-alec-baldwin
August 4, 2023, 11:20 PM
The woman who was overseeing the use of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer agreed Friday to forgo a preliminary hearing that…
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'Below acceptable standards': Olympic open water test in Seine postponed
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/%27below-acceptable-standards%27-olympic-open-water-test-in-seine-postponed
August 5, 2023, 6:49 AM
A pre-Olympic open water swimming test event scheduled Saturday in the Seine has been pushed back a day because the water "currently remains below acceptable standards", the French…
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Pence seizes on Trump's latest indictment as he looks to break through in crowded GOP field
https://japantoday.com/category/world/pence-seizes-on-trump%27s-latest-indictment-as-he-looks-to-break-through-in-crowded-gop-field
August 5, 2023, 1:33 AM
As Donald Trump was being arraigned in Washington on yet another round of criminal charges, his running mate-turned-rival Mike Pence hurried to capitalize on the news.
Pence's campaign…
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Car transport ship's Japanese owner to investigate Dutch fire
https://japantoday.com/category/business/car-transport-ship%27s-japanese-owner-to-investigate-dutch-fire
August 4, 2023, 10:15 PM
Japanese ship leasing company Shoei Kisen Kaisha, owner of the car carrier Fremantle Highway that caught fire off the Dutch coast last week, said on Friday it will…
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British scouts to leave South Korean Jamboree site after 100 participants suffer heat ailments
https://japantoday.com/category/world/british-scouts-to-leave-south-korean-jamboree-site-after-100-participants-suffer-heat-ailments
August 4, 2023, 10:09 PM
More than 4,000 British Scouts will leave the World Scout Jamboree at a campsite in South Korea and move into hotels this weekend, the U.K. Scout Association said…
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Ex-Japan PM Aso to visit Taiwan next week as ruling LDP vice head
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-ex-japan-pm-aso-to-visit-taiwan-next-week-as-ruling-ldp-vice-head
August 4, 2023, 10:19 PM
Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, who is currently serving as vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will visit Taiwan next week, the party announced Friday…
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Kishida hopes to further strengthen strategic cooperation with U.S. and South Korea at summit
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan%27s-kishida-hopes-to-further-strengthen-strategic-cooperation-with-us-and-south-korea-at-summit
August 5, 2023, 7:15 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday he hopes to discuss further strengthening of three-way strategic cooperation with leaders of the United States and South Korea at a…
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U.N. group says people abused by late Japanese boy band producer deserve apologies and compensation
https://japantoday.com/category/national/u.n.-group-says-people-abused-by-late-japanese-boy-band-producer-deserve-apologies-and-compensation
August 5, 2023, 7:11 AM
The men who came forward to allege they were sexually abused as teenagers by Japanese boy band producer Johnny Kitagawa now have a powerful listener: the United Nations.…
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Kishida apologizes for My Number card mishaps as ratings slide
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-pm-kishida-apologises-for-id-card-mishaps-as-ratings-slide
August 5, 2023, 10:37 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, whose approval ratings have slid to their lowest since he took office, apologized on Friday for mishaps over a government plan to integrate…
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Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports
https://japantoday.com/category/world/global-food-prices-rise-after-russia-ends-grain-deal-and-india-restricts-rice-exports
August 5, 2023, 1:46 PM
Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia pulled out of a wartime agreement allowing Ukraine…
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U.S. nuclear submarine visits Western Australia as allies increase defense preparedness
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-nuclear-submarine-visits-western-australia-as-allies-increase-defence-preparedness
August 4, 2023, 10:09 PM
A U.S. Navy nuclear submarine arrived in Western Australia on Friday as allies Canberra and Washington deepen defense ties and prepare to transfer nuclear submarine capability to Australia.…
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Kremlin critic Navalny convicted of extremism and sentenced to 19 years in prison
https://japantoday.com/category/world/Kremlin-critic-Navalny-convicted-of-extremism-and-sentenced-to-19-years-in-prison
August 5, 2023, 5:08 AM
A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism and sentenced him to 19 years in prison on Friday. Navalny is already serving a…
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Japanese vice minister quits as PM Kishida's ratings slide
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japanese-vice-minister-quits-as-pm-kishida%27s-ratings-slide
August 5, 2023, 7:10 AM
A Japanese ruling party member of parliament resigned from his post as a deputy minister on Friday after allegations that he accepted bribes from a wind power company,…
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Breastfeeding Olympians want it all: Top careers and motherhood
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/breastfeeding-olympians-want-it-all-top-careers-and-motherhood
August 4, 2023, 10:27 PM
When Clarisse Agbégnénou won her sixth world judo title, confirming the reigning Olympic champion as one of the athletes to watch at next year's Paris Games, the French…
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Germany, Brazil & Canada are out. Here's why this is the most open Women's World Cup ever
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/germany-brazil-canada-are-out.-here%27s-why-this-is-the-most-open-women%27s-world-cup-ever
August 4, 2023, 10:28 PM
Change is happening fast in women’s soccer.
A leveling of the playing field is being highlighted at the Women’s World Cup, which saw two-time champion Germany crash out…
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