China drafts rules for using facial recognition data
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/china-drafts-rules-for-using-facial-recognition-data
August 8, 2023, 7:23 AM
Firms using facial recognition in China will be required to obtain consent or legal permission before collecting personal information, draft regulations released Tuesday said, while stipulating the rules…
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World must 'wake up' to Taiwan security threats: Japan ex-PM Aso
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/world-must-%27wake-up%27-to-taiwan-security-threats-japan-ex-pm
August 8, 2023, 12:58 PM
Former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso warned a Taipei security forum Tuesday that the international community must "wake up" to the worsening situation surrounding the Taiwan Strait, a…
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Bursting ice dam in Alaska highlights risks of glacial flooding around the globe
https://japantoday.com/category/world/bursting-ice-dam-in-alaska-highlights-risks-of-glacial-flooding-around-the-globe
August 8, 2023, 10:28 AM
The gray, two-story home with white trim toppled and slid, crashing into the river below as rushing waters carried off a bobbing chunk of its roof. Next door,…
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After attacking Ukraine wheat exports, Russia faces own shipping challenge
https://japantoday.com/category/world/after-attacking-ukraine-wheat-exports-russia-faces-own-shipping-challenge1
August 8, 2023, 10:01 AM
Russia's lack of ships and Western grain traders' shrinking appetite for business with Moscow are adding to rising costs of moving Russian wheat, at a time when the…
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More Japanese regions brace for storms as Typhoon Khanun heads west
https://japantoday.com/category/national/more-japanese-regions-brace-for-storms-as-typhoon-khanun-heads-west1
August 8, 2023, 7:02 AM
Japan cancelled hundreds of flights and advised more than 60,000 households to evacuate some southern regions on Tuesday, as Typhoon Khanun, packing heavy rain and strong winds, slowly…
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30-year-old man arrested over murder of grandmother
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/30-year-old-man-arrested-over-murder-of-grandmother
August 8, 2023, 7:16 AM
Police in Fukuoka said Tuesday they have arrested a 30-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his 74-year-old grandmother at their home.
Police said they received an emergency…
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Japan to host 2025 int'l African development conference in Yokohama
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-to-host-2025-int%27l-african-development-conference-in-yokohama
August 8, 2023, 7:09 AM
Japan decided Tuesday to host an international conference on African development in the port city of Yokohama in 2025, as Tokyo seeks to counter China's increasing influence on…
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Japan's real wages fall in June for 15th month under inflation
https://japantoday.com/category/business/update1-japan%27s-real-wages-fall-in-june-for-15th-month-under-inflation
August 8, 2023, 7:05 AM
Japan's real wages in June fell 1.6 percent from a year earlier, declining for the 15th straight month, as salary increases failed to keep up with accelerating inflation,…
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Japan fall below Rugby World Cup pool rivals Samoa in latest ranking
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/rugby-japan-fall-below-world-cup-pool-rivals-samoa-in-latest-ranking
August 8, 2023, 7:26 AM
Japan dropped to 14th in World Rugby's latest men's rankings dated Monday, falling behind 2023 World Cup Pool D rivals Samoa who took the Brave Blossoms' previous position…
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Scores of horses suffer sunstroke at Japan samurai event
https://japantoday.com/category/national/scores-of-horses-suffer-sunstroke-at-japan-samurai-event1
August 8, 2023, 7:02 AM
Organizers of an annual horse festival in Japan where riders dressed as samurai re-enact battles said Tuesday they were considering changing dates for the gathering next year, after…
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Silver cycles
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/silver-cycle
August 7, 2023, 9:31 PM
Japan's Shota Kawamoto celebrates silver in the Men's C2 1km Time Trial during day five of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome,…
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Boeing says troubled Starliner will be ready to fly crew by March
https://japantoday.com/category/business/boeing-says-troubled-starliner-will-be-ready-to-fly-crew-by-march
August 7, 2023, 10:31 PM
Boeing on Monday said its Starliner spaceship will now be ready to carry out its first crewed flight by March -- though the actual launch date will depend…
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Reilly gives hosts Britain first gold at cycling worlds in BMX
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/reilly-gives-hosts-britain-first-gold-at-cycling-worlds-in-bmx
August 7, 2023, 10:42 PM
Britain's Kieran Reilly claimed the hosts' first gold of the World Cycling Championships on Monday winning the BMX Freestyle Park title.
European champion Reilly had a spectacular run…
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From prison, Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan and his lawyer plan to challenge his graft case
https://japantoday.com/category/world/from-prison-pakistan%27s-former-premier-imran-khan-and-his-lawyer-plan-to-challenge-his-graft-case
August 7, 2023, 10:19 PM
Pakistan's Imran Khan and his lawyer met Monday at a high-security prison where the former prime minister is being held following his sentencing, to plan how to challenge…
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Trio of missing hikers who set out on treacherous ridge in Scottish Highlands found dead
https://japantoday.com/category/world/trio-of-missing-hikers-who-set-out-on-treacherous-ridge-in-scottish-highlands-found-dead
August 7, 2023, 9:07 PM
The bodies of three missing hikers were recovered from a mountain in the Scottish Highlands after they didn't return from a notoriously difficult scramble on the narrowest ridge…
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Thousands in Haiti march to demand safety from violent gangs as killings and kidnappings soar
https://japantoday.com/category/world/thousands-in-haiti-march-to-demand-safety-from-violent-gangs-as-killings-and-kidnappings-soar
August 7, 2023, 9:08 PM
Several thousand people — their faces covered to conceal their identities — marched through Haiti’s capital on Monday demanding protection from violent gangs who are pillaging neighborhoods in…
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William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dies at 87
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/william-friedkin-oscar-winning-director-of-%27the-french-connection%27-and-the-exorcist-%27-dead-at-87
August 7, 2023, 10:13 PM
William Friedkin, the generation-defining director who brought a visceral realism to 1970s hits “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist" and was quickly anointed one of Hollywood's top directors…
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Mbappe's standoff with PSG continues amid report that Neymar now wants to leave the French club
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mbappe%27s-standoff-with-psg-continues-amid-report-that-neymar-now-wants-to-leave-the-french-club
August 7, 2023, 10:42 PM
As Kylian Mbappe's transfer standoff with Paris Saint-Germain continues, it remains unclear if the star striker will even be in the squad when PSG begins its league season…
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West African leaders to meet on Niger after junta defies deadline
https://japantoday.com/category/world/west-african-leaders-to-meet-on-niger-after-junta-defies-deadline3
August 8, 2023, 6:37 AM
West African leaders will discuss Niger on Thursday after the junta that seized power there on July 26 defied a deadline to reinstate the ousted president or face…
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Neil Young caught in his 1970s prime with yet another 'lost' album, 'Chrome Dreams'
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/music-review-neil-young-caught-in-his-1970s-prime-with-yet-another-%27lost%27-album-%27chrome-dreams%27
August 8, 2023, 7:28 AM
Neil Young is captured in his mid-1970s prime with “Chrome Dreams,” yet another “lost” — or “unreleased" — album officially seeing the light of day as Young originally…
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Ukraine hails Jeddah talks as blow to Russia; China says it's staying impartial
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-hails-jeddah-talks-as-blow-to-russia-china-says-it%27s-staying-impartial
August 8, 2023, 4:20 AM
A senior Ukrainian official said on Monday talks about the Ukraine war held in Saudi Arabia dealt a "huge blow" to Russia, while key Kremlin ally China declared…
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Belarusian sprinter who was forced out of Tokyo Olympics has been cleared to race for Poland
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/a-belarusian-sprinter-who-was-forced-out-of-the-tokyo-olympics-has-been-cleared-to-race-for-poland
August 7, 2023, 10:16 PM
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, the Belarusian sprinter whose team tried to force her out of the Tokyo Olympics, has been declared eligible to represent Poland ahead of the upcoming world…
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'Of course' Trump lost 2020 election, DeSantis says after years of hedging
https://japantoday.com/category/world/desantis-finally-acknowledges-the-truth-about-trump%27s-2020-election-lies-%27of-course-he-lost%27
August 8, 2023, 12:09 AM
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said definitively that rival Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, an acknowledgement the Florida governor made after years of equivocating answers.
“Of course…
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England, Australia advance to Women's World Cup quarterfinals
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/england-survive-nigeria-scare-australia-also-into-world-cup-quarters
August 7, 2023, 10:17 PM
England survived the sending-off of Lauren James to scrape past Nigeria on penalties Monday and were joined in the Women's World Cup quarterfinals by an Australia side boosted…
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Japan raises concerns over Iran's nuclear enrichment and drone supplies to Russia for Ukraine war
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-raises-concerns-over-iran%27s-nuclear-enrichment-and-drone-supplies-to-russia-for-ukraine-war
August 7, 2023, 10:30 PM
Japan expressed concern on Monday over Iran's advancing uranium enrichment program and the Middle East country's suspected supplying of combat drones to Moscow for Russia's war on Ukraine.…
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Russia to launch first moon lander since 1976 in race with Indian spacecraft
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/russia-to-launch-first-moon-lander-since-1976-in-race-with-indian-spacecraft
August 7, 2023, 10:14 PM
Russia will launch its first lunar landing spacecraft in 47 years on Friday in a race with India to the south pole of the moon, a potential source…
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UK government moves asylum-seekers to barge moored off southern England in a bid to cut costs
https://japantoday.com/category/world/migrants-moved-to-housing-barge-moored-in-southern-uk-as-government-seeks-to-cut-asylum-seeker-costs
August 7, 2023, 9:09 PM
A small group of asylum-seekers was moved Monday onto a barge moored in southern England as the UK government tries to cut the cost of sheltering people seeking…
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Ex-Japan PM Aso arrives in Taiwan
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/ex-japan-pm-aso-arrives-in-taiwan-as-ruling-ldp-vice-head
August 7, 2023, 10:30 PM
Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, arrived in Taiwan on Monday, despite China's opposition to any official exchanges with…
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Hibino beats Nosková to win rain-hit Prague Open
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/nao-hibino-faces-linda-noskova-in-final-of-rain-hit-prague-open
August 7, 2023, 10:42 PM
Japanese lucky loser Nao Hibino cruised past fourth-seeded Linda Nosková 6-4, 6-1 to win the rain-hit Prague Open on Monday.
The 28-year-old Hibino broke her Czech opponent twice…
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Japan agency calls for highest pay rise for civil servants in 26 years
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-agency-calls-for-highest-pay-rise-for-civil-servants-in-26-yrs
August 7, 2023, 10:41 PM
Japan's National Personnel Authority recommended Monday that the monthly salaries of civil servants in general positions be raised by an average 0.96 percent, or 3,869 yen, in fiscal…
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