Asian shares mostly higher after China reports that prices fell in October
https://japantoday.com/category/business/stock-market-today-asian-shares-mostly-higher-after-china-reports-that-prices-fell-in-october
November 9, 2023, 7:42 AM
Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after a another mixed close on Wall Street where benchmarks have been recalibrating following recent big swings.
Stock prices fell…
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North Korea on Blinken's agenda in Seoul under shadow of Gaza, Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/north-korea-on-blinken%27s-agenda-in-seoul-under-shadow-of-gaza-ukraine1
November 9, 2023, 5:17 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks in South Korea on Thursday on growing military ties between North Korea and Russia, while he maintained efforts to broker…
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GOP candidates hit Trump and back Israel
https://japantoday.com/category/world/gop-candidates-hit-trump-and-back-israel.-here-are-highlights-from-the-republican-debate
November 9, 2023, 7:51 AM
As they face an increasingly urgent task to emerge as a clear alternative to former President Donald Trump, five Republican presidential candidates gathered Wednesday for the party's latest…
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Japanese billionaire Maezawa's moon flyby pushed back to 2024 or beyond
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-billionaire-maezawa%27s-moon-flyby-pushed-back-to-2024-or-beyond
November 9, 2023, 7:36 AM
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said on Thursday his voyage around the moon with Elon Musk's SpaceX had been delayed to 2024 or later.
"We were planning for our…
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Woman dies after being beaten by 2 men outside Chiba home
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-dies-after-being-beaten-by-2-men-outside-chiba-home
November 9, 2023, 11:49 AM
A 33-year-old woman died after being beaten by two men at the entrance to her house in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Thursday morning.
The woman is a Chinese…
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Australia launches investigation into major telecoms outage
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australia-launches-investigation-into-major-telecoms-outage
November 9, 2023, 5:14 AM
Australia's government on Thursday launched an investigation into a nationwide communications outage that crippled phone lines and severed internet access for 10 million customers.
For almost 12 hours…
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Will the year-end party season make a comeback from COVID?
https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/will-the-year-end-party-season-make-a-comeback-from-covid
November 9, 2023, 9:05 PM
With the COVID pandemic in retreat, one would think there were all the more reasons to celebrate the return to normalcy. Unfortunately, reports Nikkan Gendai (Nov 6), the…
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Striking actors agree on deal with Hollywood studios
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/striking-actors-agree-deal-with-hollywood-studios
November 9, 2023, 3:37 AM
Hollywood actors and studios reached a tentative deal Wednesday to end a months-long strike that has crippled the entertainment industry, delayed hundreds of popular shows and films, and…
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Japan's April-Sept current surplus triples to record ¥12.7 tril
https://japantoday.com/category/business/update1-japan%27s-april-sept.-current-surplus-triples-to-record-12.7-tril.-yen
November 9, 2023, 7:34 AM
Japan's current account surplus in the first half of fiscal 2023 tripled from a year earlier to a record 12.71 trillion yen ($84 billion), lifted by record-high foreign…
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Picasso's 'Woman with a Watch' fetches $139 mil at auction
https://japantoday.com/category/world/picasso%27s-%27woman-with-a-watch%27-fetches-139-mn-at-auction-sotheby%27s
November 9, 2023, 1:05 AM
One of Pablo Picasso's masterpieces, "Woman with a Watch," was sold at auction Wednesday night for $139.3 million by Sotheby's in New York, the second-highest price ever achieved…
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Kishida rules out dissolving lower house this year
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-japan-pm-kishida-rules-out-dissolving-lower-house-in-2023
November 9, 2023, 8:05 AM
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has ruled out dissolving the lower house for a snap general election within the year, one of his close aides said Thursday, citing a…
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Madrid, Sociedad advance in Champions League; Man United again falls in wild loss
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/really-impressive-madrid-sociedad-advance-in-champions-league.-man-united-again-falls-in-wild-loss
November 9, 2023, 12:49 AM
On a royally good evening for standout Spanish teams, Manchester United fell in another wild loss in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Real Madrid and Real Sociedad advanced…
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Man charged with killing 76-year-old mother in Tokyo, burying body in Yamagata
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-charged-with-killing-76-year-old-mother-in-tokyo-burying-body-in-yamagata
November 9, 2023, 7:34 AM
Police in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, have charged a 40-year-old man with killing his 76-year-old mother in Tokyo last month.
Police said Kotaro Enomoto is accused of strangling his…
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Robert De Niro attends closing arguments in civil trial over claims by ex-VP, personal assistant
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/robert-de-niro-attends-closing-arguments-in-civil-trial-over-claims-by-ex-vp-personal-assistant
November 9, 2023, 12:57 AM
Robert De Niro looked on Wednesday as a lawyer for a woman who worked for him for over a decade urged a jury in closing arguments to award…
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8 dead in Texas crash after police chase suspected human smuggler
https://japantoday.com/category/world/8-dead-in-crash-after-police-chased-a-suspected-human-smuggler-texas-officials-say
November 9, 2023, 12:59 AM
Eight people died Wednesday when the driver of a car suspected of carrying smuggled migrants fled police and smashed into an oncoming vehicle on a South Texas highway.…
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Rapid AI proliferation a threat to democracy, experts say
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/rapid-ai-proliferation-is-a-threat-to-democracy-experts-say1
November 8, 2023, 9:43 PM
The acceleration of artificial intelligence may already be disrupting democratic processes like elections and could even threaten human existence, AI experts warned at the Reuters NEXT conference in New…
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Russia reportedly using Ukrainian POWs to fight in their homeland on Moscow's side
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-reportedly-is-using-ukrainian-pows-to-fight-in-their-homeland-on-moscow%27s-side
November 9, 2023, 3:48 AM
Russia is sending Ukrainian prisoners of war to the front lines of their homeland to fight on Moscow's side in the war, the Russian state news agency RIA…
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U.S. approves highly anticipated Eli Lilly weight loss drug
https://japantoday.com/category/features/health/us-approves-highly-anticipated-eli-lilly-weight-loss-drug
November 8, 2023, 9:50 PM
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday announced it had approved Eli Lilly's highly anticipated weight loss drug Zepbound, the latest entrant in a field of…
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Ohtani free agency sweepstakes off to clandestine start at MLB general manager meetings
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/ohtani-free-agency-sweepstakes-off-to-a-clandestine-start-at-mlb%27s-general-manager-meetings
November 8, 2023, 9:44 PM
The race to add two-way baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani in a blockbuster free agency deal is off to a clandestine start.
“Special player, that’s all I’ll say,” said…
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House Republicans subpoena Hunter and James Biden as their impeachment inquiry ramps back up
https://japantoday.com/category/world/house-republicans-will-subpoena-hunter-and-james-biden-as-their-impeachment-inquiry-ramps-back-up
November 9, 2023, 3:53 AM
House Republicans issued subpoenas Wednesday to members of President Joe Biden's family, taking their most aggressive step yet in an impeachment inquiry bitterly opposed by Democrats that is…
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Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico
https://japantoday.com/category/world/caravan-of-3-000-migrants-blocks-highway-in-southern-mexico
November 8, 2023, 9:46 PM
About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti on Wednesday blocked traffic on one of Mexico's main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to…
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Judging from level of complaints in U.S., air travel getting worse
https://japantoday.com/category/features/travel/judging-from-the-level-of-complaints-air-travel-is-getting-worse
November 8, 2023, 9:50 PM
Air travel is getting worse, judging from the number of consumer complaints.
Consumer complaints about airlines nearly doubled in the first three months of this year compared with…
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Parents of a terminally ill baby lose UK legal battle to bring her home
https://japantoday.com/category/world/parents-of-a-terminally-ill-baby-lose-uk-legal-battle-to-bring-her-home
November 8, 2023, 9:47 PM
A judge at Britain's High Court ruled Wednesday that life support for a terminally ill 8-month-old baby should be withdrawn in a hospice or hospital, despite efforts by…
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Swedish town wants inhabitants to 'say hi' to each other
https://japantoday.com/category/world/swedish-town-wants-inhabitants-to-%27say-hi%27-to-each-other1
November 8, 2023, 9:48 PM
The Swedish town of Lulea, home to some 80,000 inhabitants, has launched a campaign encouraging residents, who are reputed to be introverts, to stark talking to each other.…
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Ukraine takes credit for car bomb killing of a Russia-backed official in Luhansk
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-takes-credit-for-the-car-bomb-killing-of-a-russia-backed-official-in-luhansk
November 9, 2023, 2:44 AM
Ukraine’s intelligence agency took credit for a car bombing Wednesday that killed a member of the Russia-backed authority in the illegally annexed Luhansk region.
Mikhail Filiponenko was a…
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Italy see off Garcia's France in solid Billie Jean King Cup start
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/italy-see-off-garcia%27s-france-in-solid-bjk-cup-start
November 8, 2023, 9:44 PM
Italy scored an impressive win over France in their Billie Jean King Cup finals opener on Wednesday, winning both singles rubbers for an unassailable 2-0 lead.
Jasmine Paolini…
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Stokes stars as England stop rot against Netherlands at Cricket World Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/stokes%27-century-takes-england-to-339-9-against-the-netherlands
November 8, 2023, 9:44 PM
Ben Stokes' maiden Cricket World Cup hundred set-up a 160-run win for England over the Netherlands in Pune on Wednesday as the struggling champions climbed off the bottom…
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Adidas says it may write off remaining unsold Yeezy shoes after breakup with Ye
https://japantoday.com/category/business/adidas-says-it-may-write-off-remaining-unsold-yeezy-shoes-after-breakup-with-ye
November 8, 2023, 9:41 PM
Adidas said it might have to write off the remaining 300 million euros ($320 million) worth of Yeezy shoes left unsold after it cut ties with rapper Ye,…
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Japan, Ukraine to hold reconstruction conference next year in Tokyo
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-ukraine-to-hold-reconstruction-conference-next-year-in-tokyo
November 9, 2023, 7:51 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that their countries will host a conference in Tokyo in February to discuss the reconstruction of…
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Nissan, Renault launch 'rebalanced' alliance
https://japantoday.com/category/business/nissan-renault-launch-%27rebalanced%27-alliance
November 9, 2023, 7:35 AM
French automaker Renault and Japanese partner Nissan officially launched their "rebalanced" alliance on Wednesday as they seek to reset a rocky 24-year-old partnership.
The companies announced an agreement…
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