Asian shares fall after Wall St gain as markets eye Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-shares-fall-after-wall-st-gain-as-markets-eye-ukraine
March 21, 2022, 7:01 AM
Asian stock markets declined Monday after Wall Street's biggest weekly gain in 16 months as investors watched efforts to negotiate an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Oil…
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Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-rejects-russian-offer-of-passage-out-of-mariupol
March 21, 2022, 7:51 AM
Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the…
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Hong Kong to lift ban on flights from nine countries in April
https://japantoday.com/category/world/hong-kong-to-lift-ban-on-flights-from-nine-countries-in-april
March 21, 2022, 4:25 AM
Hong Kong will resume international flights from nine countries including the United States and Britain in April, city leader Carrie Lam said Monday.
After the highly transmissible Omicron…
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Tokyo reports 3,855 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 27,701
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-3-855-new-coronavirus-cases
March 21, 2022, 9:46 AM
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 3,855 new coronavirus cases, down 2,647 from Sunday and down 81 from last Monday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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With eye on China, Japan breaks with precedents for strong Ukraine response
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/eyeing-china-japan-breaks-with-past-for-strong-ukraine-response
March 21, 2022, 7:49 AM
Japan has broken with years of precedent in its tough response to the Ukraine invasion, and the conflict could reshape Tokyo's defense strategy as it confronts China's regional…
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Vissel fires manager after poor J.League start
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/iniesta%27s-vissel-fire-manager-after-poor-j-league-start
March 21, 2022, 2:46 AM
Andres Iniesta's Japanese team Vissel Kobe have fired manager Atsuhiro Miura after a seven-game winless start to the new J.League season.
Vissel announced Sunday that Miura, who had…
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Fritz hands Nadal first 2022 defeat in Indian Wells final
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/fritz-hands-nadal-first-2022-defeat-to-lift-indian-wells-trophy
March 21, 2022, 2:44 AM
Taylor Fritz stunned Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) on Sunday to win the ATP Indian Wells Masters and end the 21-time Grand Slam champion's perfect 20-0 run to…
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3 dead, 2 missing after boat sinks off New Zealand
https://japantoday.com/category/world/3-dead-2-missing-after-boat-sinks-off-new-zealand
March 21, 2022, 3:13 AM
At least three people were confirmed dead and two missing after a boat carrying 10 people sank in stormy weather off the New Zealand coast, police said on…
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Axelsen storms to second All England title
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/axelsen-storms-to-second-all-england-title
March 20, 2022, 9:37 PM
World number one Viktor Axelsen strolled to his second All England badminton title with a dominant 21-10, 21-15 win over India's Lakshya Sen in Birmingham.
The Dane was…
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Duplantis sets pole vault world record of 6.20 meters in Belgrade
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/duplantis-sets-pole-vault-world-record-of-6.20m-in-belgrade
March 20, 2022, 9:37 PM
Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis again broke his own pole vault world record with a 6.20-meter clearance at the world indoor championships on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Swede had promised…
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U.S. to declare Rohingya repression in Myanmar a 'genocide'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-to-declare-rohingya-repression-in-myanmar-a-%27genocide%27
March 20, 2022, 9:40 PM
The Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar’s years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a “genocide," U.S. officials said Sunday.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans…
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Ye no longer performing at Grammys
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/ye-no-longer-performing-at-grammys
March 20, 2022, 9:35 PM
Ye will not be performing at the Grammys this year. A report published in The Blast said that the musician was told Friday that his act had been…
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Belgium mourns after car kills six in carnival crash
https://japantoday.com/category/world/belgium-mourns-after-car-kills-six-in-carnival-crash
March 20, 2022, 9:40 PM
Belgium mourned on Sunday after a car plowed into a crowd of early morning carnival-goers, killing six people and injuring dozens of others as authorities ruled out an…
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Iraq digs up mass grave containing bodies of IS fighters, relatives
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iraq-digs-up-mass-grave-containing-bodies-of-is-fighters-relatives
March 20, 2022, 9:40 PM
Iraqi authorities said Sunday that they had exhumed the remains of 85 Islamic State group fighters and their relatives from a mass grave in the northern city of…
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Son shines as Spurs sink West Ham to bolster top-four bid
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/son-shines-as-spurs-sink-west-ham-to-bolster-top-four-bid1
March 20, 2022, 9:36 PM
Son Heung-min fired Tottenham to a crucial 3-1 win against West Ham as the South Korean's double lifted his side within three points of the Premier League's top…
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'The Batman' swings high, again topping North America box office
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/%27batman%27-swings-high-again-topping-n.america-box-office
March 20, 2022, 9:34 PM
"The Batman" continued swinging from the rooftops this weekend, taking in an estimated box-office-leading $36.8 million in North American theaters while performing strongly overseas, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations…
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Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition
https://japantoday.com/category/world/Ukraine-now-seen-as-a-war-of-attrition
March 21, 2022, 6:48 AM
Ukrainian authorities said Sunday that Russia's military bombed an art school sheltering about 400 people in Mariupol, and tearful evacuees from the devastated port city described how “battles took…
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Liverpool set up FA Cup semifinal clash with Man City
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/four-star-man-city-crystal-palace-into-fa-cup-semi-finals
March 20, 2022, 9:36 PM
Liverpool and Manchester City's bid for historic trophy-winning hauls will clash in the FA Cup semifinal at Wembley next month after coming through their last eight ties in…
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China envoy says Beijing not now sending arms to Russia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-envoy-says-beijing-not-now-sending-arms-to-russia
March 20, 2022, 9:39 PM
China's ambassador to the U.S. said Sunday his country was not sending weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine, but he did not definitively rule out the possibility…
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Trains halt across Canada as union workers strike
https://japantoday.com/category/world/trains-halt-across-canada-as-union-workers-strike
March 20, 2022, 9:40 PM
The union and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage Sunday that saw trains come to halt across Canada.
More than 3,000 CP Rail conductors, engineers,…
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Nightmare for Verstappen as Leclerc wins F1 season opener in Bahrain
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/leclerc-wins-bahrain-gp-as-verstappen-retires-near-the-end
March 20, 2022, 9:36 PM
After winning last year's Formula One title on the last lap of the last race, Max Verstappen's title defense began with a different sort of drama — his…
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Spain hit by yet another mass protest over rising prices
https://japantoday.com/category/world/spain-hit-by-yet-another-mass-protest-over-rising-prices
March 20, 2022, 9:40 PM
As many as 150,000 farmers, ranchers and hunters marched Sunday through Madrid to protest the Spanish centre-left government's failure to tackle soaring prices exacerbated by Russia's invasion of…
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4 teens shot, 1 killed, in gunfire at Houston birthday party
https://japantoday.com/category/world/4-teens-shot-1-killed-in-gunfire-at-houston-birthday-party
March 20, 2022, 9:40 PM
A 17-year-old boy was killed and three other teens were wounded early Sunday when a fight broke out in a Houston parking lot during a birthday party and…
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Labor foe Schultz returns as Starbucks union effort grows
https://japantoday.com/category/business/labor-foe-schultz-returns-as-starbucks-union-effort-grows
March 20, 2022, 9:33 PM
Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is returning to lead the company on an interim basis after the coffee giant's current chief executive announced his retirement.
But Schultz —…
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History-making Jackson set for Senate hearing for high court
https://japantoday.com/category/world/history-making-jackson-set-for-senate-hearing-for-high-court
March 20, 2022, 9:40 PM
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, is going before the Senate Judiciary Committee with the path to her historic confirmation seemingly…
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Ukraine war is backdrop in U.S. push for hypersonic weapons
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-war-is-backdrop-in-us-push-for-hypersonic-weapons
March 20, 2022, 9:39 PM
Lagging behind Russia in developing hypersonic weapons, the U.S. Navy is rushing to field its first, with installation on a warship starting as soon as late next year.…
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France set sights on World Cup with superb Grand Slam
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/france-set-down-world-cup-marker-with-superb-grand-slam
March 20, 2022, 9:37 PM
France's first Six Nations title for 12 years showed that Fabien Galthie's impressive team, who beat England in a party atmosphere at the Stade de France, will be…
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Kishida visits Cambodia, also one of China's key partners
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan%27s-pm-visits-cambodia-also-one-of-china%27s-key-partners
March 21, 2022, 7:51 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Cambodia for talks with the country's longtime leader, Hun Sen, on Sunday to deepen relations and promote calls for the rule of…
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85.6% back Japan's sanctions on Russia over invasion in Ukraine: poll
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-86-back-japan%27s-sanctions-on-russia-over-invasion-in-ukraine-poll
March 20, 2022, 9:37 PM
A total of 85.8 percent of respondents support Japan's sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, suggesting the public favors Prime…
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'CODA' gains Oscar momentum with top prize at PGA Awards
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/%27coda%27-gains-oscar-momentum-with-top-prize-at-pga-awards
March 20, 2022, 9:35 PM
“CODA” won the top prize at Saturday night's Producers Guild Awards, giving momentum to the possibility that the small film could have a big night at next week's…
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