Padres pitcher Darvish aims to be ready for Seoul games
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mlb-padres-star-pitcher-darvish-aims-to-be-ready-by-seoul
February 24, 2024, 4:05 AM
Japanese star pitcher Yu Darvish, battling back from an injury that cut short his 2023 Major League Baseball campaign, plans to be ready for San Diego's season-opening series…
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Flying by
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/flying-by-3
February 23, 2024, 8:45 PM
Ryoyu Kobayashi from Japan in action during the men's team flying at the Nordic skiing ski jump World Cup, in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Friday.
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Canada's Trudeau looks safer after junior partner says it strikes drug plan deal
https://japantoday.com/category/world/canada%27s-trudeau-looks-safer-after-junior-partner-says-it-strikes-drug-plan-deal
February 23, 2024, 8:50 PM
The chances of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau staying in office until an election next year appeared more certain on Friday after a political party that is keeping…
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A swift rebound and unprecedented tickets sales for live music after pandemic shut venues down
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/a-swift-rebound-and-unprecedented-tickets-sales-for-live-music-after-pandemic-shut-venues-down
February 23, 2024, 8:53 PM
Powered by big stadium tours from artists like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, ticket sales are booming and it appears likely that live acts will continue to draw massive…
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Backstory of disputed 'Hotel California' lyrics pages 'just felt thin,' ex-auction exec tells court
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/backstory-of-disputed-%27hotel-california%27-lyrics-pages-%27just-felt-thin-%27-ex-auction-exec-tells-court
February 23, 2024, 8:52 PM
The explanation given for the source of 13 pages of drafts of lyrics to the Eagles' “Hotel California” raised red flags to a prominent auction house, a former…
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Biden administration restores Trump-rescinded policy on illegitimacy of Israeli settlements
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-administration-restores-trump-rescinded-policy-on-illegitimacy-of-israeli-settlements
February 24, 2024, 2:45 AM
The Biden administration on Friday restored a U.S. legal finding dating back nearly 50 years that Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are “illegitimate” under international law.…
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NFL’s salary cap skyrockets to $255.4 million, up a record $30.6 million
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/nfl%E2%80%99s-salary-cap-skyrockets-to-255.4-million-up-a-record-30.6-million
February 23, 2024, 8:52 PM
The NFL’s salary cap for 2024 will be $255.4 million, up a record $30.6 million from last year.
The cap number has gone from $198.2 million in 2020…
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Austrian ex-chancellor Kurz found guilty in false testimony trial
https://japantoday.com/category/world/austrian-ex-chancellor-kurz-found-guilty-in-false-testimony-trial
February 23, 2024, 8:50 PM
An Austrian court on Friday found former chancellor Sebastian Kurz guilty of giving false testimony to a parliamentary inquiry, handing him an eight-month suspended jail sentence.
The verdict…
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Watch melted during atomic blast over Hiroshima sells for more than $31,000
https://japantoday.com/category/national/watch-melted-during-atomic-blast-over-hiroshima-sells-for-more-than-31-000
February 23, 2024, 8:55 PM
A watch melted during the Aug 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, has sold for more than $31,000 at auction.
The watch is frozen in time at the…
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Russia threatening to bury Navalny on prison grounds, team says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-threatening-to-bury-navalny-on-prison-grounds-team-says
February 24, 2024, 2:46 AM
Russian authorities are threatening to bury Alexei Navalny on the grounds of the Arctic prison colony where he died unless his family agrees to a closed funeral, the…
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Huge apartment block fire in Spain kills 10 people
https://japantoday.com/category/world/huge-apartment-block-fire-in-spain-kills-10-people
February 23, 2024, 8:50 PM
At least 10 people were killed by a huge fire that ripped through an apartment block in an affluent district of Spain's third largest city Valencia, authorities said…
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Mike Tyson, Francis Ngannou set for Professional Fighters League debut in Saudi Arabia
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mike-tyson-francis-ngannou-set-for-professional-fighters-league-debut-in-saudi-arabia
February 23, 2024, 8:51 PM
Mike Tyson and Francis Ngannou are in Saudi Arabia, a pair of ferocious heavyweights with an eye on the championship belt.
For Tyson, his role is ceremonial. The…
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Private U.S. spacecraft is on its side on the moon with some antennas covered up
https://japantoday.com/category/world/lander-%27alive-and-well%27-after-company-scores-first-us-moon-landing-since-apollo-era
February 24, 2024, 3:44 AM
A private U.S. lunar lander tipped over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon’s south pole, hampering communications, company officials said Friday.
Intuitive Machines…
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No. 1 Swiatek loses to Kalinskaya in Dubai semifinals
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/paolini-beats-cirstea-to-reach-final-at-dubai-championships
February 23, 2024, 8:52 PM
Iga Swiatek was upset by qualifier Anna Kalinskaya 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships after the world No. 1 squandered an early lead on Friday.…
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Indonesia and Australia hold defense talks as both nations move toward signing a security agreement
https://japantoday.com/category/world/indonesia-and-australia-hold-defense-talks-as-both-nations-move-toward-signing-a-security-agreement
February 23, 2024, 8:50 PM
Indonesia and Australia held high-level talks in Jakarta on Friday as the neighboring countries seek to strengthen security ties by signing a defense cooperation agreement in the coming…
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Russian appeal against Olympic suspension dismissed by sport's highest court
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/russian-appeal-against-olympic-suspension-dismissed-by-sport%27s-highest-court
February 23, 2024, 8:51 PM
Russia's appeal against its suspension by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday.
The IOC suspended the Russian…
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Angry French farmers with tractors back on the streets of Paris for another protest
https://japantoday.com/category/world/angry-french-farmers-with-tractors-are-back-to-paris-for-another-protest
February 23, 2024, 8:51 PM
Angry farmers were back in Paris on their tractors in a new protest Friday demanding more government support and simpler regulations, on the eve of a major agricultural…
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Liverpool to play Sparta Prague in Europa League round of 16
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/liverpool-to-play-sparta-prague-in-europa-league-round-of-16
February 23, 2024, 8:52 PM
Liverpool will go to Sparta Prague for the first leg of the Europa League round of 16. The trip could have been much farther than the Czech Republic.…
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U.S. and EU pile new sanctions on Russia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/eu-targets-foreign-companies-over-alleged-dual-use-exports-to-russia-marking-war%27s-2nd-anniversary
February 24, 2024, 2:45 AM
The United States and European Union on Friday heaped hundreds of new sanctions on Russia in connection with the second anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine and in…
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Kishida considering visit to Brazil in early May
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-pm-kishida-considering-visit-to-brazil-in-early-may
February 23, 2024, 8:58 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting Brazil in early May, government sources said Friday, after foregoing a tour of South America earlier in the year amid…
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Sweden has around 62,000 persons linked to criminal gangs, police say
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sweden-has-around-62-000-persons-linked-to-criminal-gangs-police-say
February 23, 2024, 8:49 PM
About 62,000 persons are active in, or have connections to, criminal networks in Sweden, the police said on Friday, where the authorities have struggled for years to contain…
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Chiefs edge Crusaders with late penalties to win opening match in Super Rugby Pacific
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/chiefs-edge-crusaders-with-late-penalties-to-win-opening-match-in-super-rugby-pacific
February 23, 2024, 8:52 PM
Josh Ioane kicked two late penalties as the Hamilton-based Chiefs beat the seven-time defending champion Crusaders 33-29 Friday in the opening match of the Super Rugby Pacific season.…
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Kishida to address U.S. Congress in April
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-japan-pm-kishida-to-address-u.s.-congress-in-april
February 23, 2024, 8:54 PM
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has told a high-ranking government official that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will address a joint session of Congress during his…
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U.S., S Korea fly warplanes in interception drills after N Korea's missile tests
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-and-south-korea-fly-warplanes-in-interception-drills-after-north-korea%27s-missile-tests
February 23, 2024, 8:49 PM
South Korea and the United States flew advanced stealth fighters in a joint missile-interception drill Friday over the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s air force said, an apparent response…
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Emperor turns 64; mourns Ishikawa quake victims
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Emperor-turns-64-mourns-Ishikawa-quake-victims
February 23, 2024, 9:44 AM
Emperor Naruhito made his first speech to the nation since a deadly earthquake hit the north-central region of Koto, with a message marking his 64th birthday on Friday.…
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Trump pledges to defend Christianity against the left, which he says wants 'to tear down crosses'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/trump-pledges-to-defend-christianity-against-the-left-which-he-says-wants-%27to-tear-down-crosses%27
February 23, 2024, 7:31 AM
Former President Donald Trump promised to use a second term in the White House to defend Christian values and even suggested he'd shield the faith's central iconography, warning…
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Former yokozuna Hakuho punished over protege's violence
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/sumo-former-yokozuna-hakuho-penalized-over-protege%27s-violence
February 23, 2024, 9:49 AM
Sumo's governing body decided Friday to demote former yokozuna Hakuho, now known as stablemaster Miyagino, and give him a salary cut over repeated violence by his 22-year-old protege…
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Japan, Australia to conduct study on underwater drones
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-australia-to-conduct-study-on-underwater-drones
February 23, 2024, 8:57 PM
Japan and Australia have recently agreed to launch joint research toward the future development of underwater drones, as the two countries step up defense cooperation amid China's maritime…
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South Korea health alert raised to 'severe' over doctors walkout
https://japantoday.com/category/world/south-korea-health-alert-raised-to-%27severe%27-over-doctors-walkout1
February 23, 2024, 4:57 AM
South Korea raised its health alert to the highest level on Friday after a mass walkout by trainee doctors this week, while the prime minister said public hospitals…
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37-year-old woman arrested for beating, whipping young daughter
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/37-year-old-woman-arrested-for-beating-whipping-young-daughter
February 23, 2024, 8:57 PM
Police in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, have arrested a 37-year-old woman on suspicion of abusing her elementary school-age daughter by beating her legs and whipping her on the back…
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