Basketball win
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February 25, 2024, 9:12 PM
Japan's players wave to spectators after defeating China in their Group C qualifying match for the FIBA Asia Cup 2025, in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Sudan authorities block cross-border aid to stricken Darfur
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sudan-authorities-block-cross-border-aid-to-stricken-darfur
February 25, 2024, 9:23 PM
Authorities loyal to the army in war-ravaged Sudan have blocked cross-border aid to the western Darfur region, a move decried by aid workers and the United States.
The…
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NBA suspends five players for roles in Heat-Pelicans brawl
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/nba-suspends-five-players-for-roles-in-heat-pelicans-brawl
February 25, 2024, 9:34 PM
Miami Heat scoring leader Jimmy Butler was among five players suspended by the NBA on Sunday for their roles in an on-court brawl between the Heat and New…
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French actor Depardieu faces new sex assault complaint
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/french-actor-depardieu-faces-new-sex-assault-complaint1
February 25, 2024, 9:37 PM
A set designer has filed a complaint against French screen legend Gerard Depardieu for an alleged sexual assault during a 2021 film shoot, her lawyer told AFP Sunday.…
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Taliban release Austrian far-right activist held in Afghanistan
https://japantoday.com/category/world/taliban-releases-austrian-far-right-activist-held-in-afghanistan1
February 25, 2024, 9:24 PM
The Taliban on Sunday released Herbert Fritz, an 84-year-old Austrian and far-right nationalist who was arrested in Afghanistan last May.
The Austrian government said in a statement Fritz…
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Haley soldiers on despite growing inevitability of Trump
https://japantoday.com/category/world/haley-soldiers-on-despite-growing-inevitability-of-trump
February 26, 2024, 2:51 AM
Is it political strategy, donor pressure or perhaps hubris? Nikki Haley is vowing "the fight goes on" against Donald Trump, positioning herself as a viable option in case…
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Liverpool win League Cup as Van Dijk strikes late to sink Chelsea
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/liverpool-win-league-cup-as-van-dijk-strikes-late-to-sink-chelsea
February 25, 2024, 9:34 PM
Liverpool won the League Cup in dramatic fashion as Virgil van Dijk's header late in extra-time sealed a 1-0 win against Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp's…
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Italy hits post with last-gasp penalty and draws with France in Six Nations
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/italy-flyhalf-garbisi-hits-the-post-with-last-gasp-penalty-in-dramatic-13-13-draw-with-france
February 25, 2024, 9:35 PM
Italy flyhalf Paolo Garbisi hit the post with a last-gasp penalty to let 14-man France off the hook in a tense 13-13 draw in the Six Nations on…
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CEO of Ford demands Red Bull resolution of investigation into team principal Christian Horner
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/ceo-of-ford-demands-red-bull-resolution-of-investigation-into-team-principal-christian-horner
February 25, 2024, 9:35 PM
The CEO of Ford Motor Co. insisted on a resolution into the investigation of Red Bull team principal Christian Horner in a letter sent to the team, a…
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Sarabia's goal secures Wolves a 1-0 win against last-place Sheffield United
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/sarabia%27s-goal-secures-wolves-a-1-0-win-against-last-place-sheffield-united
February 25, 2024, 9:35 PM
Pablo Sarabia headed Wolverhampton to a 1-0 win against last-place Sheffield United in the Premier League on Sunday.
Sarabia's 30th-minute strike settled the game at Molineux and consigned…
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IMF says Argentine austerity should not hurt the poor
https://japantoday.com/category/world/imf-says-argentine-austerity-should-not-hurt-the-poor
February 25, 2024, 9:24 PM
The International Monetary Fund has urged the government of Argentine President Javier Milei to shield the poor as he pursues harsh austerity measures to cut government spending, according…
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Serbia protests after Croatia's foreign minister calls Vučić a Russian 'satellite' in the Balkans
https://japantoday.com/category/world/serbia-protests-after-a-croatian-official-calls-its-president-a-russian-stooge
February 25, 2024, 9:24 PM
Serbia on Sunday sent a protest note after Croatia’s foreign minister described President Aleksandar Vučić as a Russian “satellite” in the Balkans.
It was the latest spat between…
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Projection mapping at Tokyo gov't HQ recognized as world's biggest
https://japantoday.com/category/national/projection-mapping-at-tokyo-gov%27t-hq-recognized-as-world%27s-biggest
February 25, 2024, 9:31 PM
A nightly projection mapping display that debuted Sunday at the Tokyo metropolitan government's headquarters building was recognized as the largest of its kind in the world by Guinness…
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Delays in promised Western military aid to Ukraine costing lives, defense minister says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine%27s-defense-minister-says-delays-in-promised-western-military-aid-is-costing-lives
February 26, 2024, 2:51 AM
Half of all Western military support promised to Ukraine fails to arrive on time, complicating the task of military planners and ultimately costing the lives of soldiers in…
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Only 45 quake-hit foreign trainees in Japan allowed to do other jobs
https://japantoday.com/category/national/only-45-quake-hit-foreign-trainees-in-japan-allowed-to-do-other-jobs
February 25, 2024, 9:31 PM
A mere 45 foreign trainees affected by a powerful earthquake in central Japan have been granted permission to work outside their designated workplaces about a month after exceptional…
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Abductees' families say they won't oppose Japan lifting N Korea sanctions
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/abductees%27-families-say-won%27t-oppose-japan-lifting-n.-korea-sanctions
February 25, 2024, 9:45 PM
The families and supporters of Japanese abducted by North Korea said Sunday they would not oppose any move to lift Japan's sanctions against the North, provided Pyongyang returns…
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U.S. consumers increasingly pushing back against price increases — and winning
https://japantoday.com/category/business/consumers-are-increasingly-pushing-back-against-price-increases-%E2%80%94-and-winning
February 25, 2024, 9:33 PM
Inflation has changed the way many Americans shop. Now, those changes in consumer habits are helping bring down inflation.
Fed up with prices that remain about 19%, on…
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Eiffel Tower reopens to visitors after six-day closure due to employee strike
https://japantoday.com/category/world/the-eiffel-tower-reopens-to-visitors-after-a-six-day-closure-due-to-an-employee-strike
February 25, 2024, 9:24 PM
The Eiffel Tower reopened to visitors on Sunday after a six-day closure because of striking employees demanding better maintenance of the historic landmark, showing traces of rust, and…
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Elderly driver hits 2 pedestrians, killing one, near Nara temple
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/elderly-driver-fatally-hits-taiwanese-man-near-japan-unesco-temple
February 25, 2024, 9:40 PM
A 79-year-old man hit two pedestrians with his car Sunday outside Todaiji, a Buddhist temple in western Japan designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site, and one of…
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Netanyahu says cease-fire deal would only delay 'somewhat' an Israeli military offensive in Rafah
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israeli-media-report-progress-on-reaching-a-temporary-truce-in-gaza-and-a-hostage-prisoner-exchange
February 26, 2024, 2:51 AM
An Israeli military offensive in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah could be “delayed somewhat” if a deal is reached for a weekslong cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Prime…
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Japan’s new ATMs automatically play anti-fraud videos to people talking on mobile phones
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan%E2%80%99s-new-atms-automatically-play-anti-fraud-videos-to-people-talking-on-mobile-phones
February 25, 2024, 9:41 PM
One of the most problematic side-effects of Japan’s steadily aging population has been the proliferation of “special fraud” (tokushu sagi). This is a general term for scams that rely on cold calls…
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Collegiate runner Hirabayashi wins Osaka Marathon
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/update1-athletics-marathon-debutant-hirabayashi-claims-surprise-osaka-win
February 25, 2024, 7:27 AM
Kokugakuin University junior Kiyoto Hirabayashi won the Osaka Marathon in his marathon debut Sunday with the seventh-fastest time in history for a Japanese runner.
Hirabayashi crossed the finish…
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Man arrested for using smartphone to film up woman’s skirt on station escalator
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-using-smartphone-to-film-up-woman%E2%80%99s-skirt-on-station-escalator
February 25, 2024, 9:42 PM
Police in Sapporo have arrested a 32-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of violating the anti-nuisance law after he used his smartphone camera to film up a 20-year-old woman’s skirt…
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Worker dies after falling through roof of station building in Yokohama
https://japantoday.com/category/national/worker-dies-after-falling-from-roof-of-station-building-in-yokohama
February 25, 2024, 7:31 AM
A 56-year-old male worker died after falling through the roof of the station building onto the concourse seven meters below at Nakayama Station on the JR Yokohama Line…
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Australia PM pledges whatever support needed as wildfires destroy homes
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australia-pm-pledges-%27whatever-support%27-needed-as-wild-fires-destroy-homes
February 25, 2024, 6:08 AM
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged on Sunday to provide whatever support was needed to assist Victoria state in a days-long wildfire emergency that has razed homes after…
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47-year-old woman arrested for stabbing younger brother
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/47-year-old-woman-arrested-for-stabbing-younger-brother
February 25, 2024, 7:29 AM
Police in Osaka have arrested a 47-year-old woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she stabbed her 41-year-old brother with a butterfly knife.
According to police, the incident…
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Japan diversifying seafood export destinations after China ban
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-diversifying-seafood-export-destinations-after-china-ban
February 25, 2024, 9:32 PM
Faced with China's ban on Japanese marine product imports, sparked by the release of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan's fisheries industry has been casting…
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One dead, 2 injured in knife attack in Hokkaido convenience store
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/one-dead-2-injured-in-knife-attack-in-hokkaido-convenience-store
February 25, 2024, 7:26 AM
A man died, while a woman and another man were injured in a knife attack in a convenience store in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Sunday.
The incident occurred at…
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Actors bring the flair to SAG Awards red carpet
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/actors-bring-the-flair-to-sag-awards-red-carpet
February 25, 2024, 9:37 PM
Hollywood's A-listers glittered in the Los Angeles sunshine on Saturday as they hit the red carpet for the Screen Actors Guild Awards -- their powerful union's party of…
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Japanese volunteer in Ukraine
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February 24, 2024, 8:21 PM
Fuminori Tsuchiko, a 75-year-old Japanese volunteer, ties a Ukrainian flag to a tree at the memorial site for those killed during the war, near Maidan Square in central…
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