Australian police investigate Taylor Swift's dad over alleged assault
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australian-police-investigate-taylor-swift%27s-dad-over-alleged-assault
February 27, 2024, 4:20 AM
Australian police are investigating claims Taylor Swift's dad assaulted a photographer when the star and her entourage were disembarking a superyacht in the early hours of Tuesday morning.…
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WTO meeting seeks modest outcomes, with global trade at 'critical juncture'
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/wto-meeting-seeks-modest-outcomes-with-global-trade-at-%27critical-juncture%272
February 26, 2024, 10:23 PM
Trade ministers from around the world gathered in Abu Dhabi on Monday for a World Trade Organization meeting that aims to set new global commerce rules, but its…
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Weather supercomputer
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/weather-supercomputer
February 26, 2024, 9:27 PM
Photo taken in Kiyose, western Tokyo, shows a supercomputer that the Japan Meteorological Agency will start operating on March. 5. With a computing capability twice that of conventional…
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U.S. airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in Washington
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-airman-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-outside-israeli-embassy1
February 27, 2024, 4:24 AM
A U.S. Air Force airman who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington in an apparent act of protest against the war in Gaza has…
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Biden and Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border on same day
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-and-trump-to-visit-us-mexico-border-on-same-day
February 27, 2024, 1:29 AM
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will both visit the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday in a high-profile clash of schedules as they vie to win over…
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Canada's extension of ban on foreign real estate buyers labeled political, not practical
https://japantoday.com/category/world/canada%27s-extension-of-ban-on-foreign-real-estate-buyers-labelled-political-not-practical
February 26, 2024, 9:44 PM
Canada's move to keep foreigners out of its property market for two more years will do little to alleviate acute housing shortages, as non-residents were never the main…
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Alec Baldwin to stand trial this summer on a charge stemming from deadly 'Rust' movie set shooting
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/alec-baldwin-to-stand-trial-this-summer-on-a-charge-stemming-from-deadly-%27rust%27-movie-set-shooting
February 26, 2024, 9:39 PM
A New Mexico judge has set a trial date for Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from the 2021 deadly shooting on the set of the…
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FX reaches back over 400 years for its next series, adapting hit novel 'Shogun'
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/fx-reaches-back-over-400-years-for-its-next-series-adapting-the-hit-novel-shogun
February 26, 2024, 9:49 PM
When FX sent screenwriter Justin Marks a copy of James Clavell’s hit 1975 novel “Shogun” with the idea of turning it into a series, he initially couldn't put…
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Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium, U.N. nuclear watchdog report says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iran-has-further-increased-its-total-stockpile-of-uranium-un-nuclear-watchdog-report-says
February 26, 2024, 9:44 PM
Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium, according to a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday, and it continues…
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Bird flu reaches mainland Antarctica for first time, scientists say
https://japantoday.com/category/world/bird-flu-reaches-mainland-antarctica-for-first-time-scientists-say3
February 26, 2024, 9:44 PM
A deadly type of bird flu has been confirmed on the mainland of Antarctica for the first time, scientists said, a potential risk for the southern region's huge…
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Australian tourist missing in Zimbabwe not seen for 9 days.
https://japantoday.com/category/world/australian-tourist-missing-in-zimbabwe-not-seen-for-9-days-officials-say-in-new-details
February 26, 2024, 9:45 PM
An Australian tourist reported missing late last week in Zimbabwe near Victoria Falls already had been missing for nearly a week before that, according to new information released…
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Primary apathy in Michigan: Democrats, GOP struggle as supporters mull whether to even vote
https://japantoday.com/category/world/primary-apathy-in-michigan-democrats-gop-struggle-as-supporters-mull-whether-to-even-vote
February 26, 2024, 9:44 PM
Rev Steve Bland Jr remembers the massive get-out-the-vote effort he helped mobilize four years ago, when pastors and community leaders spread out across Detroit neighborhoods, made phone calls…
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Microsoft inks deal with France's Mistral AI, an OpenAI rival that has its own chatbot
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/microsoft-inks-deal-with-france%27s-mistral-ai-an-openai-rival-that-has-its-own-chatbot
February 26, 2024, 9:41 PM
Microsoft announced an artificial intelligence partnership Monday with the French startup Mistral AI that could lessen the software giant's reliance on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for supplying the next wave…
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Murray again hints at impending retirement
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/murray-fights-back-to-reach-dubai-second-round
February 26, 2024, 9:42 PM
Andy Murray suggested he may retire within the next "few months" after winning his opening match in Dubai on Monday.
The former world number one battled back from…
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Ohtani to make his spring training debut Tuesday against White Sox
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/sho-time%21-dodgers-say-shohei-ohtani-will-make-his-spring-training-debut-tuesday-against-white-sox
February 26, 2024, 9:41 PM
Spring training Sho-time starts Tuesday with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Shohei Ohtani will make his exhibition debut with the Dodgers when he serves as the designated hitter for…
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Sideways moon landing cuts mission short; private U.S. lunar lander will stop working Tuesday
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sideways-moon-landing-cuts-mission-short-private-lunar-lander-expected-to-cease-operations-tuesday
February 26, 2024, 9:44 PM
A private U.S. lunar lander is expected to stop working Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways near the south pole of the moon.
Intuitive Machines, the…
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Four new appeals go to sports court chasing Olympic medals in Russian skater Valieva's doping case
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/four-new-appeals-go-to-sports-court-chasing-olympic-medals-in-russian-skater-valieva%27s-doping-case
February 26, 2024, 9:41 PM
Four appeals filed at sport’s highest court in fallout from the doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva are set to delay awarding medals from the 2022…
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4th Fukushima treated radioactive water release to start Wednesday
https://japantoday.com/category/national/4th-fukushima-treated-radioactive-water-release-to-start-wednesday
February 26, 2024, 9:50 PM
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will start releasing the fourth round of treated radioactive water into the ocean on Wednesday, in what is…
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G20 finance meeting to set aside geopolitics, focus on economics
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/g20-finance-meeting-to-set-aside-geopolitics-focus-on-economics2
February 26, 2024, 9:40 PM
With their countries deeply divided over Israel's attacks on Gaza, finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies are poised to set aside geopolitics and focus on…
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Ukrainian troops pull back again as Russia's onslaught pushes ahead in east
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukrainian-troops-pull-back-again-as-russia%27s-onslaught-pushes-ahead-in-eastern-ukraine
February 27, 2024, 3:03 AM
Ukrainian troops have pulled out of a village in the east of the country, an army spokesman said Monday, as Russian forces display advantages in manpower and ammunition…
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Japanese firms eye record net profits of over ¥47 trillion
https://japantoday.com/category/business/Japanese-firms-eye-record-net-profits-of-over-%C2%A547-trillion
February 26, 2024, 11:15 PM
Major Japanese companies are expected to see their combined net profits for the year ending March to surpass 47 trillion yen ($312 billion) and hit a fresh record-high,…
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Japan's moon lander survives second lunar night, beating predictions
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan%27s-moon-lander-survives-second-lunar-night-beating-predictions
February 27, 2024, 1:28 AM
Japan's first moon lander responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it has survived a second freezing weekslong lunar night, Japan's space agency said Monday.
JAXA called the…
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Israel's air force strikes deep inside Lebanon, killing 2 people, after Hezbollah downs a drone
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israel%27s-air-force-says-it-struck-deep-inside-lebanon-after-hezbollah-shot-down-a-drone
February 27, 2024, 3:03 AM
The Israeli military said its air force on Monday struck targets of the militant Hezbollah group “deep inside Lebanon,” as Lebanese officials said targets were hit near the…
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Smartphone makers bet on AI to boost sales
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/smartphone-makers-bet-on-ai-to-boost-sales
February 26, 2024, 9:40 PM
Smartphone makers are packing their latest devices with flashy new artificial intelligence tools such as real-time voice translation and advanced photo editing in efforts to reignite consumer demand.…
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Hungary's parliament ratifies Sweden's NATO bid
https://japantoday.com/category/world/hungary%27s-parliament-set-to-ratify-sweden%27s-nato-accession-in-final-step-toward-membership
February 26, 2024, 9:43 PM
Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden's bid to join NATO, ending more than 18 months of delays that frustrated the alliance as it sought to expand in…
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Taliban hold another public execution as thousands watch at a stadium in northern Afghanistan
https://japantoday.com/category/world/the-taliban-hold-another-public-execution-as-thousands-watch-at-a-stadium-in-northern-afghanistan
February 26, 2024, 10:18 AM
The Taliban held a public execution on Monday of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium, the third such death…
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Gov't plans to require firms to set paternity leave targets
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-gov%27t-plans-to-require-firms-to-set-paternity-leave-targets
February 26, 2024, 9:36 PM
The Japanese government plans to require companies with over 100 employees to set and disclose paternity leave targets from April 2025 to facilitate fathers' involvement in child-rearing and…
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Hotels, flights booked out as 'Swift effect' hits Singapore
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/hotels-flights-booked-out-as-%27swift-effect%27-hits-singapore
February 26, 2024, 9:38 PM
The "Swift effect" is about to hit Southeast Asia but Singapore has left some of its neighbors seeing red while it profits from a Taylor-made tourism boom as…
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Nikkei ends at all-time high for 2nd day in a row
https://japantoday.com/category/business/nikkei-stock-index-ends-at-all-time-high-for-2nd-day-in-row
February 26, 2024, 7:37 AM
The Nikkei stock index closed at an all-time high Monday for the second consecutive trading day, as buying momentum was supported by expectations for robust corporate performance.
The…
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Teacher fined over 2019 deaths of Japanese teens in Australia
https://japantoday.com/category/national/teacher-fined-over-2019-deaths-of-japanese-teens-in-australia
February 26, 2024, 9:45 PM
An Australian court on Monday fined a Japanese teacher A$55,000 (U.S.$36,000) for failing in his duty of care over the drowning of two Japanese schoolboys on a popular…
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