World Trade Organization ends meeting in UAE after failing to reach major agreements
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/world-trade-organization-ends-meeting-in-uae-after-failing-to-reach-major-agreements
March 2, 2024, 3:10 AM
Negotiators taking part in a World Trade Organization meeting in the United Arab Emirates ended their summit early Saturday after failing to reach agreements on several major initiatives,…
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South Korea publicly orders some doctors who walked off the job back to work
https://japantoday.com/category/world/south-korea-publicly-orders-some-doctors-who-walked-off-the-job-back-to-work
March 2, 2024, 3:04 AM
South Korea's government late on Friday publicly ordered 13 doctors, at least some of whom have been vocal about a walkout by roughly 9,000 physicians over a health…
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Marco Odermatt wins his 11th giant slalom in a row
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/marco-odermatt-wins-his-11th-giant-slalom-in-a-row-to-add-that-title-to-his-overall-world-cup-title
March 2, 2024, 1:02 AM
Marco Odermatt stretched his World Cup giant slalom winning streak to 11 races on Friday and added that discipline's season title to the overall title he clinched last…
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Pentagon to lift ban on V-22 Osprey flights, 3 months after fatal crash in Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/world/pentagon-to-lift-ban-on-v-22-osprey-flights-3-months-after-fatal-crash-in-japan
March 1, 2024, 8:55 PM
The Pentagon will lift the ban on flights by the grounded V-22 Osprey next week, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Friday, following a high-level meeting where…
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Ukraine official says Russia massing forces around key city in country's east
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-official-says-russia-massing-forces-around-a-key-city-in-the-country%27s-east
March 2, 2024, 2:08 AM
Russia is accumulating large forces around Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine as it seeks to make a breakthrough in the Donetsk region, a Ukrainian official said Friday.
Illia…
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FDA allows new claim that yogurt may reduce diabetes risk
https://japantoday.com/category/features/food/yogurts-can-make-limited-claim-that-the-food-reduces-risk-of-type-2-diabetes-fda-says
March 1, 2024, 8:52 PM
Yogurt sold in the U.S. can make claims that the food may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, based on limited evidence, the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Hungary's Orban says Trump's comeback as president 'only serious chance' for end of Ukraine war
https://japantoday.com/category/world/hungary%27s-orban-says-trump%27s-comeback-as-president-%27only-serious-chance%27-for-end-of-ukraine-war
March 2, 2024, 2:08 AM
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán confirmed Friday that he will visit Donald Trump in Florida next week, and described a possible comeback by the former U.S. president as…
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Universal-TikTok feud ramps up as more songs come down
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/universal-tiktok-feud-ramps-up-as-more-songs-come-down
March 1, 2024, 8:56 PM
Universal Music Group has lambasted TikTok's approach to AI as the feud between the two companies over song royalties escalates and popular music is expunged from the social…
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Rublev defaulted and defending champ Medvedev knocked out in Dubai semifinals
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/rublev-defaulted-in-dubai-for-shouting-in-line-judge%27s-face-during-semi
March 1, 2024, 8:59 PM
Andrey Rublev was defaulted from his semifinal at the Dubai Championships for yelling in the face of a line judge, allowing Alexander Bublik to advance to the final…
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Haitian police spokesman says new gang attacks overwhelmed officers
https://japantoday.com/category/world/haitian-police-spokesman-says-new-gang-attacks-overwhelmed-officers-%27the-city-center-was-at-war%27
March 1, 2024, 8:55 PM
Haitian police were overwhelmed by a series of coordinated violent attacks by gang members across the capital in which four officers were killed, a national police spokesman said…
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Winds threaten to fuel huge Texas wildfire as blizzard hits California
https://japantoday.com/category/world/rain-offers-slight-reprieve-from-largest-wildfire-in-history-of-texas
March 1, 2024, 8:55 PM
Gusty weekend winds were threatening to worsen a million-acre wildfire that has already killed two people in the southern U.S., as a monster blizzard engulfed California's mountains Friday.…
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China pledges to increase opportunities for foreign companies as it seeks to boost its economy
https://japantoday.com/category/business/china-pledges-to-increase-opportunities-for-foreign-companies-as-it-seeks-to-boost-its-economy
March 1, 2024, 9:00 PM
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng pledged Friday to provide more opportunities for foreign companies in China as the government tries to restore confidence in the world's second largest…
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NATO's nuclear deterrent must be real for Finland, says new president
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nato%27s-nuclear-deterrent-must-be-real-for-finland-says-new-president
March 2, 2024, 5:12 AM
NATO'S nuclear deterrent must be real for Finland, the country's president Alexander Stubb said on Friday as he took office following his win in a close-fought election on…
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Saudi Arabia launches formal bid to host 2034 World Cup in FIFA contest effectively already won
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/saudi-arabia-launches-formal-bid-to-host-2034-world-cup-in-fifa-contest-effectively-already-won
March 1, 2024, 8:59 PM
Saudi Arabia launched its formal bid campaign Friday to host the 2034 World Cup, in a race that basically became a formality last October when the oil-rich kingdom…
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EU queries Meta about ad-free subscriptions, 'shadow banning'
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/eu-queries-meta-about-ad-free-subscriptions-%27shadow-banning%27
March 1, 2024, 8:59 PM
The EU on Friday used new regulatory powers to query Meta about ad-free subscriptions to Facebook and Instagram as well as claims some voices are suppressed online in…
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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/elon-musk-sues-openai-and-ceo-sam-altman-claiming-betrayal-of-its-goal-to-benefit-humanity
March 1, 2024, 8:59 PM
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker's founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than…
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Japan opposition lawmakers bring no-confidence motion accusing gov't of halting debate over scandal
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-opposition-lawmakers-bring-no-confidence-motion-accusing-gov%27t-of-halting-debate-over-scandal
March 1, 2024, 8:57 PM
Outraged Japanese opposition lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion on Friday, accusing the governing party of trying to push through a budget bill without adequate debate because of disruptions…
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The eagle has landed
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/the-eagle-has-landed-1
March 1, 2024, 8:50 PM
Steller's sea eagles are seen on drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido on Friday.
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Veteran British left-wing disruptor George Galloway wins a special election dominated by war in Gaza
https://japantoday.com/category/world/veteran-british-left-wing-disruptor-george-galloway-wins-a-special-election-dominated-by-war-in-gaza
March 1, 2024, 8:55 PM
A veteran left-wing British political disruptor has won a special election in a town in northern England with a big Muslim minority following a contest that was mired…
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Kipchoge pays tribute to Kiptum ahead of Tokyo Marathon
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/kipchoge-pays-tribute-to-kiptum-ahead-of-tokyo-marathon
March 1, 2024, 8:59 PM
Double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge on Friday paid tribute to Kelvin Kiptum after the world record-holder died last month when his car crashed into a tree.
Kipchoge…
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Asia stocks track Wall Street gains, Japan shares hit record high
https://japantoday.com/category/business/stock-market-today-asia-stocks-track-wall-street-gains-japan-shares-hit-record-high
March 1, 2024, 7:44 AM
Japanese stocks again set a record Friday, after U.S. stocks climbed to all-time highs the previous day.
U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices advanced.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225…
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S Korea's Yoon calls for unification, on holiday marking 1919 uprising against colonial Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/south-korea%27s-yoon-calls-for-unification-on-holiday-marking-1919-uprising-against-colonial-japan
March 1, 2024, 7:27 AM
South Korea’s president lambasted North Korea on Friday over what he called its repressive rule and vowed to achieve a free, unified Korean Peninsula, weeks after North Korean…
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Energy-related CO2 emissions hit record levels in 2023: IEA
https://japantoday.com/category/world/energy-related-co2-emissions-hit-record-levels-in-2023-iea
March 1, 2024, 8:55 PM
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose to a record level in 2023, but the growth slowed from previous years thanks to continued expansion of clean technologies, the International Energy…
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Biden approves military air drops of aid into Gaza after chaotic encounter left more than 100 dead
https://japantoday.com/category/world/Biden-approves-military-air-drops-of-aid-into-Gaza-after-chaotic-encounter-left-more-than-100-dead
March 2, 2024, 2:08 AM
The U.S. will begin airdropping humanitarian assistance into Gaza, President Joe Biden said Friday, a day after more than 100 Palestinians were killed during a chaotic encounter with…
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Ex-PM Abe proposed his faction end slush fund practice: lawmaker
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/ex-pm-abe-proposed-his-faction-end-slush-fund-practice-lawmaker
March 1, 2024, 8:57 PM
Senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers involved in a political funds scandal said Friday that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had proposed ending the practice of creating slush funds…
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Facebook parent Meta to stop paying Australian news media
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/facebook-parent-meta-to-stop-paying-australian-news-media
March 1, 2024, 9:00 PM
Facebook parent Meta announced Friday it would no longer pay Australian media companies for news, prompting a government warning that the firm was in "dereliction" of past promises.…
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2 Filipinos face murder charge over bodies found under Tokyo home
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/2-filipinos-face-murder-charge-over-bodies-found-under-tokyo-home
March 1, 2024, 9:01 PM
Police on Friday served fresh arrest warrants to a Filipino man and woman alleging they killed a couple whose bodies were found underneath their home in Tokyo in…
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New Zealand court orders millions in fines and compensation over deadly volcanic eruption
https://japantoday.com/category/world/new-zealand-court-orders-millions-in-fines-and-compensation-over-deadly-volcanic-eruption
March 1, 2024, 3:35 AM
A New Zealand court on Friday ordered the tour booking agents and managers of an island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people to pay survivors more than…
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Trump is not isolationist, former U.S. envoy to Japan believes
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/trump-is-not-isolationist-former-u.s.-envoy-to-japan-believes
March 1, 2024, 8:57 PM
Former U.S. President Donald Trump will not be an isolationist if he returns to the White House given his overriding goal is to strengthen his country, Sen. William…
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Man City face Man Utd test as Liverpool's kids prosper
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/man-city-face-man-utd-test-as-liverpool%27s-kids-prosper
March 1, 2024, 8:58 PM
Erling Haaland has Manchester United in his sights this weekend as Manchester City host their cross-town rivals at the start of a season-defining spell for the Premier League…
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