Pacific nations 'very positive' on Australian re-engagement: PM
https://japantoday.com/category/world/pacific-%27very-positive%27-on-australian-re-engagement-pm1
May 29, 2022, 6:55 AM
Australia's newly elected prime minister has said Pacific leaders have been "very positive" about his government's renewed engagement, even as Beijing continues its diplomatic blitz across the increasingly…
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N. Korea moves to soften curbs amid doubts over COVID counts
https://japantoday.com/category/world/n.-korea-moves-to-soften-curbs-amid-doubts-over-covid-counts
May 29, 2022, 4:15 AM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials discussed revising stringent anti-epidemic restrictions during a meeting Sunday, state media reported, as they maintained a widely disputed…
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25 missing after ferry sinks in Indonesia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/25-missing-after-ferry-sinks-in-indonesia
May 29, 2022, 2:07 AM
Rescuers in Indonesia were searching for 25 people who were missing after a ferry sank in the Makassar Strait in Central Sulawesi province, officials said Sunday.
A total…
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Vinicius strikes as Real Madrid beat Liverpool in Champions League final
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/vinicius-strikes-as-real-madrid-beat-liverpool-in-champions-league-final1
May 29, 2022, 12:18 AM
Vinicius Junior scored the only goal of the game as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in Saturday's Champions League final in Paris to become kings of Europe for…
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California Gov Gavin Newsom tests positive for COVID-19
https://japantoday.com/category/world/california-gov.-gavin-newsom-tests-positive-for-covid-19
May 29, 2022, 12:15 AM
California Gov Gavin Newsom tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, a day after a high-profile meeting with the visiting prime minister of New Zealand.
Newsom has mild symptoms…
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Canada, Finland advance to world hockey final -- again
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/canada-finland-advance-to-world-hockey-final-again
May 29, 2022, 12:16 AM
Defenseman Miro Heiskanen had a goal and two assists and Finland beat the United States 4-3 on Saturday to set up its third straight world hockey championship final…
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MotoGP qualifying turn
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/motogp-qualifying-turn
May 28, 2022, 9:21 PM
Japan's Takaaki Nakagami rides his Honda during the qualifying session for the MotoGP Grand Prix of Italy at the Mugello circuit in Scarperia, Italy, on Saturday.
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NBA fines Heat $25,000 for violating bench decorum rules
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/nba-fines-heat-25-000-for-violating-bench-decorum-rules
May 28, 2022, 9:46 PM
Having bench players rise and stand just off the edge of the court has brought the NBA's Miami Heat a $25,000 fine.
The Heat organization was fined $25,000…
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Ground Self Defense Forces conduct live fire drill
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Ground-Self-Defense-Forces-conduct-live-fire-drill
May 28, 2022, 9:39 PM
Japan's Ground Self Defense Forces on Saturday held a live-fire drill at their training grounds near Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture.
The annual exercise, held since 1961, comes as the…
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Downpours in Brazil leave at least 28 dead
https://japantoday.com/category/world/downpours-in-brazil-leave-at-least-28-dead
May 28, 2022, 9:47 PM
At least 28 people were killed Saturday in Brazil by heavy rain that for days has lashed the metropolitan region of Recife, capital of northeastern Pernambuco state, authorities…
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Air travelers in U.S. face cancellations over Memorial Day weekend
https://japantoday.com/category/business/air-travelers-face-cancellations-over-memorial-day-weekend
May 28, 2022, 9:33 PM
Airline travelers are not only facing sticker shock this Memorial Day weekend, the kickoff to the summer travel season. They're also dealing with a pileup of flight cancellations.…
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Yemen's warring sides fail to end rebel blockade of 3rd city
https://japantoday.com/category/world/yemen%27s-warring-sides-fail-to-end-rebel-blockade-of-3rd-city
May 28, 2022, 9:42 PM
Yemen’s warring parties failed to reach agreement on Saturday to lift a blockade by Houthi rebels of the country's third largest city, the United Nations said, after three…
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More than 30 die in stampede at Nigeria church food event
https://japantoday.com/category/world/more-than-30-die-in-stampede-at-nigeria-church-event
May 28, 2022, 9:42 PM
More than 30 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede in southern Nigeria during an overcrowded church charity event where food was being distributed.
Shoes and slippers…
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Ex-Proud Boys leader to stay jailed until Capitol riot trial
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ex-proud-boys-leader-to-stay-jailed-until-capitol-riot-trial
May 29, 2022, 6:20 AM
The former top leader of the Proud Boys will remain jailed while awaiting trial on charges that he conspired with other members of the far-right extremist group to…
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U.N. human rights chief asks China to rethink Uyghur policies
https://japantoday.com/category/world/un-human-rights-chief-asks-china-to-rethink-uyghur-policies
May 28, 2022, 9:42 PM
The top U.N. human rights official said Saturday that she raised concerns with Chinese officials about the impact of the broad application of counterterrorism and deradicalization measures on…
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Swiatek racks up 31st straight win as French Open seeds scattered
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/swiatek-racks-up-31st-straight-win-as-medvedev-tsitsipas-eye-last-16
May 28, 2022, 9:32 PM
World number one Iga Swiatek was the only top 10 seed left standing at the French Open on Saturday after racking up her 31st straight win as third…
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Police inaction moves to center of Uvalde shooting probe
https://japantoday.com/category/world/police-inaction-moves-to-center-of-uvalde-shooting-probe
May 29, 2022, 6:21 AM
The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers have become the center of the investigation into…
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Russia takes small cities; aims to widen east Ukraine battle
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-takes-small-cities-aims-to-widen-east-ukraine-battle
May 29, 2022, 5:06 AM
As Russia asserted progress in its goal of seizing the entirety of contested eastern Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin tried to shake European resolve Saturday to punish his country…
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'Triangle of Sadness' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Fest
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/%27Triangle-of-Sadness%27-wins-Palme-d%27Or-at-Cannes-Film-Fest
May 29, 2022, 12:19 AM
Swedish director Ruben Ostlund's class warfare comedy "Triangle of Sadness" won the Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, giving Ostlund one of cinema's most…
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Kawasaki school holds service for victims of 2019 stabbing spree
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/kawasaki-school-holds-service-for-victims-of-2019-stabbing-spree
May 28, 2022, 9:37 PM
A memorial service was held Saturday at a private elementary school in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, to mark three years since two people were killed and 18 others injured…
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2 children, mother die in suspected murder-suicide at home
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/2-children-mother-die-in-suspected-murder-suicide-at-home
May 28, 2022, 9:39 PM
A 36-year-old woman, her seven-year-old daughter and five-year-old son have died in what police believe was a murder-suicide in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, police said Saturday.
According to police,…
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Tokyo reports 2,549 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 25,759
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-2-549-new-coronavirus-cases
May 28, 2022, 12:24 PM
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Saturday reported 2,549 new coronavirus cases, down 81 from Friday and down 915 from last Saturday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe…
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Train conductor left behind by own train in Ibaraki countryside
https://japantoday.com/category/national/train-conductor-left-behind-by-own-train-in-ibaraki-countryside
May 29, 2022, 12:31 AM
With things like the shinkansen (bullet train) network and in-station AI drink-vending kiosks, it’s easy to fall into the assumption that every part of Japan’s rail network is high-tech.…
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Japanese AI device reads stories to your kid with your voice, even if you’ve never read them
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/japanese-ai-device-reads-stories-to-your-kid-with-your-voice-even-if-you%E2%80%99ve-never-read-them
May 28, 2022, 9:32 PM
Japanese toy maker Takara Tomy’s playthings often have a technological side to them, like a photo sticker booth with a time travel mode that takes you back to the ‘90s or a dancing…
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Japanese Red Army founder Shigenobu freed after 20 years in prison
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japanese-red-army-founder-shigenobu-freed-from-prison
May 28, 2022, 7:48 AM
Fusako Shigenobu, the 76-year-old female founder of the once-feared Japanese Red Army, walked free from prison Saturday after completing a 20-year sentence for a 1974 embassy siege.
Shigenobu…
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Tokyo Olympics legacy venue proving a chronic headache
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/tokyo-olympics-legacy-venue-proving-a-chronic-headache
May 28, 2022, 9:31 PM
Although billed as an important material legacy of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan's National Stadium has become a taxpayer burden with its future in limbo.
Originally supposed to be…
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Country music stars distance themselves from NRA after school massacre
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/country-music-stars-distance-themselves-from-nra-after-school-massacre
May 28, 2022, 12:23 PM
Country music has long been closely linked to America's pro-gun lobby, but several stars have distanced themselves from the National Rife Association following the mass shooting at a…
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Biggest aid convoy since cease-fire nears Ethiopia's Tigray
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biggest-aid-convoy-since-cease-fire-nears-ethiopia%27s-tigray
May 27, 2022, 9:45 PM
The biggest convoy of aid since Ethiopia’s government declared a unilateral “humanitarian cease-fire” in the country’s long-encircled Tigray region two months ago has departed for Tigray, a U.N.…
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Collision course: Djokovic, Nadal roll into last 16 at French Open
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/collision-course-djokovic-nadal-roll-into-last-16-at-french-open
May 27, 2022, 9:43 PM
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal closed in Friday on a blockbuster clash at the French Open as both reached the last 16, while Carlos Alcaraz prepared to face…
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Iran seizes 2 Greek tankers in Persian Gulf
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-navy-%27looking-into%27-claim-iran-seized-2-greek-oil-tankers
May 27, 2022, 9:44 PM
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers Friday in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf, officials said. The action appeared to be retaliation for Athens' assistance…
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