Japan warns of intervention; BOJ conducts 'rate check' over yen's fall
https://japantoday.com/category/business/update3-japan-not-ruling-out-any-options-including-yen-intervention-finance-chief
September 14, 2022, 10:18 AM
Japan on Wednesday stepped up its warnings about the yen's volatility, with its finance minister hinting at direct market action to arrest the currency's decline and the Bank…
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Kershaw, Dodgers win another NL West title
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/kershaw-dodgers-win-another-nl-west-title-blank-d-backs
September 14, 2022, 5:33 AM
Clayton Kershaw pitched seven dominant innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West for the ninth time in 10 seasons, blanking the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 Tuesday…
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China keeps West guessing about economic pressure on Russia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-keeps-west-guessing-about-economic-pressure-on-russia
September 14, 2022, 4:35 AM
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is keeping the West guessing about whether Beijing will cooperate with tougher sanctions on Russia as he meets President Vladimir Putin a year after…
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Bodies of elderly couple found in home, storehouse
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Bodies-of-elderly-couple-found-in-home
September 14, 2022, 7:49 AM
The bodies of an elderly couple in their late 70s or early 80s have been found in their home and adjacent storehouse in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, in what…
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Queen's final trip is most tracked flight in history
https://japantoday.com/category/world/queen%27s-final-trip-is-most-tracked-flight-in-history
September 14, 2022, 12:29 AM
Just over 5 million people viewed Queen Elizabeth's final flight on Tuesday, as the journey carrying the late monarch's body from Edinburgh to London became the most tracked…
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Japan reports 100,277 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-10-593-new-coronavirus-cases
September 14, 2022, 11:59 AM
Japan on Wednesday reported 100,277 new coronavirus cases.
The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 10,593 new cases, up 1,738 from Tuesday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe…
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Japanese government shutting down its COVID contract-tracing app COCOA
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-govt-shutting-down-covid-contract-tracing-app-cocoa
September 14, 2022, 12:35 AM
Capitalization makes a big difference. For example, an announcement that there will be no more cocoa would, of course, be cause for despair for anyone with a love…
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Bayern beats Barcelona; Liverpool gets late winner against Ajax in Champions League
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/lewandowski-frustrated-on-bayern-return-as-barca-loses-2-0
September 13, 2022, 10:33 PM
It doesn't seem to matter which shirt Robert Lewandowski is wearing — Bayern Munich just keeps getting the better of Barcelona either way.
Bayern extended its recent dominance…
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Ken Starr, whose probe led to Clinton impeachment, dies at 76
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ken-starr-whose-probe-led-to-clinton-impeachment-dies
September 13, 2022, 11:25 PM
Ken Starr, a former federal appellate judge and a prominent attorney whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the president’s impeachment and put Starr at the center…
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Happy wrestler
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/happy-wrestler
September 13, 2022, 9:26 PM
Japan's Nonoka Ozaki celebrates after winning her women's freestyle 62 kg wrestling match against Kayla Miracle of the U.S. during the Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on…
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U.S. considering China sanctions to deter action against Taiwan
https://japantoday.com/category/world/exclusive-u.s.-considers-china-sanctions-to-deter-taiwan-action-taiwan-presses-eu3
September 14, 2022, 6:20 AM
The United States is considering options for a sanctions package against China to deter it from invading Taiwan, with the European Union coming under diplomatic pressure from Taipei…
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Boston Marathon adds option for non-binary runners in 2023
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/boston-marathon-adds-option-for-non-binary-runners-in-2023
September 13, 2022, 10:20 PM
Non-binary athletes who want to compete in the 2023 Boston Marathon will not have to register in either the men's or women's races, organizers said this week.
Registration…
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Violent protests flare up in Haiti over fuel price hikes, rampant crime
https://japantoday.com/category/world/violent-protests-flare-up-in-haiti-over-fuel-price-hikes-rampant-crime
September 13, 2022, 10:08 PM
Residents of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince sheltered at home on Tuesday as gun fire rung out, road blocks and burning tires were placed along city streets and protesters threw…
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California launches website promoting abortion services
https://japantoday.com/category/world/california-launches-website-promoting-abortion-services
September 14, 2022, 1:22 AM
California launched a publicly funded website on Tuesday to promote the state's abortion services, listing clinics, linking to financial help for travel and lodging and letting teenagers in…
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Queen's coffin arrives at Buckingham Palace as huge crowds line London route
https://japantoday.com/category/world/queen%27s-coffin-arrives-at-buckingham-palace-as-huge-crowds-line-london-route1
September 13, 2022, 10:06 PM
King Charles and members of the royal family received the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, after tens of thousands of people lined…
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Nearly 100 killed in Armenia-Azerbaijan border clashes
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nearly-100-killed-in-armenia-azerbaijan-border-clashes
September 13, 2022, 10:07 PM
Armenia and Azerbaijan reported nearly 100 troop deaths Tuesday in their worst fighting since a 2020 war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The last wave of fighting over…
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Starbucks to revamp North American stores to speed service, boost morale
https://japantoday.com/category/business/starbucks-to-revamp-stores-to-speed-service-boost-morale
September 13, 2022, 10:09 PM
Starbucks -- ringing up record sales but struggling with low employee morale -- plans to spend $450 million next year to make its North American stores more efficient…
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U.S.: Russia has spent $300 mil to covertly influence world politics
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-russia-spent-300m-to-covertly-influence-world-politics
September 14, 2022, 6:36 AM
Russia has covertly spent more than $300 million since 2014 to try to influence politicians and other officials in more than two dozen countries, the State Department alleges…
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Kremlin hails importance of Putin-Xi meeting in Samarkand
https://japantoday.com/category/world/kremlin-hails-importance-of-putin-xi-meeting-in-samarkand
September 14, 2022, 6:36 AM
The Kremlin on Tuesday hailed the significance of Russian President Vladimir Putin's planned meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week, noting that it's particularly important amid tensions…
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At 50, TV's ‘The Waltons’ still stirs fans’ love, nostalgia
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/at-50-tv%27s-%E2%80%98the-waltons%E2%80%99-still-stirs-fans%E2%80%99-love-nostalgia
September 13, 2022, 10:10 PM
The Rev Matt Curry’s parents were children of the Great Depression, just like “The Waltons” — the beloved TV family whose prime-time series premiered 50 years ago.
When…
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Emperor, empress to attend Queen Elizabeth's funeral; Kishida will go to New York
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-pm-kishida-not-to-attend-queen-elizabeth%27s-state-funeral
September 14, 2022, 7:48 AM
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are scheduled to attend Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral in Britain next week, the Japanese government said Wednesday, in what will be the…
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Harassment probe of SDF launched after sexual assault claim
https://japantoday.com/category/national/harassment-probe-of-japan-sdf-launched-after-sexual-assault-claim
September 14, 2022, 7:49 AM
Japan's Defense Ministry launched on Tuesday a comprehensive harassment investigation of the country's Self-Defense Forces, following a recent allegation by a former female SDF member of sexual assault…
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Thai court orders rehab work on 'The Beach' 22 years after filming
https://japantoday.com/category/world/thai-court-orders-rehab-work-on-%27the-beach%27-22-years-after-filming
September 13, 2022, 10:08 PM
More than two decades after Hollywood film "The Beach" was shot at Thailand's glittering Maya Bay, the kingdom's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered officials to press ahead with…
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Japan, India hold maritime drills
https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-japan-india-hold-maritime-drills-amid-china-concerns-in-indo-pacific
September 13, 2022, 11:22 PM
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force said Tuesday it has been conducting exercises with the Indian Navy in waters off the South Asian nation's east coast amid China's growing assertiveness…
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No. 1 Alcaraz already back in Spain for Davis Cup Finals
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/no.-1-alcaraz-already-back-in-spain-for-davis-cup-finals
September 13, 2022, 10:05 PM
It was a quick turnaround for tennis' new No. 1.
Hours after celebrating his first Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open, Carlos Alcaraz arrived back home to…
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Arrests of UK anti-royal protesters spur free-speech debate
https://japantoday.com/category/world/arrests-of-uk-anti-royal-protesters-spur-free-speech-debate
September 13, 2022, 10:06 PM
In a country famed for irreverence, some worry a new code of silence has taken hold.
Since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a handful of people in…
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Whistleblower: China, India had agents working for Twitter
https://japantoday.com/category/world/Whistleblower-China-India-had-agents-working-for-Twitter
September 13, 2022, 10:07 PM
Twitter's former security chief told Congress Tuesday there was “at least one agent” from China's intelligence service on Twitter's payroll and that the company knowingly allowed India to…
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Wholesale prices jump 9% in August as weak yen lifts import costs
https://japantoday.com/category/business/wholesale-prices-jump-9-in-aug.-as-weak-yen-lifts-import-costs
September 14, 2022, 7:50 AM
Wholesale prices in Japan climbed 9.0 percent in August from a year earlier as the yen's tumble against the U.S. dollar and other major currencies boosted import costs,…
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Iconic French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard dies at 91
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/french-media-iconic-director-jean-luc-godard-dead-at-91
September 13, 2022, 10:10 PM
Jean-Luc Godard, the ingenious “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his debut feature “Breathless” and stood for years as one…
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German man convicted of murder after killing over mask rules
https://japantoday.com/category/world/german-man-convicted-of-murder-after-killing-over-mask-rules
September 13, 2022, 10:08 PM
A German man was convicted of murder and given a life sentence on Tuesday for fatally shooting a young gas station clerk following a dispute over face masks.…
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