Asian stocks mixed after Wall St slide, China virus fears
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-stocks-mixed-after-wall-st-slide-china-virus-fears
November 22, 2022, 7:06 AM
Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street sank and Chinese anti-virus controls fueled concern about an economic slowdown.
Shanghai and Tokyo advanced while Hong Kong declined.…
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Beijing shuts parks, shopping malls, museums as China's COVID cases rise
https://japantoday.com/category/world/beijing-shuts-parks-museums-as-china%27s-covid-cases-rise1
November 22, 2022, 7:06 AM
Beijing shut parks, shopping malls and museums on Tuesday while more Chinese cities resumed mass testing for COVID-19, as China fights a fresh nationwide spike in cases that…
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2 quakes strike off Solomon Islands
https://japantoday.com/category/world/no-tsunami-warning-for-solomon-islands-after-7.0-earthquake-off-coast
November 22, 2022, 4:16 AM
Authorities in the Solomon Islands said no tsunami warning would be issued after two earthquakes on Tuesday afternoon, including one with a magnitude of 7.0 just off the…
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Panel wants Japanese public to pay more for defense buildup
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/gov%27t-panel-wants-japan-public-to-pay-more-for-defense-buildup
November 22, 2022, 10:11 AM
A government panel on Tuesday urged "the whole nation" to shoulder a heavier burden to build up the country's defense capabilities amid growing security challenges, effectively asking for…
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Rescuers search for buried survivors after Indonesia quake kills 162
https://japantoday.com/category/world/hunt-for-buried-survivors-after-indonesia-quake-kills-162
November 22, 2022, 4:17 AM
Rescuers searched on Tuesday for survivors buried under rubble after a strong earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java killed 162 people, injured hundreds and left more feared…
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Gov't begins Unification Church probe amid anger over ties with ruling party
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-govt-begins-unification-church-probe-amid-anger-over-ties-with-ruling-party
November 22, 2022, 10:35 AM
Japan launched a probe into the Unification Church on Tuesday that could threaten its legal status, after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July revealed…
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93-year-old man arrested after trying to kill patient sharing same hospital room
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/93-year-old-man-arrested-after-trying-to-kill-patient-sharing-same-hospital-room
November 22, 2022, 7:16 AM
Police in Kanoji, Kagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 93-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he strangled an 85-year-old male patient who shared his hospital room.
According…
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Amy Schneider wins a hard-fought 'Jeopardy!' tournament
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/amy-schneider-wins-a-hard-fought-%27jeopardy%21%27-tournament
November 22, 2022, 12:46 AM
Forty-game winner Amy Schneider capped her big year by winning a hard-fought “Jeopardy!” tournament of champions in an episode that aired Monday.
Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California,…
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Fire kills 36 at industrial wholesaler in central China
https://japantoday.com/category/world/fire-kills-36-in-workshop-in-central-china
November 22, 2022, 2:43 AM
A fire has killed 36 people at a company dealing in chemicals and other industrial goods in central China’s Henan province.
Two other people were injured and two…
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Japan reports 121,460 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-121-460-new-coronavirus-cases
November 22, 2022, 12:04 PM
Japan on Tuesday reported 121,460 new coronavirus cases, up 79,036 from Monday. Tokyo reported 12,758 new cases, up 8,139 from Monday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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U.S., allies clash with Russia, China over North Korea tests
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-allies-clash-with-russia-china-over-north-korea-tests
November 21, 2022, 11:03 PM
The United States and its allies on Monday strongly condemned North Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test and called for action to limit its nuclear and missile programs,…
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Bale to the rescue as Wales snatch U.S. draw on World Cup return
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/bale-to-the-rescue-as-wales-snatch-us-draw-on-world-cup-return
November 21, 2022, 10:09 PM
Gareth Bale rescued Wales with a late penalty to snatch a 1-1 draw with the United States in their World Cup Group B clash on Monday in Qatar.…
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Yemen's Houthis attack al-Dhabba oil terminal, force ship to leave
https://japantoday.com/category/world/yemen%27s-houthis-attack-al-dhabba-oil-terminal-force-ship-to-leave
November 21, 2022, 10:03 PM
Yemen's Houthis attacked al-Dhabba oil terminal in Hadhramaut province on Monday, the group and Yemen's internationally recognized government said.
The Iran-aligned Houthis fired a projectile from a drone…
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Arabs shun Israeli media at Qatar World Cup, cooling hopes of a thaw
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/arabs-shun-israeli-media-at-qatar-world-cup-cooling-hopes-of-a-thaw
November 21, 2022, 10:10 PM
Arab soccer fans at the first World Cup in the Middle East are shunning Israeli journalists in Qatar trying to interview them, illustrating challenges facing wider "warm peace"…
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France shocked by second schoolgirl rape and murder in a month
https://japantoday.com/category/world/france-shocked-by-second-schoolgirl-rape-and-murder-in-a-month
November 21, 2022, 10:03 PM
France was shocked by the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in the south of the country, just weeks after the brutal killing of a 12-year-old girl…
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Judge orders Amazon to stop retaliations against organizers
https://japantoday.com/category/business/judge-orders-amazon-to-stop-retaliations-against-organizers
November 21, 2022, 10:01 PM
A federal judge has ordered Amazon to stop retaliating against employees engaged in workplace activism, issuing a mixed ruling that also hands a loss to the federal labor…
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Iran intensifies deadly crackdown in Kurdish regions: rights groups
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iran-intensifies-deadly-crackdown-in-kurdish-regions-rights-groups
November 21, 2022, 10:03 PM
Iranian security forces on Monday intensified a crackdown in western Iran's Kurdish-populated regions that killed a dozen people over 24 hours, directly shooting at protesters and using heavy…
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Netherlands strikes late to beat Senegal 2-0
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/netherlands-strikes-late-to-beat-senegal-2-0-at-world-cup
November 21, 2022, 10:09 PM
Louis van Gaal's gambles at both ends of the field paid off for the Netherlands.
Up front, Memphis Depay returned from injury as a second-half substitute to help…
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Recession-hit UK needs more migrant labor: business group
https://japantoday.com/category/world/recession-hit-uk-needs-more-migrant-labour-business-group
November 21, 2022, 10:03 PM
Britain needs more migrant labor to boost productivity as it faces a toxic mix of soaring inflation and shrinking growth, the country's main business lobby group warned Monday.…
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Bankrupt exchange FTX owes top creditors over $3 billion
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/bankrupt-exchange-ftx-owes-top-creditors-over-3-billion
November 21, 2022, 10:02 PM
The failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX owes more than $3 billion to its largest creditors, the company disclosed in a court filing over the weekend.
The list of the…
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Davis Cup finals offer passion rather than stars
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/davis-cup-finals-offer-passion-rather-than-stars
November 21, 2022, 10:13 PM
The Davis Cup finals open in their latest home Malaga, Spain, on Tuesday short of stars but promising the added emotion that competing for national team brings.
Of…
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Saka, Rashford help England rout Iran 6-2
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/saka-rashford-help-england-rout-iran-6-2-at-world-cup
November 21, 2022, 10:09 PM
When Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford last walked off the field at a major international soccer tournament, they were bombarded with racist abuse.
Three goals for England in…
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Armband ban 'unprecedented' from FIFA, says German soccer boss
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/armband-ban-%27unprecedented%27-from-fifa-says-german-football-boss
November 21, 2022, 10:10 PM
German Football Association president Bernd Neuendorf said on Monday that FIFA's threats of on-field sanctions for wearing the "One Love" armband were "an unprecedented event in World Cup…
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Uganda to send 1,000 troops to Congo as part of regional force
https://japantoday.com/category/world/uganda-to-send-1-000-troops-to-congo-as-part-of-regional-force1
November 21, 2022, 10:04 PM
Uganda will send 1,000 troops to neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo by the end of this month to join a regional force mandated to help end decades of…
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Ukraine to civilians: Leave liberated areas before winter
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-urges-civilians-to-leave-liberated-areas-for-winter
November 22, 2022, 5:29 AM
Ukrainian authorities have begun evacuating civilians from recently liberated sections of the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, fearing that a lack of heat, power and water due to Russian…
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Man Utd's Greenwood faces attempted rape trial next year
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/man-utd%27s-greenwood-faces-attempted-rape-trial-next-year
November 21, 2022, 10:02 PM
Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood will face trial next year on charges of attempted rape, controlling and coercive behavior, and assault, a judge said on Monday.
Greenwood, 21,…
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Alcaraz-Nadal 1-2 in final ATP rankings
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/alcaraz-nadal-in-historic-1-2-in-final-atp-rankings
November 21, 2022, 10:02 PM
Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal end the year first and second in the ATP rankings, the first time Spain has had the top two in the final standings.…
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Yamanashi uses toilet paper messages to help suicidal youth
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Yamanashi-uses-toilet-paper-messages-to-help-suicidal-youth
November 22, 2022, 7:17 AM
Authorities in central Japan are trying an unusual new approach to tackle the country's longstanding suicide problem: printing messages of support on toilet paper.
"Dear you, who might…
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Gov't panel to back Japan's acquisition of counterstrike capabilities
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/gov%27t-panel-to-back-japan%27s-acquisition-of-counterstrike-capabilities
November 21, 2022, 9:58 PM
The government's panel for defense buildup and budget financing is set to endorse a plan for Japan to acquire an enemy base strike capability, or "counterstrike capability," even…
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Japan adds 2 ships to its fleet of Aegis-equipped destroyers
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-adds-2-ships-to-its-fleet-of-aegis-equipped-destroyers
November 21, 2022, 9:59 PM
Japan on Monday raised the number of Aegis-equipped destroyers in its fleet to eight from the current six, after the Maritime Self-Defense Force said two new ships had…
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