Sober or bright? Europe faces holidays during energy crunch
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sober-or-bright-europe-faces-holidays-during-energy-crunch
November 26, 2022, 7:32 AM
Early season merrymakers sipping mulled wine and shopping for holiday decorations packed the Verona Christmas market for its inaugural weekend. But beyond the wooden market stalls, the Italian…
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Former China soccer coach Li Tie under investigation
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/former-china-football-coach-li-tie-under-investigation
November 26, 2022, 6:10 AM
Chinese authorities said Saturday they have launched an investigation into former national men's soccer coach Li Tie, with the ex-Premier League player suspected of "serious violations of the…
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Japan reports 125,327 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-125-327-new-coronavirus-cases
November 26, 2022, 11:46 AM
Japan on Saturday reported 125,327 new coronavirus cases, up 7,487 from Friday. Tokyo reported 13,569 new cases, up 631 from Friday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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Japan World Cup team manners awesome, as locker room pics show
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/Japan-World-Cup-team-manners-awesome-as-locker-room-pics-show
November 26, 2022, 7:35 AM
Japan is a soccer-loving nation, and so sports enthusiasts across the country were excited as the 2022 World Cup opened. Somewhat less joy-inducing, though, was that the Japanese team’s first…
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Taiwan votes in local elections amid tensions with China
https://japantoday.com/category/world/taiwan-votes-in-local-elections-amid-tensions-with-china1
November 26, 2022, 5:05 AM
Polls opened in Taiwan on Saturday in local elections that President Tsai Ing-wen has framed as being about sending a message to the world about the island's determination…
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Thousands of Australians strip for Tunick cancer awareness photo shoot
https://japantoday.com/category/world/thousands-of-australians-strip-for-tunick-cancer-awareness-photo-shoot1
November 26, 2022, 2:30 AM
Some 2,500 people took off their clothes on Saturday to pose for U.S. photographic artist Spencer Tunick at Sydney's Bondi Beach in an effort to raise awareness about…
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NASA Orion spacecraft enters lunar orbit: officials
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/nasa-orion-spacecraft-enters-lunar-orbit-officials
November 26, 2022, 5:16 AM
NASA's Orion spacecraft was placed in lunar orbit Friday, officials said, as the much-delayed moon mission proceeded successfully.
A little over a week after the spacecraft blasted off…
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Honduras declares state of emergency against gang crime
https://japantoday.com/category/world/honduras-declares-state-of-emergency-against-gang-crime
November 25, 2022, 11:54 PM
Honduras became the second country in Central America to declare a state of emergency to fight gang crimes like extortion.
For years, street gangs have charged protection money…
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Japan eyes using enemy base strike capability with U.S.
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-eyes-using-enemy-base-strike-capability-with-u.s.
November 26, 2022, 7:33 AM
Japan is considering using an enemy base strike capability, or what it prefers to call "counterstrike capability," with its ally the United States, in the event it comes…
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Sluggish England frustrated in U.S. stalemate
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/sluggish-england-frustrated-in-us-stalemate
November 25, 2022, 9:52 PM
England missed a chance to book their place in the World Cup last 16 as Gareth Southgate's side produced a limp display in their 0-0 draw against the…
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Germany face Spain with specter of early World Cup exit looming
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/germany-face-spain-with-spectre-of-early-world-cup-exit-looming
November 25, 2022, 9:53 PM
Just one match into the Qatar World Cup, Germany face what amounts to a must-win clash against Spain on Sunday, a team they have not beaten in a…
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Brazilian protests intensify; Bolsonaro stays silent
https://japantoday.com/category/world/brazilian-protests-intensify-bolsonaro-stays-silent
November 25, 2022, 9:45 PM
The two men were sitting at a bar on Nov. 21, sipping drinks for relief from the scorching heat of Brazil's Mato Grosso state, when police officers barged…
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Canada's Trudeau defends use of emergency powers in 'Freedom Convoy' protests
https://japantoday.com/category/world/canada%27s-trudeau-defends-use-of-emergency-powers-in-%27freedom-convoy%27-protests1
November 25, 2022, 9:45 PM
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was questioned on Friday over his decision to invoke rarely used emergency powers to end protests that shut down the capital in early…
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Freezing Ukraine gradually restores power after Russian strikes on grid
https://japantoday.com/category/world/freezing-ukraine-gradually-restores-power-after-russian-strikes-on-grid
November 26, 2022, 2:57 AM
Ukrainian authorities on Friday gradually restored power to millions of people left in the dark after the most devastating Russian air strikes so far, aided by the reconnection…
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US official urges 'de-escalation' as Turkey strikes Syria
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-official-urges-%27de-escalation%27-as-turkey-strikes-syria
November 25, 2022, 9:46 PM
A U.S. official in Syria on Friday called for an “immediate de-escalation” following days of deadly airstrikes and shelling along the Syria-Turkey border, saying the actions destabilize the…
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Shootings at 2 Brazil schools leave 3 dead, 11 wounded
https://japantoday.com/category/world/shootings-at-2-brazil-schools-leave-3-dead-11-wounded
November 25, 2022, 9:46 PM
A shooter armed with a semiautomatic pistol and wearing a bulletproof vest fatally shot three people, including two teachers, and wounded 11 on Friday after barging into two…
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EU weighs plans to ease France, Italy migrant tensions
https://japantoday.com/category/world/eu-weighs-plans-to-ease-france-italy-migrant-tensions
November 25, 2022, 9:46 PM
European Union interior ministers on Friday weighed proposals to ease tensions between France and Italy over migrants arriving on their shores without authorization, including a possible crackdown on…
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Gakpo on target but Dutch disappoint in World Cup draw with Ecuador
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/hosts-qatar-crash-out-of-world-cup-after-dutch-held-by-ecuador
November 25, 2022, 9:53 PM
Cody Gakpo scored again at the World Cup but the Netherlands missed the chance to secure a place in the last 16 on Friday as they were held…
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De Minaur pulls Australia level in Davis Cup semifinals
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/coric-edges-croatia-ahead-of-australia-in-davis-cup-semi-finals
November 25, 2022, 9:42 PM
Alex de Minaur stunned former U.S .Open champion Marin Cilic in straight sets to pull 28-time champions Australia level with Croatia in the Davis Cup semifinals on Friday.…
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Kanye West hints at another presidential run
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/kanye-west-hints-at-another-presidential-run
November 25, 2022, 9:48 PM
The rapper and fashion designer Kanye West has suggested he will run for president and wants Donald Trump to be his running mate. Trump, for his part, brushed…
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Biden, Democrats push ban on so-called assault weapons
https://japantoday.com/category/world/emboldened-biden-democrats-keep-pushing-assault-weapons-ban
November 26, 2022, 4:12 AM
When President Joe Biden speaks about the “scourge” of gun violence, his go-to answer is to zero in on so-called assault weapons.
America has heard it hundreds of…
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Musk plans to relaunch Twitter premium service, again
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/musk-plans-to-relaunch-twitter-premium-service-again
November 25, 2022, 9:43 PM
Elon Musk said Friday that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium service that will offer different colored check marks to accounts next week, in a fresh move to…
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Host nation Qatar eliminated from the World Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/senegal-beat-qatar-to-leave-world-cup-hosts-on-brink-of-early-exit
November 25, 2022, 9:52 PM
Host nation Qatar crashed out of their own World Cup on Friday after they were beaten 3-1 by Senegal and Ecuador held the Netherlands to a draw.
The…
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Indonesia earthquake toll reaches 310 as more bodies found
https://japantoday.com/category/world/indonesia-earthquake-toll-reaches-310-as-more-bodies-found
November 25, 2022, 9:47 PM
The death toll from an earthquake that struck Indonesia's Java island early this week rose to 310 after rescuers found more bodies under landslides, an official said. At…
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Cheshmi's late goal gives Iran to 2-0 win over Wales
https://japantoday.com/category/fifa-world-cup-2022/cheshmi%27s-late-goal-sends-iran-to-2-0-win-over-wales
November 25, 2022, 9:51 PM
As protests that have gripped Iran emerged at the World Cup, its national team rallied late for its first win at the tournament in Qatar.
Rouzbeh Cheshmi scored…
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Swallows' Murakami, Buffaloes' Yamamoto repeat as MVPs
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/baseball-swallows%27-murakami-buffaloes%27-yamamoto-repeat-as-mvps
November 25, 2022, 9:41 PM
Yakult Swallows cleanup hitter Munetaka Murakami and Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto were named the winners of their respective league's Most Valuable Player Award for the second straight…
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Tokyo says Uber Eats labor union has collective bargaining rights
https://japantoday.com/category/business/tokyo-says-uber-eats-labor-union-has-collective-bargaining-rights
November 26, 2022, 7:34 AM
Tokyo authorities on Friday ordered the operator of Uber Eats food delivery service in Japan to enter into negotiations with a labor union representing its staff, agreeing with…
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Chinese ship with largest-ever cannon enters Japan's waters near Senkakus
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/china-ship-with-largest-ever-cannon-enters-japan-waters-near-senkakus
November 25, 2022, 9:54 PM
A Chinese coast guard vessel equipped with the largest cannon ever seen on such a ship entered Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China…
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China's 'iPhone city' under COVID lockdown after violent clashes
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china%27s-%27iphone-city%27-under-covid-lockdown-after-violent-clashes
November 25, 2022, 10:08 AM
Six million people were on Friday under COVID lockdown in a Chinese city home to the world's largest iPhone factory, after clashes between police and workers furious over…
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Court dismisses woman's suit claiming husband killed himself over order to falsify gov't papers
https://japantoday.com/category/national/court-dismisses-woman%27s-damages-claim-over-falsified-gov%27t-papers
November 25, 2022, 9:49 PM
An Osaka court determined Friday that a senior Finance Ministry official played a decisive role in the 2017 falsification of documents related to favoritism allegations against then Prime…
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