Darvish fans
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/darvish-fans
February 20, 2023, 9:19 PM
San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish (C), a member of Japan's World Baseball Classic team, responds to autograph requests from fans at the team's spring training camp in…
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Prosecutors in Alec Baldwin case drop charge 'enhancement'
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/us-prosecutors-in-alec-baldwin-case-drop-charge-%27enhancement%27
February 20, 2023, 9:40 PM
Prosecutors who have charged Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter over a fatal shooting on a movie set dropped a so-called "firearm enhancement" that carried a potential five-year sentence,…
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Russian firms showcase guns, missiles at UAE defense expo
https://japantoday.com/category/business/russian-firms-showcase-guns-missiles-at-uae-defence-expo
February 20, 2023, 9:36 PM
A major defense expo kicked off in the United Arab Emirates on Monday with Russian firms participating in the maritime section despite Western pressure on Gulf states to…
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Embattled Don Lemon absent from 'CNN This Morning'
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/embattled-don-lemon-absent-monday-from-%27cnn-this-morning%27
February 20, 2023, 9:39 PM
Amid ongoing criticism over his comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, Don Lemon was absent Monday from “CNN This Morning.” Co-host Poppy Harlow told viewers that “Don…
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34 nations: No clarity on neutrality, no Olympics for Russia
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/nations-no-clarity-on-neutrality-no-olympics-for-russia
February 20, 2023, 9:42 PM
The governments of 34 nations released a statement Monday calling on the IOC to clarify the definition of “neutrality” as it seeks a way to allow Russian and…
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Panasonic unit says it will promptly demote sexual harassment offenders
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-panasonic-unit-to-promptly-demote-sexual-harassment-offenders
February 20, 2023, 9:36 PM
A subsidiary of electronics giant Panasonic Holdings Corp has decided it will immediately demote employees found to have committed sexual harassment, even after single incidents, in a rare…
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Djokovic equals Graf's record for weeks spent as world number one
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/djokovic-equals-graf%27s-record-for-weeks-spent-as-world-number-one
February 20, 2023, 9:42 PM
Tennis legend Novak Djokovic is a week away from another milestone after equalling Steffi Graf's all-time record for most weeks spent at number one of 377.
The 35-year-old…
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Japan to give Ukraine $5.5 bil, host online G7 summit plus Zelenskyy
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-to-give-ukraine-5.5b-host-online-g-7-plus-zelenskyy
February 20, 2023, 9:35 PM
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday announced a new $5.5 billion financial aid for Ukraine and will mark the first anniversary of the war by hosting an…
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Japan postmortems of COVID-infected patients finds virus stays in half
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-postmortems-of-covid-infected-patients-finds-virus-stays-in-half
February 20, 2023, 9:36 PM
Postmortems of 11 patients who died in Japan after contracting COVID-19 in 2021 found that an infectious viral load remained in the nasopharynx and lungs of over half,…
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Japan, Britain, Italy eye defense chiefs meeting in Tokyo in March
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-britain-italy-eye-defense-chiefs-meeting-in-tokyo-in-march
February 20, 2023, 9:35 PM
Japan, Britain and Italy are planning to hold a defense ministerial meeting in Tokyo next month, sources close to the matter said Monday, in which their joint development…
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Leiji Matsumoto, creator of 'Space Battleship Yamato,' dies at 85
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/leiji-matsumoto-creator-of-%27space-battleship-yamato-%27-dies
February 20, 2023, 12:44 PM
Leiji Matsumoto, the anime creator known for ”Space Battleship Yamato” and other classics using a fantastical style and antiwar themes, has died at age 85.
His manga works…
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NZ says cyclone damage could exceed $8 billion
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nz-says-cyclone-damage-could-exceed-8-billion-announces-emergency-funding
February 20, 2023, 6:57 AM
New Zealand warned on Monday the final cost of the devastating Cyclone Gabrielle, which has left at least 11 people dead, could rise above $8 billion as authorities…
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Asian shares mostly higher as inflation worries dog Wall St
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-shares-mostly-higher-as-inflation-worries-dog-wall-st
February 20, 2023, 7:57 AM
Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Monday after Wall Street closed out another bumpy week marked by uneasiness over the outlook for inflation and interest rates.
U.S.…
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Acclaimed A-bomb manga 'Barefoot Gen' excerpts removed from Hiroshima school curriculum
https://japantoday.com/category/national/critically-acclaimed-a-bomb-manga-%27barefoot-gen%27-excerpts-removed-from-hiroshima-school-curriculum
February 20, 2023, 9:37 PM
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II is a subject that gets a lot of attention from the city’s board of education. Students in public elementary, middle, and…
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Jim Ratcliffe: Daredevil billionaire with Manchester United in his sights
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/jim-ratcliffe-daredevil-billionaire-with-united-in-his-sights
February 20, 2023, 9:42 PM
Lifelong Manchester United fan Jim Ratcliffe says he does not "take risks unnecessarily" and the hard-headed businessman appears to have judged buying the club falls outside that category.…
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Revised cherry blossom forecast for Japan says flowers will bloom early this year
https://japantoday.com/category/national/revised-cherry-blossom-forecast-for-japan-says-flowers-will-bloom-early-this-year-1
February 20, 2023, 7:31 AM
Spring is just a few weeks away, and so people in Japan, as well as people about to travel to Japan, are starting to make their cherry blossom viewing. You…
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82-year-old man arrested for sexually assaulting woman after spiking her soup
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/82-year-old-man-arrested-for-sexually-assaulting-woman-after-spiking-her-soup
February 20, 2023, 9:38 PM
Police in Tokyo have arrested an 82-year-old man on suspicion of sexual assaulting a woman in her 30s after he put sleeping pills in soup that he gave…
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Body of man with cord around his neck found on Fukuoka coast
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/body-of-man-with-cord-around-his-neck-found-on-fukuoka-coast
February 20, 2023, 7:29 AM
Fukuoka prefectural police said Sunday that a 26-year-old man who was found dead along a coastal road on Friday was strangled to death.
According to police, the body…
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Japan reports 7,020 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-7-020-new-coronavirus-cases
February 20, 2023, 12:36 PM
Japan on Monday reported 7,020 new coronavirus cases, down 7,219 from Sunday. Tokyo reported 510 new cases, down 482 from Sunday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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Fritz wins ATP Delray Beach title to book top-five berth
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/fritz-wins-atp-delray-beach-title-to-book-top-five-berth
February 19, 2023, 11:19 PM
Seventh-ranked Taylor Fritz defeated Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday to win the ATP Delray Beach Open, ensuring the American a future world top-five spot.
Fritz,…
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Swanson strikes again as U.S. women defeat Japan 1-0 in SheBelieves Cup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/swanson-strikes-again-as-us-women-defeat-japan
February 20, 2023, 1:39 AM
In-form striker Mallory Swanson grabbed her seventh goal in five games as the United States beat Japan 1-0 in the SheBelieves Cup in Nashville on Sunday.
The Americans…
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N Korea fires 2 more missiles; Japan calls for U.N. Security Council meeting
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/N-Korea-fires-short-range-missiles-Japan-calls-for-U.N.-Security-Council-meeting
February 20, 2023, 7:30 AM
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward Japan on Monday in its second weapons test in three days that drew quick condemnation from its rivals and prompted…
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Tottenham's Son subjected to online racist abuse
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/tottenham%27s-son-subjected-to-online-racist-abuse
February 20, 2023, 12:05 AM
Son Heung-min was subjected to “utterly reprehensible” online racist abuse, Tottenham said Sunday.
The Premier League club called for social media companies to take action after Son was…
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Alcaraz captures Argentina Open title after four-month injury lay-off
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/alcaraz-captures-argentina-open-title-after-four-month-injury-lay-off
February 19, 2023, 11:20 PM
Carlos Alcaraz marked his return to action for the first time in almost four months with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Cameron Norrie in the final of the…
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Icy win
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February 19, 2023, 9:25 PM
Japan's Momoka Horikawa celebrates winning the Mass Start Final Women event of the World Cup Speed Skating in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, on Sunday.
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Richard Belzer, stand-up comic and TV detective, dies at 78
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/richard-belzer-stand-up-comic-and-tv-detective-dies-at-78
February 19, 2023, 9:41 PM
Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV's most indelible detectives as John Munch in “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Law & Order: SVU,”…
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AU to organize Libya reconciliation conference
https://japantoday.com/category/world/au-says-to-organise-libya-reconciliation-conference
February 19, 2023, 9:48 PM
The African Union is organizing a national reconciliation conference for Libya, AU Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat told AFP on Sunday, the latest bid to restore stability to…
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'Ant-Man' opens big at box office with $104 mil for 'Quantumania'
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/ant-man-opens-big-at-box-office-with-104m-for-%27quantumania%27
February 19, 2023, 9:41 PM
Phase five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe may have gotten off to a rocky start, but Ant-Man is bigger than ever at the box office.
“Ant-Man and the…
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Facebook-owner Meta to roll out paid subscription
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/facebook-owner-meta-to-roll-out-paid-subscription1
February 19, 2023, 9:42 PM
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta will launch a paid subscription service starting at $11.99 a month allowing users to verify their accounts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Sunday, following…
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Critics reject changes to Roald Dahl books as censorship
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/critics-reject-changes-to-roald-dahl-books-as-censorship
February 20, 2023, 9:39 PM
Critics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books of censorship after it removed colorful language from works such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”…
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