Cross country
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/cross-country
February 28, 2023, 9:47 PM
Masako Ishida, left, and Miki Kodama, both of Japan, compete in the Women's Cross Country Interval Start 10 KM Free event at the Nordic World Championships in Planica,…
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FIFA faces questions for supermodel role before Women's WCup
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/fifa-faces-questions-for-supermodel-role-before-women%27s-wcup
February 28, 2023, 9:56 PM
FIFA’s choice of Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima as its first global fan ambassador five months before the Women’s World Cup was described Tuesday as “tone deaf” by the…
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Injured Nadal out of Indian Wells and Miami Masters
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/injured-nadal-out-of-indian-wells-and-miami-masters
February 28, 2023, 9:56 PM
Rafael Nadal will miss the ATP 1000 events at Indian Wells and Miami, the 22-time Grand Slam champion confirmed on social media on Tuesday.
"I am sad that…
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Nigeria voters stand guard as election ballot papers counted
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nigeria-voters-stand-guard-as-election-ballot-papers-counted
February 28, 2023, 9:58 PM
Hours after polls closed in Lagos, young Nigerian voters stood around an election commission official and counted in unison as he tallied ballot papers one by one.
Youths…
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Reviving Bob Fosse's 'Dancin' calls on body memory for fuel
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/reviving-bob-fosse%27s-%27dancin%27-calls-on-body-memory-for-fuel
February 28, 2023, 9:52 PM
Choreographer Wayne Cilento faced an uphill task leading the new Broadway revival of Bob Fosse's revue “Dancin'” — no video had been made of the original show, there…
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Police find 850 kilos of cocaine washed up on French beach
https://japantoday.com/category/world/police-find-850-kilos-of-cocaine-washed-up-on-french-beach
February 28, 2023, 9:58 PM
Seashells, seaweed — and nearly a ton of cocaine. That’s what French maritime police found on a beach on the English Channel this week.
Police are investigating where…
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What time is it on the moon? Europe pushing for lunar time zone
https://japantoday.com/category/world/what-time-is-it-on-moon-europe-pushing-for-lunar-time-zone
February 28, 2023, 9:59 PM
With more lunar missions than ever on the horizon, the European Space Agency wants to give the moon its own time zone.
This week, the agency said space…
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Tom Sizemore's family 'deciding end of life matters'
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/tom-sizemore%27s-family-%27deciding-end-of-life-matters%27
February 28, 2023, 9:52 PM
More than a week after Tom Sizemore suffered a brain aneurysm, a representative says the actor's family is “now deciding end of life matters.”
“Today, doctors informed his…
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Denmark defies critics; abolishes public holiday to boost army spending
https://japantoday.com/category/world/denmark-defies-critics-nixes-holiday-to-boost-army-spending
February 28, 2023, 9:58 PM
Danish lawmakers on Tuesday voted to abolish a springtime public holiday in order to use the savings and boost defense spending, despite harsh criticism from the opposition, trade…
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Wave of poison attacks on schoolgirls alarms Iranians
https://japantoday.com/category/world/wave-of-poison-attacks-on-schoolgirls-alarms-iranians
February 28, 2023, 9:58 PM
Hundreds of Iranian girls in different schools have suffered "mild poison" attacks over recent months, the health minister said, with some politicians suggesting they could have been targeted…
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Nissan recalls over 800K SUVs in U.S.; key defect can cut off engine
https://japantoday.com/category/business/nissan-recalls-over-800k-suvs-key-defect-can-cut-off-engine
February 28, 2023, 9:53 PM
Nissan is recalling more than 809,000 small SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because a key problem can cause the ignition to shut off while they're being driven.…
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NATO chief: Membership for Finland, Sweden 'top priority'
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nato-chief-membership-for-finland-sweden-%27top-priority%27
February 28, 2023, 9:58 PM
NATO membership for Finland and Sweden is “a top priority,” alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday, urging members Turkey and Hungary to urgently ratify the Nordic countries’ accession.…
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Putin orders Ukraine border tightening as drones hit Russia
https://japantoday.com/category/world/flurry-of-drone-strikes-hits-russia-as-tv-radio-are-hacked
February 28, 2023, 9:56 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the border with Ukraine tightened Tuesday after several drones attacked inside Russian territory, including one that crashed just 100 kilometers from Moscow in…
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Why TikTok is being banned on gov’t phones in U.S. and beyond
https://japantoday.com/category/features/opinions/why-tiktok-is-being-banned-for-some-government-employees
February 28, 2023, 10:03 PM
The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones. Other Western…
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Thailand hosts thousands of U.S. troops for annual 'Cobra Gold' drills
https://japantoday.com/category/world/thailand-hosts-thousands-of-us-troops-for-annual-%27cobra-gold%27-drills2
February 28, 2023, 9:59 PM
Thailand and the United States kicked off on Tuesday military exercises involving more than 7,000 personnel and forces from 30 countries, with the annual drills including a component…
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Inn apologizes for changing communal bathwater only twice a year
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-inn-sorry-for-changing-communal-bathwater-twice-a-year
February 28, 2023, 9:49 PM
The head of an upscale Japanese inn apologized on Tuesday for only changing the water in its hot-spring bath every six months, allowing bacteria to breed 3,700 times…
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Father of cell phone sees dark side but also hope in new tech
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/father-of-cellphone-sees-dark-side-but-also-hope-in-new-tech
February 28, 2023, 9:54 PM
Holding the bulky brick cell phone he’s credited with inventing 50 years ago, Martin Cooper thinks about the future.
Little did he know when he made the first…
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South Korea, U.S., Japan meet on supply-chain resilience
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/south-korea-us-japan-meet-on-supply-chain-resilience
February 28, 2023, 9:48 PM
Officials from South Korea, the United States and Japan have held their first economic security dialogue, South Korea's presidential office said on Tuesday, amid efforts to strengthen the…
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Gov't-backed Rapidus to build chip plant in Hokkaido
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/gov%27t-backed-rapidus-to-build-chip-plant-in-hokkaido
February 28, 2023, 9:54 PM
Government-backed chip maker Rapidus on Tuesday announced plans to build a new semiconductor plant in Chitose on the northern main island of Hokkaido.
Rapidus said it plans to…
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Lower house OKs ¥6.8 tril budget, including hefty defense spending boost
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-oks-new-budget-incl.-hefty-arms-cost-to-deter-china
February 28, 2023, 9:48 PM
The lower house of the Diet approved Tuesday a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes a record 6.8 trillion yen in defense spending, part of Japan's…
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Sunak tries to win over skeptics to his Brexit deal
https://japantoday.com/category/world/uk%27s-sunak-tries-to-win-over-skeptics-to-his-brexit-deal
February 28, 2023, 9:57 PM
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak traveled to Belfast on Tuesday to sell his landmark agreement with the European Union to its toughest audience: Unionist politicians who fear post-Brexit…
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Japan births hit all-time low in 2022; below 800,000 for 1st time
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-births-hit-all-time-low-in-2022-below-800-000-for-1st-time
February 28, 2023, 9:49 PM
The number of babies born in Japan in 2022 fell to a new record low for the seventh consecutive year, dropping below 800,000 for the first time since…
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Asian shares mostly higher after slight gains on Wall Street
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-shares-mostly-higher-after-slight-gains-on-wall-st
February 28, 2023, 7:41 AM
Shares were mostly higher Tuesday in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks clawed back some losses from their worst week since early December.
Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney and Shanghai advanced…
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Man gets 3 1/2 years in prison for Tokyo subway station acid attack
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-gets-3-1-2-years-in-prison-for-tokyo-subway-station-acid-attack
February 28, 2023, 9:50 PM
The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a 26-year-old man for throwing sulfuric acid at a 22-year-old man at Shirokane-Takanawa subway station in Tokyo in 2021. Prosecutors had…
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China purging 'Western erroneous views' from legal education
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-purging-%27western-erroneous-views%27-from-legal-education
February 28, 2023, 9:57 PM
China has ordered closer adherence to the dictates of the ruling Communist Party and leader Xi Jinping in legal education, demanding that schools “oppose and resist Western erroneous…
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Japan's Suzuki out of World Baseball Classic with injury
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/japan%27s-suzuki-out-of-world-baseball-classic-with-injury
February 28, 2023, 9:56 PM
Japanese outfielder Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs will miss the upcoming World Baseball Classic because of an injury.
Suzuki’s absence was confirmed on Tuesday by Nippon Professional…
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Dentsu, others indicted over Tokyo Olympics bid rigging
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/update1-dentsu-others-indicted-over-olympics-bid-rigging
February 28, 2023, 7:48 AM
Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Group Inc, a former Olympic organizing committee executive and others were indicted Tuesday over alleged bid rigging in connection with the 2021 Tokyo Games.…
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World Bank employee, surgeon picked as Japan astronaut candidates
https://japantoday.com/category/national/world-bank-staffer-surgeon-picked-as-japan-astronaut-candidates
February 28, 2023, 10:06 AM
Japan's space agency said Tuesday that it has selected a World Bank employee and a surgeon as astronaut candidates in its first recruitment drive in more than 13…
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Japan reports 14,524 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-14-524-new-coronavirus-cases
February 28, 2023, 11:53 AM
Japan on Tuesday reported 14,524 new coronavirus cases, up 9,194 from Monday. Tokyo reported 1,181 new cases, up 811 from Monday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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For man behind gene-edited babies, a rocky return to science
https://japantoday.com/category/world/for-man-behind-gene-edited-babies-a-rocky-return-to-science
February 28, 2023, 6:15 AM
Five years ago, scientist He Jiankui shocked his peers and the world with claims that he created the first genetically edited babies. Now, after serving three years in…
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