Biden had cancerous skin lesion removed in February
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-had-cancerous-skin-lesion-removed-in-february
March 3, 2023, 9:25 PM
U.S. President Joe Biden, 80, had a cancerous skin lesion successfully removed from his chest in February, his doctor said Friday.
The lesion, detected during a routine medical…
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Russians pound access routes to Ukraine's besieged Bakhmut
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russians-pound-access-routes-to-ukraine%27s-besieged-bakhmut2
March 3, 2023, 9:25 PM
Russian troops and mercenaries rained artillery on the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Friday, bringing Moscow closer to its first major victory…
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Nan Goldin is going to the Oscars, and she wants to win
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/nan-goldin-is-going-to-the-oscars-and-she-wants-to-win
March 3, 2023, 9:21 PM
It's not always emphasized, given that she's one of the most groundbreaking still photographers of the past 50 years. But Nan Goldin is a movie buff. Big time.…
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First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years
https://japantoday.com/category/world/first-evidence-for-horseback-riding-dates-back-5-000-years
March 3, 2023, 9:26 PM
Archaeologists have found the earliest direct evidence for horseback riding – an innovation that would transform history – in 5,000 year old human skeletons in central Europe.
“When…
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Ford to raise production as U.S. auto sales start to recover
https://japantoday.com/category/business/ford-to-raise-production-as-us-auto-sales-start-to-recover
March 3, 2023, 9:23 PM
Ford will increase production of six models this year, half of them electric, as the company and the auto industry start to rebound from sluggish U.S. sales in…
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New York Times embroiled in debate over transgender coverage
https://japantoday.com/category/world/new-york-times-embroiled-in-debate-over-transgender-coverage
March 3, 2023, 9:26 PM
The New York Times -- a torchbearer for the liberal left in America -- is facing flak for its coverage of transgender people, a criticism the newspaper flatly…
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Fire at Indonesian oil depot kills 17; thousands evacuated
https://japantoday.com/category/world/fire-at-indonesian-oil-depot-kills-17-thousands-evacuated
March 3, 2023, 9:26 PM
A large fire broke out at a fuel storage depot in Indonesia’s capital on Friday, killing at least 17 people, injuring dozens of others and forcing the evacuation…
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Amazon pauses construction on 2nd headquarters in Virginia
https://japantoday.com/category/business/amazon-pauses-construction-on-second-headquarter-in-virginia
March 3, 2023, 9:23 PM
Amazon is pausing construction of its second headquarters in Virginia following the biggest round of layoffs in the company’s history and its shifting plans around remote work.
The…
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Medvedev beats Djokovic; to face Rublev in Dubai final
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/rublev-beats-zverev-for-1st-time-advances-to-dubai-final
March 3, 2023, 9:24 PM
Daniil Medvedev ended Novak Djokovic’s 20-match winning streak by beating the world’s top-ranked player 6-4, 6-4 to reach the final at the Dubai Championships on Friday.
The third-seeded…
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King Charles III picks France, Germany for 1st state visits
https://japantoday.com/category/world/king-charles-iii-picks-france-germany-for-1st-state-visits
March 3, 2023, 9:25 PM
King Charles III will travel to France and Germany for his first state visits since becoming monarch, Buckingham Palace said Friday, underscoring Britain’s efforts to build bridges with…
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Residents of Japan seek compensation from N Korea for abuses
https://japantoday.com/category/national/residents-of-japan-seek-compensation-from-n-korea-for-abuses
March 3, 2023, 9:20 PM
A group of residents of Japan who say they suffered decades of human rights abuses in North Korea after being lured there by false promises of a “Paradise…
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Hamilton cleared to race in Bahrain after jewelry inspected
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/hamilton-cleared-to-race-in-bahrain-after-jewelry-inspection
March 3, 2023, 9:24 PM
Formula One's governing body inspected Lewis Hamilton's jewelry before the seven-time champion was cleared to practice Friday ahead of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
Hamilton has clashed with…
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Takaichi vows to quit as lawmaker if document on broadcasters proven real
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-minister-vows-to-quit-if-document-on-broadcasters-proven-real
March 3, 2023, 9:22 PM
Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi pledged Friday to quit as a lawmaker if a document indicating political pressure on broadcasters, made public by an opposition Diet…
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China accuses U.S. of attacking companies after export curbs
https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-accuses-us-of-attacking-companies-after-export-curbs
March 3, 2023, 9:26 PM
China accused Washington on Friday of improperly attacking Chinese companies after genetics analysis giant BGI Group and 17 others were hit with curbs on access to U.S. technology…
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Plum blossoms
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/plum-blossoms-5
March 3, 2023, 9:27 PM
Visitors take a break under plum blossoms in full bloom at a park in Tokyo.
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Teenage boy slashes classmate with knife at Hiroshima school
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/teenage-boy-slashes-classmate-with-knife-at-hiroshima-school
March 3, 2023, 9:20 PM
A 13-year-old boy slashed a classmate with a kitchen knife at a junior high school in Hiroshima on Friday, causing minor injuries to the victim, the local education…
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Ohtani joins Japan's team ahead of World Baseball Classic
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/baseball-ohtani-joins-japan%27s-team-ahead-of-world-baseball-classic
March 3, 2023, 9:24 PM
Two-way star Shohei Ohtani joined Samurai Japan's World Baseball Classic team Friday after starting spring training with the Los Angeles Angels in Arizona.
Having arrived in Japan on…
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Japan reschedules H3 rocket launch to March 6
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-reschedules-h3-rocket-launch-to-march-6-after-feb.-17-abort
March 3, 2023, 9:20 PM
Japan's space agency said it plans to launch what would be its first new medium-lift rocket in three decades on March 6, more than two weeks after the…
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The model for Asia's Quad? The Beatles, says Japan's top diplomat
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/the-model-for-asia%27s-quad-the-beatles-says-japan%27s-top-diplomat
March 3, 2023, 9:22 PM
As Asia's Quad powers search for ways to define the group, Japan's foreign minister has offered a model -- The Beatles.
Yoshimasa Hayashi, an avid music fan, drew…
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Quad FMs, wary of China's might, push Indo-Pacific option
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Quad-FMs-wary-of-China%27s-might-push-Indo-Pacific-option
March 3, 2023, 10:06 AM
The top diplomats of Australia, India, Japan and the United States said Friday their Indo-Pacific-focused bloc is not aimed at countering China but released a statement littered with…
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Japan reports 10,522 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-10-522-new-coronavirus-cases
March 3, 2023, 11:52 AM
Japan on Friday reported 10,522 new coronavirus cases, down 984 from Thursday. Tokyo reported 736 new cases, down 216 from Thursday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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170 evacuated as fire erupts in Hong Kong skyscraper
https://japantoday.com/category/world/scores-evacuated-as-fire-erupts-in-hong-kong-skyscraper2
March 3, 2023, 3:18 AM
About 170 people were evacuated from a Hong Kong shopping area after a fire broke out in a skyscraper late on Thursday night, the government said.
Firefighters battled…
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Tech wars turning cycling into kind of Formula One
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/tech-wars-turning-cycling-into-formula-one
March 3, 2023, 9:24 PM
Bike technology has become so important to elite road racing teams that the sport has, one rider said, "become like Formula One".
When the first significant stage race…
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Japan's job availability down in January for 1st time in over 2 years
https://japantoday.com/category/business/update1-japan%27s-job-availability-down-in-jan.-for-1st-time-in-over-2-years
March 3, 2023, 9:23 PM
Japan's job availability ratio fell in January for the first time in over two years, as more people sought jobs with better working conditions amid an economic recovery…
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U.S., S Korean troops to conduct largest combined drills in years
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-s.korean-troops-to-conduct-largest-combined-drills-in-years
March 3, 2023, 2:43 AM
The United States and South Korea will conduct more than ten days of large-scale military drills in March, including amphibious landings, officials from the two countries said on…
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Man arrested after fight to get police officer’s gun in Nagoya koban
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-after-fight-to-get-police-officer%E2%80%99s-gun-in-nagoya-koban
March 3, 2023, 9:21 PM
Police in Nagoya said Friday they have arrested a 39-year-old unemployed man who went into a koban (police box) and attacked two officers while trying to get one…
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¥790,000 stolen from 71 students’ wallets during graduation ceremony
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/%C2%A5790-000-stolen-from-71-students%E2%80%99-wallets-during-their-graduation-ceremony-at-chiba-school
March 3, 2023, 7:38 AM
Chiba prefectural police said Friday that about ¥790,000 was stolen from high school students’ wallets left in four unlocked classrooms while they attended their graduation ceremony at their…
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Nordstrom closing its Canada stores
https://japantoday.com/category/business/nordstrom-closing-its-canada-stores
March 2, 2023, 10:41 PM
U.S. luxury department store chain Nordstrom announced Thursday it is pulling out of Canada, closing 13 stores and putting 2,500 staff out of work.
"We entered Canada in…
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in surging West Bank violence
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-teen-in-surging-west-bank-violence
March 2, 2023, 10:42 PM
Israeli forces shot dead a 15-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian officials said.
Ahmad Enaya, the mayor of the West Bank town of Azzoun,…
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Police security drill
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/police-security-drill
March 2, 2023, 9:42 PM
The Metropolitan Police Department conducts a drill in Tokyo Thursday, for protection of dignitaries with police officers across the country in charge of security attending. The MPD is…
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