U.S. resumes drone flights over Black Sea after Russia intercept
https://japantoday.com/category/world/u.s.-resumes-drone-flights-over-black-sea-after-russia-intercept
March 17, 2023, 9:19 PM
The United States has resumed surveillance drone flights over the Black Sea region following a Russian fighter jet intercept on Tuesday that led to the downing of a…
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People's Honor Award for Kunieda
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/people%27s-honor-award-for-kunieda-1
March 17, 2023, 8:51 PM
Wheelchair tennis player Shingo Kunieda receives the People's Honor Award from Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Friday. "This is a testament to the greater recognition…
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Three dead in stabbings at apartment in eastern Canada
https://japantoday.com/category/world/three-dead-in-stabbings-at-apartment-in-eastern-canada
March 17, 2023, 9:21 PM
Three people were found stabbed to death Friday inside an apartment in the eastern Canadian city of Montreal, and police have a suspect in custody.
Police found the…
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Haiti PM turns to military for help in fighting gangs
https://japantoday.com/category/world/haiti-pm-turns-to-military-for-help-in-fighting-gangs
March 17, 2023, 9:21 PM
Prime Minister Ariel Henry signaled Friday that he wants to mobilize Haiti’s military to help the National Police fight the country’s increasingly powerful gangs.
Henry said during an…
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6 women who went missing in Mexico were killed, burned
https://japantoday.com/category/world/6-women-who-went-missing-in-mexico-were-killed-burned
March 17, 2023, 9:20 PM
Prosecutors in Mexico confirmed Friday that six women who went missing on March 7 were killed and their bodies burned by a gang of armed men.
It was…
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Lance Reddick, 'The Wire' and 'John Wick' star, dies at 60
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/lance-reddick-%27the-wire%27-and-%27john-wick%27-star-dies-at-60
March 17, 2023, 9:13 PM
Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including “The Wire,” "Fringe” and the "John Wick” franchise,…
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Democrats say many foreign gifts to Trump remain unaccounted for
https://japantoday.com/category/world/dems-say-many-foreign-gifts-to-trump-remain-unaccounted-for
March 17, 2023, 9:20 PM
Donald Trump's White House has failed to report more than 100 gifts from foreign nations worth more than a quarter of a million dollars, and federal officials have…
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Biden calls for tougher penalties for execs of failed banks
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-calls-for-tougher-penalties-for-failed-bank-execs
March 17, 2023, 9:19 PM
President Joe Biden on Friday called on Congress to allow regulators to impose tougher penalties on the executives of failed banks, including clawing back compensation and making it…
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International court issues war crimes warrant for Putin
https://japantoday.com/category/world/icc-issues-arrest-warrant-for-putin-over-ukraine-war-crimes
March 17, 2023, 9:18 PM
The International Criminal Court said Friday that it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the…
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Turkey to start ratifying Finland's NATO bid, Erdogan says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/turkey-to-start-ratifying-finland%27s-nato-bid-erdogan-says
March 17, 2023, 9:20 PM
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey's parliament will begin ratifying Finland's NATO bid, but not that of Sweden, removing the biggest remaining hurdle to enlarging the…
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Drivers given assurances about safety at Saudi Arabian GP
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/drivers-given-assurances-about-safety-at-saudi-arabian-gp
March 17, 2023, 9:18 PM
Formula One is back in Saudi Arabia this weekend, one year after a missile strike hit an oil depot near the track during race week.
And while the…
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Pakistani court suspends arrest warrant for ex-PM Imran Khan
https://japantoday.com/category/world/pakistani-court-suspends-arrest-warrant-for-ex-pm-imran-khan
March 17, 2023, 9:21 PM
A top Pakistani court on Friday suspended an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan, giving him a reprieve to travel to Islamabad and face charges in…
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German minister to visit Taiwan in test of China relations
https://japantoday.com/category/world/german-minister-to-visit-taiwan-in-test-of-china-relations
March 17, 2023, 9:20 PM
Germany's education minister will visit Taiwan next week with a view to improving cooperation between Berlin and Taipei on semiconductors, a ministry spokesperson said on Friday, adding that…
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Prince Harry sues tabloid for defamation over security story
https://japantoday.com/category/world/prince-harry-sues-tabloid-for-defamation-over-security-story
March 17, 2023, 9:21 PM
Lawyers for Prince Harry asked a judge Friday to rule that a tabloid newspaper libeled the British royal with an article about his quest for police protection when…
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Kishida outlines plans to tackle falling birthrate
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update2-japan-targets-85-of-male-workers-to-take-paternity-leave-by-fy-2030
March 17, 2023, 9:10 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Friday to implement the necessary measures to allow 85 percent of male workers who have a child to take paternity leave by…
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Madrid gets Chelsea; City to meet Bayern in Champions League
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/madrid-gets-chelsea-city-to-meet-bayern-in-champions-league
March 17, 2023, 9:18 PM
Real Madrid’s path to another Champions League title will have to go through Chelsea in the quarterfinals for the second straight year.
Friday's draw takes Madrid coach Carlo…
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Britain and Japan sign space co-operation deal
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/britain-and-japan-sign-space-co-operation-deal
March 17, 2023, 9:15 PM
Britain and Japan agreed to co-operate in space on Friday, the latest move in a deepening of defence ties between the two countries which are building a new…
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Violent protests in France over Macron’s retirement age push
https://japantoday.com/category/world/anger-spreads-in-france-over-macron%27s-retirement-bill-push
March 17, 2023, 9:19 PM
Angry protesters took to the streets in Paris and other cities for a second day on Friday, trying to pressure lawmakers to bring down French President Emmanuel Macron's…
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Tokyo gov't ordered to pay damages for death of arrested Nepalese man
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/update1-tokyo-gov%27t-ordered-to-pay-damages-for-death-of-arrested-nepalese-man
March 17, 2023, 9:12 PM
A Japanese court on Friday ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government to pay damages of around 1 million yen over the 2017 death of a Nepalese man who was…
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Asian shares up after First Republic aid spurs Wall Street rally
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-shares-up-after-first-republic-aid-spurs-wall-st-rally
March 17, 2023, 6:49 AM
Shares advanced Friday in Asia, tracking a rally on Wall Street after a group of big banks offered a lifeline to First Republic Bank, the lender investors had…
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S Korea seeks scientific analysis before Fukushima water release
https://japantoday.com/category/national/s.-korea-seeks-scientific-analysis-before-fukushima-water-release
March 17, 2023, 9:11 PM
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday called for Japan to conduct a scientific analysis before releasing treated radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima…
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Japan to crack down on crime rings that recruit via social media
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-to-crack-down-on-crime-rings-that-recruit-via-social-media
March 17, 2023, 9:12 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday ordered a crackdown on crime rings that use social media to recruit new members and task them with committing burglaries and…
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Japan reports 7,055 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-reports-7-055-new-coronavirus-cases
March 17, 2023, 11:47 AM
Japan on Friday reported 7,055 new coronavirus cases, down 660 from Thursday. Tokyo reported 631 new cases, down 49 from Thursday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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France's music hotspots, boosted by Brad Pitt
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/france%27s-music-hotspots-boosted-by-brad-pitt
March 17, 2023, 9:13 PM
They are little corners of French paradise that draw British and American rockstars to record their masterpieces -- with a little help from Brad Pitt.
France has long…
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S Korea, Japan business leaders to boost cooperation
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-south-korea-business-leaders-look-for-reset-after-wartime-labour-strain
March 17, 2023, 9:46 AM
South Korea and Japan should collaborate more on advanced technology, climate change and economic security, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Friday, looking ahead after the two…
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Mitsubishi Electric to build ¥100 bil chip factory in Kumamoto
https://japantoday.com/category/business/mitsubishi-electric-to-build-%C2%A5100-bil-chip-factory-in-kumamoto
March 17, 2023, 9:16 PM
Mitsubishi Electric Corp says it will invest 100 billion yen to build a new chip factory in Kumamoto Prefecture in an effort to respond to rising semiconductor demand…
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New Nissan-Renault alliance no longer aiming for greater synergies
https://japantoday.com/category/business/new-nissan-renault-alliance-no-longer-aiming-for-greater-synergies
March 17, 2023, 9:16 PM
The rebalancing of their mutual shareholdings by Nissan Motor Co and Renault SA guarantees increased management flexibility for each automaker but fewer synergies under their partnership -- once…
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60% of city halls in quake-hit areas at risk of flooding not relocating
https://japantoday.com/category/national/60-of-city-halls-in-quake-hit-areas-at-risk-of-flooding-not-relocating-1
March 17, 2023, 9:12 PM
More than 60 percent of municipalities in the northeastern prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi do not plan to relocate their city or town halls despite being designated as…
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Women's World Cup hosts welcome FIFA ruling out Saudi sponsorship
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/women%27s-world-cup-hosts-hail-fifa-ruling-out-saudi-sponsorship
March 17, 2023, 9:18 PM
Co-hosts New Zealand and Australia on Friday welcomed FIFA's announcement that Saudi Arabia's tourism board will not sponsor this year's Women's World Cup.
The two countries had protested…
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Meta maps way to 'kill' online deception campaigns
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/meta-maps-way-to-%27kill%27-online-deception-campaigns
March 17, 2023, 9:17 PM
Meta has released a framework for exposing and combating malicious online campaigns from election lies to terrorist recruitment.
A paper authored by Meta's Ben Nimmo and Eric Hutchins…
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