Putin flaunts alliance with Xi as 'dear friends' meet in Kremlin
https://japantoday.com/category/world/putin-flaunts-alliance-with-xi-as-%27dear-friends%27-meet-in-kremlin2
March 20, 2023, 9:28 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his "dear friend" Xi Jinping for dinner at the Kremlin on Monday, showing off his relationship with his most powerful ally just days…
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Graduation day
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/graduation-day-1
March 20, 2023, 8:52 PM
University graduates enjoy the cherry blossoms after their graduation ceremony, in Tokyo on Monday.
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Israeli minister says 'no such thing' as Palestinian people
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israeli-minister-says-%27no-such-thing%27-as-palestinian-people1
March 20, 2023, 9:29 PM
An Israeli minister with responsibility for administrating the occupied West Bank drew condemnation on Monday after he said there was no Palestinian history or culture and no such…
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Astronomers sound alarm about light pollution from satellites
https://japantoday.com/category/features/environment/astronomers-sound-alarm-about-light-pollution-from-satellites
March 20, 2023, 9:33 PM
Astronomers on Monday warned that the light pollution created by the soaring number of satellites orbiting Earth poses an "unprecedented global threat to nature."
The number of satellites…
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Explosives sent to two Ecuador television stations
https://japantoday.com/category/world/explosives-sent-to-two-ecuador-television-stations-one-journalist-wounded
March 20, 2023, 9:30 PM
Journalists at two news outlets in Ecuador have been sent envelopes containing electronic devices fitted with explosives, the attorney general said on Monday.
The explosion at Ecuavisa television…
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BBC urges staff to ditch TikTok over data fears
https://japantoday.com/category/world/bbc-urges-staff-to-ditch-tiktok-over-data-fears
March 20, 2023, 9:29 PM
The BBC said Monday that it had told staff to delete Chinese-owned video app TikTok unless it was needed for business reasons, with Western institutions increasingly taking a…
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World Athletics set to tighten transgender rules, lift Russia doping ban
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/world-athletics-set-to-tighten-transgender-rules-lift-russia-doping-ban
March 20, 2023, 9:28 PM
World Athletics are likely to tighten rules around the participation of transgender women in female competition in a charged meeting of its decision-making body Thursday that should also…
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2 staff stabbed at Canadian school; student arrested
https://japantoday.com/category/world/3-stabbed-at-canadian-hospital-student-in-custody
March 20, 2023, 9:30 PM
Police officers have arrested a student on suspicion of stabbing two staff members Monday at a high school in Canada’s Atlantic coast city of Halifax, police said.
The…
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Shiffrin tops season-record $1 mil in ski World Cup prize money
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/shiffrin-tops-season-record-1m-in-ski-world-cup-prize-money
March 20, 2023, 9:28 PM
Mikaela Shiffrin earned another piece of World Cup history — the first Alpine skier with $1 million to top the season-ending race prize money list confirmed Monday.
Shiffrin’s…
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Media mogul Murdoch, 92, to get married for fifth time
https://japantoday.com/category/world/media-mogul-murdoch-92-engaged-for-fifth-time
March 20, 2023, 9:30 PM
Conservative media tycoon Rupert Murdoch will tie the knot for the fifth time, at the age of 92 years, he said Monday in an interview with his own…
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Amazon cuts 9,000 more jobs, bringing 2023 total to 27,000
https://japantoday.com/category/business/amazon-to-lay-off-9-000-employees-on-top-of-18-000-in-jan.
March 20, 2023, 9:26 PM
Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.
The job cuts would mark…
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Prosecutors rest in sedition case against Proud Boys leaders
https://japantoday.com/category/world/prosecutors-rest-in-sedition-case-against-proud-boys-leaders
March 20, 2023, 9:29 PM
Federal prosecutors on Monday rested their seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with plotting to stop the transfer of presidential…
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N Ireland unionists say no to Sunak's Brexit deal, for now
https://japantoday.com/category/world/n.-ireland-unionists-say-no-to-sunak%27s-brexit-deal-for-now
March 20, 2023, 9:30 PM
Northern Ireland’s main British unionist party said Monday it will vote against a deal struck by Britain and the European Union to resolve a thorny trade dispute that…
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'Ted Lasso' visits White House, promotes mental health care
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/bidens-to-host-%27ted-lasso%27-cast-to-promote-mental-health1
March 20, 2023, 9:25 PM
Fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso used a White House visit Monday to encourage people, even in politically divided Washington, to make it a point to check in often…
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4 suspects in 'Luffy' robberies indicted for theft over fraud cases
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/4-suspects-in-luffy-robberies-indicted-for-theft-over-fraud-cases
March 20, 2023, 9:25 PM
Four men suspected of coordinating robberies across Japan from the Philippines under the name of "Luffy" and other pseudonyms were indicted by Tokyo prosecutors on Monday for theft…
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Kishida says India 'indispensable' in ensuring free Indo-Pacific
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-pm-says-india-%27indispensable%27-in-ensuring-free-indo-pacific
March 20, 2023, 9:23 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday called India vital to ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific after talks with his counterpart touching on shared concerns about China.…
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Alcaraz reclaims world No. 1 ranking; Nadal out of top 10
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/alcaraz-reclaims-world-no.-1-ranking-nadal-out-of-top-10
March 20, 2023, 9:28 PM
Carlos Alcaraz returned to the top of the ATP rankings on Monday after his Indian Wells triumph, while Rafael Nadal dropped out of the top 10 for the…
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Women's tennis works to safeguard against predatory coaches
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/women%27s-tennis-works-to-safeguard-against-predatory-coaches
March 20, 2023, 9:28 PM
Lindsay Brandon is a lawyer whose past clients include athletes disputing doping suspensions. In her new post as the WTA’s first director of safeguarding, Brandon is leading an…
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1966 quadruple murder case to reopen as prosecutors give up appeal
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/update2-1966-japan-murder-case-to-reopen-as-prosecutors-give-up-appeal
March 20, 2023, 9:24 PM
Tokyo prosecutors said Monday they will not appeal a recent high court order granting a retrial to a former professional boxer previously sentenced to death over a 1966…
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Thai PM dissolves parliament, calls election
https://japantoday.com/category/world/thai-pm-dissolves-parliament-calls-election
March 20, 2023, 9:30 PM
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha dissolved parliament on Monday, setting up a general election in May as the former coup leader seeks to extend army-backed rule.
The vote…
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French govt survives no-confidence votes in pension fight
https://japantoday.com/category/world/french-govt-faces-make-or-break-vote-after-pensions-uproar
March 20, 2023, 9:29 PM
The French government under President Emmanuel Macron on Monday survived two no-confidence motions in parliament, but still faces intense pressure over its handling of a controversial pensions reform.…
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Kishida in India to announce new Indo-Pacific plan
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-pm-kishida-to-announce-new-indo-pacific-plan-in-india
March 20, 2023, 9:56 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the Group of Seven major industrial nations summit in May and was later expected…
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Japan reports 2,770 new coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-reports-xvah-new-coronavirus-cases
March 20, 2023, 11:47 AM
Japan on Monday reported 2,770 new coronavirus cases, down 3,168 from Sunday. Tokyo reported 270 new cases, down 279 from Sunday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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Former Australian soldier to be charged with Afghan's murder
https://japantoday.com/category/world/former-australian-soldier-to-be-charged-with-afghan%27s-murder
March 20, 2023, 9:30 PM
Police on Monday charged the first Australian veteran for an alleged murder in Afghanistan three years after a war crime investigation found that 19 Australian special forces soldiers…
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Asian stocks sink after Credit Suisse takeover
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-stocks-sink-after-credit-suisse-takeover
March 20, 2023, 6:49 AM
Asian stock markets fell Monday after Swiss authorities arranged the takeover of troubled Credit Suisse amid fears of a global banking crisis ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting…
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Trump calls for protests, but supporters dismiss idea
https://japantoday.com/category/world/trump%27s-call-for-protests-get-muted-reaction-from-supporters
March 20, 2023, 9:29 PM
Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests ahead of his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters, with even some of his most…
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Kim oversees simulated nuclear counterattack against U.S., South Korea
https://japantoday.com/category/world/north-korea%27s-kim-oversees-simulated-nuclear-counterattack-against-us-south-korea
March 20, 2023, 6:02 AM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen drills simulating a nuclear counterattack against the U.S. and South Korea in a warning to the allies who are scaling…
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Gov't to spend additional ¥2 trillion to ease inflation pain
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-gov%27t-to-spend-additional-2-tril.-yen-to-ease-inflation-pain
March 20, 2023, 9:23 PM
Japan will spend over 2 trillion yen in reserve funds from the state budget for the current business year to March to give cash handouts to low-income families…
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Japan marks 28 years since Aum cult's Tokyo subway sarin attack
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-marks-28-years-since-aum-cult%27s-tokyo-subway-sarin-attack
March 20, 2023, 7:35 AM
Japan on Monday marked 28 years since the Aum Shinrikyo cult's nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000.
At…
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U.S. routs Cuba to reach World Baseball Classic final
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/us-squad-rips-cuba-to-reach-world-baseball-classic-final
March 20, 2023, 3:25 AM
Trea Turner smashed two home runs and defending champion United States routed political rival Cuba 14-2 on Sunday to reach the World Baseball Classic final.
The Americans advanced…
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