N Korea fires multiple cruise missiles, in 3rd such launch this month, S Korea says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/north-korea-fires-cruise-missiles-into-sea-south-korea-says
January 30, 2024, 2:36 AM
North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles into waters off its western coast Tuesday in its third launch of such weapons this month, South Korea’s military said, as the North continues…
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Back to the Edo Period
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/back-to-the-edo-period
January 29, 2024, 9:09 PM
Artists dressed as samurai warriors stand at the entrance of Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai, an Edo Period-themed hot spring complex, during a media preview event at Toyosu market in…
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Michigan man charged with threatening to hang Biden, Harris and bomb Washington D.C.
https://japantoday.com/category/world/michigan-man-charged-with-threatening-to-hang-biden-harris-and-bomb-washington-d.c.
January 29, 2024, 9:33 PM
Federal prosecutors have charged a Michigan man with threatening President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Russell Douglas Warren, 48, of Prudenville was charged Sunday in the…
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Messi, Suarez on target but Miami beaten in Saudi friendly
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/messi-suarez-on-target-but-miami-beaten-in-saudi-friendly
January 29, 2024, 9:45 PM
Luis Suarez bagged his maiden goal for Inter Miami and Lionel Messi scored a penalty but it was not enough to stop the Major League Soccer side falling…
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Sotheby's sales drop in 2023 after record year
https://japantoday.com/category/business/sotheby%27s-sales-drop-in-2023-after-record-year
January 29, 2024, 9:38 PM
Storied auction house Sotheby's reported on Monday that sales had dipped last year to $7.9 billion, down $100 million from the record-breaking 2022 which was lifted by pent-up…
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Iranian man and 2 Canadians charged in a murder-for-hire plot in U.S.
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iranian-man-and-2-canadians-are-charged-in-a-murder-for-hire-plot-on-us-soil
January 29, 2024, 9:32 PM
An Iranian man who federal prosecutors say operates a criminal network that targets dissidents and activists abroad has been charged alongside a pair of Canadians with plotting to…
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Chiefs finally show in AFC title game what they can do when they play error-free ball
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/chiefs-finally-show-in-afc-title-game-what-they-can-do-when-they-play-error-free-ball
January 29, 2024, 9:44 PM
The Kansas City Chiefs kept making dumbfounding mistakes all season — dropped passes, penalties, miscommunication — and each time, Patrick Mahomes would confidently insist that they were oh-so-close…
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Venezuelan opposition candidate blocked by court calls it 'judicial criminality,' won't abandon race
https://japantoday.com/category/world/venezuelan-opposition-candidate-blocked-by-court-calls-it-%27judicial-criminality-%27-won%27t-abandon-race
January 29, 2024, 9:32 PM
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Monday called the court ruling blocking her presidential candidacy last week “judicial criminality” and vowed to stay in the race, declaring…
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Biden has said he'd shut U.S.-Mexico border if given the ability. What does that mean?
https://japantoday.com/category/world/president-biden-has-said-he%27d-shut-the-u.s.-mexico-border-if-given-the-ability.-what-does-that-mean
January 29, 2024, 9:31 PM
President Joe Biden has made some strong claims over the past few days about shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border as he tries to salvage a border deal in…
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Trial opens in Serbia for parents of teenager who fatally shot 10 people at school last year
https://japantoday.com/category/world/trial-opens-in-serbia-for-parents-of-a-teenager-who-fatally-shot-10-people-at-a-school-last-year
January 29, 2024, 9:32 PM
A trial started Monday in Serbia for the parents of a teenager who is accused of killing 10 people and injuring six in a mass shooting at his…
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Israel military operation destroys Gaza cemetery
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israel-military-operation-destroys-a-gaza-cemetery.-israel-says-hamas-used-the-site-to-hide-a-tunnel
January 29, 2024, 9:30 PM
The Islamic cemetery in southern Gaza was demolished, graves excised from the earth. A skull with no teeth rested atop the sandy, churned rubble.
The neighborhood of Bani…
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Paul McCartney and Wings' release bare bones 'Band on the Run' on 50th anniversary
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/music-review-paul-mccartney-and-wings%27-release-bare-bones-%27band-on-the-run%27-on-50th-anniversary
January 29, 2024, 9:43 PM
Sometimes less is more.
At least that's the thought behind Paul McCartney and Wings' “Band on the Run (Underdubbed)."
Fifty years after its debut, the beloved album gets…
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'Blackmail' charges fly in EU-Hungary standoff on Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/%27blackmail%27-charges-fly-in-eu-hungary-standoff-on-ukraine
January 29, 2024, 9:30 PM
Tempers flaring and accusations of blackmail: sparks flew again Monday between Hungary and its EU partners, three days before a summit meeting aimed at freeing up billions in…
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Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza has disappeared from prison, colleagues say
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russian-opposition-figure-kara-murza-has-disappeared-from-prison-colleagues-say
January 29, 2024, 9:31 PM
Supporters of prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., who is serving a 25-year sentence for treason, said Monday that he has disappeared from the Siberian prison where…
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Documentary on 'We Are the World' goes deep inside recording session of starry 1985 charity single
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/documentary-on-%27we-are-the-world%27-goes-deep-inside-recording-session-of-starry-1985-charity-single
January 29, 2024, 9:43 PM
Thirty-nine years ago, the biggest music stars in the world crammed into a recording studio in Los Angeles for an all-night session that they hoped might alter music…
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Enemy drone that killed U.S. troops in Jordan was mistaken for U.S. drone, preliminary report suggests
https://japantoday.com/category/world/preliminary-probe-suggests-drone-that-killed-troops-in-jordan-was-confused-with-a-returning-us-drone
January 29, 2024, 9:30 PM
An enemy drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the U.S. installation,…
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Undetermined number of hacked-up bodies found in vehicles on Mexico's Gulf coast
https://japantoday.com/category/world/undetermined-number-of-hacked-up-bodies-found-in-vehicles-on-mexico%27s-gulf-coast
January 29, 2024, 9:32 PM
An undetermined number of hacked-up bodies have been found in two vehicles abandoned on a bridge in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Veracruz, prosecutors said Monday.
The bodies…
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King Charles and Kate back home after surgeries
https://japantoday.com/category/world/king-charles-and-kate-back-home-after-surgeries
January 29, 2024, 9:33 PM
King Charles III and Catherine, Princess of Wales, rested at their homes Monday after both left hospital following separate surgeries, in a double health scare for Britain's royal…
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German president calls for alliance against extremism as protests against far right draw thousands
https://japantoday.com/category/world/german-president-calls-for-alliance-against-extremism-as-protests-against-far-right-draw-thousands
January 29, 2024, 9:32 PM
Germany's president called Monday for a broad “alliance against extremism” in the wake of a report about far-right discussions of deporting millions of immigrants that prompted protests by…
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Jordan overcomes 10-man Iraq to reach Asian Cup quarterfinals
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/jordan-advances-to-the-asian-cup-quarterfinals-after-late-goals-seal-3-2-comeback-win-against-iraq
January 29, 2024, 9:44 PM
Aymen Hussein was sent off moments after putting Iraq within sight of the Asian Cup quarterfinals and Jordan fought back to win 3-2 on Monday.
The striker was…
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Figure skater Valieva disqualified in Olympic doping case
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/teenager-valieva-disqualified-in-olympic-doping-case.-russians-set-to-lose-team-gold-to-us
January 29, 2024, 9:44 PM
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after the teenager's doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games, clearing…
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Amazon's bid to buy Roomba maker iRobot is called off amid pushback in Europe
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/amazon-calls-off-bid-to-buy-robot-vacuum-cleaner-irobot-amid-scrutiny-in-the-us-and-europe
January 29, 2024, 9:40 PM
Amazon called off its purchase of robot vacuum maker iRobot on Monday, blaming “undue and disproportionate regulatory hurdles" after the European Union signaled its objection to the deal.…
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Police investigate son of former Brazilian President Bolsonaro for alleged spying on opponents
https://japantoday.com/category/world/in-brazil-a-son-of-bolsonaro-is-targeted-by-investigation-over-alleged-political-spying
January 29, 2024, 9:31 PM
Brazil's federal police on Monday searched the homes and office of Carlos Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro and a Rio de Janeiro city councilman, an…
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Toyota chief apologizes for cheating on testing at group company – again
https://japantoday.com/category/business/toyota-chief-apologizes-for-cheating-on-testing-at-group-company-_-again
January 29, 2024, 9:38 PM
Toyota chief Koji Sato apologized Monday to customers, suppliers and dealers for flawed testing at a group company, following a series of similar problems in recent years.
The…
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Document spells out allegations against 12 U.N. employees Israel says participated in Hamas attack
https://japantoday.com/category/world/document-spells-out-allegations-against-12-un-employees-israel-says-participated-in-hamas-attack
January 29, 2024, 9:30 PM
An Israeli document obtained Monday spelled out allegations against a dozen U.N. employees the country says took part in Hamas' Oct. 7 assault — claiming seven stormed into…
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France's protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a 'siege' over grievances
https://japantoday.com/category/world/protesting-farmers-tighten-squeeze-on-france%27s-government-with-%27siege%27-of-olympic-host-city-paris
January 29, 2024, 9:31 PM
Protesting farmers encircled Paris with traffic-snarling barricades Monday, using hundreds of lumbering tractors and mounds of hay bales to block highways leading to France's capital to pressure the…
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UK says it will ban disposable vapes and curb candy-flavored e-cigarettes aimed at kids
https://japantoday.com/category/world/the-uk-says-it-will-ban-disposable-vapes-and-curb-candy-flavored-e-cigarettes-aimed-at-kids
January 29, 2024, 9:31 PM
Britain's government will ban the sale of disposable vapes and limit their cornucopia of flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine, officials said Monday. It also…
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3 foreign-born residents sue over racial profiling by Japanese police
https://japantoday.com/category/national/lawsuit-filed-over-%27everyday%27-racial-profiling-by-japan-police
January 29, 2024, 9:36 PM
Racial profiling by police is an "everyday occurrence" in Japan, one of three foreign-born residents who sued the government over the issue on Monday said.
In the first…
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Crowd gathers on New Zealand beach after stranded whale dies
https://japantoday.com/category/world/crowd-gathers-on-new-zealand-beach-after-stranded-whale-dies
January 29, 2024, 6:46 AM
Scores of people gathered on a New Zealand beach on Monday as a young whale that died in a rare stranding was pulled to shore.
The seven-meter fin…
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Rift intensifies between Philippines president and Duterte family
https://japantoday.com/category/world/rift-intensifies-between-philippines-president-and-duterte-family
January 29, 2024, 6:15 AM
Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte's son urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to resign on Sunday, calling him lazy and uncompassionate in a deepening rift between the two politically…
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