Dive final
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/dive-final
February 9, 2024, 8:56 PM
Haruka Enomoto competes during the women's 3-meter springboard diving final at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Friday.
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Pakistan ex-PMs and bitter rivals Sharif and Khan both claim poll win
https://japantoday.com/category/world/pakistan-ex-pms-and-bitter-rivals-sharif-and-khan-both-claim-poll-win
February 9, 2024, 8:58 PM
Former Pakistani prime ministers and bitter rivals Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan on Friday both declared victory in elections marred by delayed results and militant attacks, throwing the…
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Russia must pay for environmental damage in Ukraine, international group says
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-must-pay-for-environmental-damage-in-ukraine-international-group-says1
February 9, 2024, 8:58 PM
Ukraine should seek reparations from Russia for environmental costs such as contamination by land mines, a group of international figures including climate activist Greta Thunberg and European politicians…
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Meta reviewing use of word 'Zionist' amid Israel-Hamas war
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/meta-reviewing-use-of-word-%27zionist%27-amid-israel-gaza-war
February 9, 2024, 9:09 PM
Meta on Friday confirmed it is assessing when the word "Zionist" should be deemed hate speech as online anti-Semitism escalates amid the Israel-Hamas war.
The tech titan behind…
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#MeToo 'made a big difference', says Sigourney Weaver
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/metoo-%27made-a-big-difference%27-says-sigourney-weaver
February 9, 2024, 9:06 PM
The #MeToo movement "made a big difference" since women now feel more empowered to say no to unwanted sexual advanced, US actor Sigourney Weaver said on Friday in…
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Harris slams 'politically motivated' report as Biden to name task force to protect classified docs
https://japantoday.com/category/world/harris-calls-special-counsel%27s-comments-on-biden%27s-memory-%27gratuitous%27-and-%27politically-motivated%27
February 10, 2024, 2:54 AM
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday slammed the report by a Justice Department special counsel into Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents that raised questions about the…
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ISU defends its decision to give Russians bronze medal from Beijing Olympics after doping case
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/isu-defends-its-decision-to-give-russians-bronze-medal-from-beijing-olympics-after-doping-case
February 9, 2024, 9:11 PM
The governing body that oversees figure skating defended its decision to award the bronze medal from the 2022 Beijing Olympics to the Russian squad Friday, despite the disqualification…
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Chemical attack suspect likely vanished in the Thames, UK police say
https://japantoday.com/category/world/chemical-attack-suspect-likely-vanished-in-the-thames-uk-police-say
February 9, 2024, 8:59 PM
The suspect in a London chemical attack that left a woman hospitalized with life-changing injuries and injured her two young daughters likely has vanished in the River Thames,…
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Chang Yani tops teammate Chen Yiwen for China's 8th diving gold medal at worlds
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/chang-yani-knocks-off-teammate-chen-yiwen-for-china%27s-8th-diving-gold-medal-at-worlds
February 9, 2024, 9:11 PM
Chang Yani topped teammate Chen Yiwen on the 3-meter springboard Friday, giving the powerhouse Chinese team its eighth diving gold medal of the World Aquatics Championships.
Chen was…
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Former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt and his wife die 'hand in hand' by euthanasia at age 93
https://japantoday.com/category/world/former-dutch-prime-minister-dries-van-agt-dies-%27hand-in-hand%27-with-wife-following-euthanasia-at-93
February 9, 2024, 8:59 PM
Dries van Agt, the Christian Democrat prime minister of the Netherlands from 1977 until 1982, has died by euthanasia, “hand in hand” together with his wife, according to…
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Thousands of doctors in England to strike again as health likely to become a key UK election issue
https://japantoday.com/category/world/thousands-of-doctors-in-england-to-strike-again-as-health-likely-to-become-a-key-uk-election-issue
February 9, 2024, 8:58 PM
Thousands of doctors in the early years of their careers in England are to go on strike later this month for another five-day stretch as their long-standing pay…
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Prince Harry settles tabloid phone hacking claim and says his mission to tame the media continues
https://japantoday.com/category/world/prince-harry-settles-a-case-against-a-uk-tabloid-publisher-that-hacked-his-phone
February 9, 2024, 8:58 PM
Prince Harry said Friday that his “mission” to rein in the British media continues, after he accepted costs and damages from a tabloid publisher that invaded his privacy…
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Ukraine's new army chief signals tougher approach but huge problems stand in the way
https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine%27s-new-army-chief-says-his-immediate-goals-are-better-troop-rotation-and-high-tech-weapons
February 10, 2024, 2:54 AM
Ukraine's new military chief signaled Friday that he plans to take a tougher approach, saying his immediate goals are to improve the troop rotation at the front lines…
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Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland protest over European Union policies and competition
https://japantoday.com/category/world/spanish-farmers-stage-a-4th-day-of-tractor-protests-over-eu-policies-and-competition
February 9, 2024, 8:58 PM
Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland demonstrated Friday as part of ongoing protests against European Union farming policies and to demand measures to combat production cost hikes, reduced…
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Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at 88
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/acclaimed-japanese-conductor-seiji-ozawa-dies-at-age-88
February 9, 2024, 9:03 PM
Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died,…
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Japan OKs new foreign trainee program to attract more workers
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan%27s-government-oks-new-foreign-trainee-program-to-attract-more-workers-as-its-population-shrinks
February 9, 2024, 9:03 PM
The Japanese government adopted plans on Friday to scrap its current foreign trainee program, which has been criticized as a cover for importing cheap labor, and replace it…
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COVID patients again rising in Japan; experts warn of 10th wave
https://japantoday.com/category/national/covid-patients-again-rising-in-japan-experts-warn-of-10th-wave
February 9, 2024, 9:04 PM
The average number of coronavirus patients among designated hospitals across Japan has been rising for 11 consecutive weeks, health ministry data showed Friday, with experts warning the country…
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Israel seeks to evacuate Palestinians jammed into southern Gaza city ahead of expected invasion
https://japantoday.com/category/world/israeli-bombs-target-gaza%27s-crowded-rafah-as-the-us-warns-israel-against-sending-troops-there
February 10, 2024, 2:55 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion…
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Iranian man wielding axe and knife killed by police after seizing hostages on Swiss train
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iranian-man-wielding-an-axe-and-knife-is-killed-by-police-after-seizing-hostages-on-swiss-train
February 9, 2024, 8:59 PM
Swiss police say a 32-year-old Iranian asylum-seeker was killed by police after he used an axe and a knife to seize more than a dozen hostages for several…
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Anger over Messi's absence in Hong Kong game spreads: Argentina friendly in mainland China canceled
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/as-anger-over-messi%27s-absence-in-hong-kong-game-spreads-to-mainland-china-organizer-offers-refunds
February 9, 2024, 9:10 PM
An Argentina soccer friendly in China next month was canceled on Friday in more fallout from Lionel Messi failing to play in a club exhibition match in Hong…
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Japan's total debt swells to record ¥1,286.45 tril in 2023
https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan%27s-total-debt-swells-to-record-1-286.45-tril.-yen-in-2023
February 9, 2024, 9:08 PM
Japan's debt reached a record 1,286.45 trillion yen ($8.6 trillion) at the end of 2023, government data showed Friday, reflecting its heavy reliance on borrowing to meet spending…
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Japan making 'concrete' efforts toward summit with N Korea: Kishida
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-making-concrete-efforts-toward-summit-with-n.-korea-kishida
February 9, 2024, 9:07 PM
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that Japan has been making "various, concrete" efforts to realize a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as Tokyo is…
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Dane Coles, Bernard Foley, Liam Williams share concerns over rugby, referees and TMOs
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/dane-coles-bernard-foley-liam-williams-share-concerns-over-rugby-referees-and-tmos
February 9, 2024, 9:10 PM
Leading international players have expressed similar reservations about the way in which rugby is being played, citing the increasing involvement of television officials and the especially contentious area…
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IMF urges BOJ to wind down monetary easing, gradually raise rates
https://japantoday.com/category/business/update1-imf-urges-boj-to-wind-down-monetary-easing-gradually-raise-rates
February 9, 2024, 9:07 PM
The International Monetary Fund on Friday urged the Bank of Japan to end its yield cap program and other unprecedented monetary easing steps while gradually raising interest rates…
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World's biggest flying lab comes to Asia on air pollution mission
https://japantoday.com/category/features/environment/world%27s-biggest-flying-lab-comes-to-asia-on-air-pollution-mission
February 9, 2024, 9:02 PM
NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in an ambitious mission to improve the models that help to…
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teamLab Borderless opens
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February 9, 2024, 5:51 AM
Mori Building Co President Shingo Tsuji, right, and teamLab director Toshiyuki Inoko take part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the "teamLab Borderless" permanent exhibition at Azabudai Hills…
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N Korean leader Kim vows to 'put an end' to South if attacked
https://japantoday.com/category/world/n.-korea%27s-kim-vows-to-%27put-an-end%27-to-south-if-force-used
February 9, 2024, 5:05 AM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed Pyongyang would not hesitate to "put an end" to South Korea if attacked, state media said Friday, as relations between…
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OpenAI chief looking to raise trillions to reshape semiconductor sector: WSJ
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/openai-chief-looking-to-raise-trillions-to-reshape-semiconductor-sector-wsj
February 9, 2024, 9:08 PM
OpenAI chief Sam Altman is seeking to raise trillions of dollars to reshape the global semiconductor industry, and has held talks with potential investors including the UAE government,…
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Child rescued nearly 60 hours after being buried by Philippine landslide
https://japantoday.com/category/world/%27miracle%27-rescue-nearly-60-hours-after-philippine-landslide
February 9, 2024, 6:05 AM
The rescue of a child on Friday nearly 60 hours after a landslide hit a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines has been hailed as a "miracle" after…
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Chiefs, 49ers clash as Las Vegas eyes Super Bowl classic
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/chiefs-49ers-clash-as-las-vegas-eyes-super-bowl-classic
February 9, 2024, 4:05 AM
The biggest party in American sport is about to get even bigger on Sunday when Las Vegas hosts the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in what…
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