Tiger Woods withdraws from Riviera with flu symptoms
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/tiger-woods-withdraws-after-playing-only-6-holes-at-riviera
February 17, 2024, 12:52 AM
Tiger Woods returned to the PGA Tour and lasted only 24 holes, withdrawing Friday from the Genesis Invitational with flu-like symptoms and dehydration after hitting his tee shot…
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Toyota takes high hopes into Daytona 500 but weather may affect 'The Great American Race'
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/toyota-takes-high-hopes-into-daytona-500-but-weather-may-affect-%27the-great-american-race%27
February 17, 2024, 4:05 AM
Denny Hamlin leaned into the window of Christopher Bell's winning Toyota to congratulate his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate on beating him in a Daytona 500 qualifying race.
Hamlin…
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Jordan PM visits Japan
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/jordan-pm-visits-japan
February 16, 2024, 8:38 PM
Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh, right, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, attends a welcoming ceremony prior to their bilateral meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo…
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Olympic cycling champion Hoy reveals he has cancer
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/olympic-cycling-champion-hoy-reveals-he-has-cancer
February 16, 2024, 9:00 PM
Six-time Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy revealed Friday he has been diagnosed with cancer but insisted he was "optimistic and positive" over the future.
The 47-year-old former track…
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Two teenagers charged in Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting
https://japantoday.com/category/world/two-teenagers-charged-in-kansas-city-chiefs-parade-shooting
February 16, 2024, 9:02 PM
Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade which left one person dead and 22 wounded, officials said…
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Zelenskyy signs security pact with France
https://japantoday.com/category/world/after-berlin-zelenskiy-signs-french-security-pact-amid-navalny-shock
February 16, 2024, 9:01 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a new long-term security pact with France on Friday, after securing a similar deal and aid from Germany, in a tour jolted by…
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Top diplomats from U.S., China hold 'constructive' talks on issues dividing them
https://japantoday.com/category/world/top-diplomats-from-us-china-hold-%27constructive%27-talks-on-issues-dividing-them
February 16, 2024, 9:01 PM
Top diplomats from the U.S. and China on Friday held a “candid and constructive” discussion on issues vexing their strained relations over Taiwan, the situation in the South…
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MLB cracking down on obstruction in an effort to encourage more aggressive baserunning
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/mlb-cracking-down-on-obstruction-in-an-effort-to-encourage-more-aggressive-baserunning
February 16, 2024, 8:59 PM
Ronald Acuña Jr. and Corbin Carroll just got a little more dangerous. Same for Bobby Witt Jr., Elly De La Cruz and the rest of baseball's fastest players.…
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Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/tech-companies-sign-accord-to-combat-ai-generated-election-trickery
February 16, 2024, 9:03 PM
Major technology companies signed a pact Friday to voluntarily adopt “reasonable precautions” to prevent artificial intelligence tools from being used to disrupt democratic elections around the world.
Executives…
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Swiatek gets walkover into Qatar Open final clash with Rybakina
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/swiatek-gets-walkover-into-qatar-open-final-clash-with-rybakina
February 16, 2024, 9:00 PM
Defending champion and world number one Iga Swiatek was on Friday handed a walkover into the Qatar Open final where Elena Rybakina will stand in her way of…
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Netherlands, China each claim two swimming gold medals at world championships
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/steenbergen-wins-100-free-gold-for-the-netherlands-at-world-championships
February 16, 2024, 9:00 PM
Marrit Steenbergen and Tes Schouten made it a golden night for the Netherlands at the World Aquatics Championships. China was celebrating as well, adding two more victories to…
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WTO chief insists trade body remains relevant as tariff-wielding Trump makes a run at White House
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/wto-chief-insists-trade-body-remains-relevant-as-tariff-wielding-trump-makes-a-run-at-white-house
February 16, 2024, 9:05 PM
The head of the World Trade Organization insisted Friday that it remains relevant and its leaders focus on reform “no matter who comes into power" as Donald Trump…
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Brian Wilson needs to be put in conservatorship after death of wife, court petition says
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/brian-wilson-needs-to-be-put-in-conservatorship-after-death-of-wife-court-petition-says
February 16, 2024, 9:09 PM
The management team of Brian Wilson has petitioned to place him in a conservatorship because of his mental decline and the recent death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter…
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Taylor Swift gives $100,000 to family of woman killed in Chiefs parade shooting
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/taylor-swift-gives-100-000-to-the-family-of-the-woman-killed-in-the-chiefs-parade-shooting
February 16, 2024, 9:09 PM
Taylor Swift has donated $100,000 to the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the woman killed in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade.
Two $50,000…
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Sudan's army investigating video purportedly showing troops carrying severed heads
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sudan%27s-army-is-investigating-a-video-purportedly-showing-troops-carrying-severed-heads
February 16, 2024, 9:02 PM
Sudan’s armed forces have ordered an investigation into a video that purportedly shows some of its troops carrying the severed heads of members of the rival paramilitary faction…
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Harris repudiates Trump world view and says U.S. won't back down on Ukraine's defense
https://japantoday.com/category/world/harris-repudiates-trump-worldview-and-says-the-us-won%27t-back-down-on-defending-ukraine
February 17, 2024, 2:36 AM
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday warned of the dangers of growing authoritarianism and isolationism in a not-so-veiled repudiation of Donald Trump’s worldview and threats to renege…
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Western officials and Kremlin critics blame Putin and his government for Navalny's death in prison
https://japantoday.com/category/world/western-officials-and-kremlin-critics-blame-putin-and-his-government-for-navalny%27s-death-in-prison
February 17, 2024, 2:36 AM
World leaders and Russian opposition activists wasted no time Friday in blaming the reported death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on President Vladimir Putin and his government.…
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Unusually warm weather in northern Japan puts damper on winter events
https://japantoday.com/category/national/unusually-warm-weather-in-northern-japan-puts-damper-on-winter-events
February 17, 2024, 2:10 AM
Unseasonably warm weather in northern parts of Japan have caused iconic winter sights to melt away this week, causing ice deposits on trees to no longer appear so…
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Japan to boost child allowances to tackle falling birthrate
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-oks-plan-to-boost-child-allowances-to-tackle-falling-birthrate
February 16, 2024, 9:05 PM
The Cabinet on Friday approved a bill to expand the coverage of monthly child allowances to high school-age children as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida aims to stem the…
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Israel's defense chief says military 'thoroughly planning' offensive in crowded Gaza border town
https://japantoday.com/category/world/4-patients-die-as-oxygen-runs-out-in-gaza-hospital-seized-by-israeli-forces-health-officials-say
February 17, 2024, 2:36 AM
Israel’s defense minister on Friday said Israel is “thoroughly planning” a military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, signaling determination to move ahead despite growing international…
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Asian shares track Wall Street rally as Japan's Nikkei nears record high
https://japantoday.com/category/business/stock-market-today-asian-shares-track-wall-street-rally-as-japan%27s-nikkei-nears-a-record-high
February 16, 2024, 7:33 AM
Shares advanced in Asia on Friday, with Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index trading near a record high, 35 years after it peaked and then plunged with the collapse…
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'You need to calm down': Swift-mania hits Australia
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/%27you-need-to-calm-down%27-swift-mania-hits-australia
February 16, 2024, 6:58 AM
Thousands of die-hard Taylor Swift fans flocked to a Melbourne stadium Friday, snapping up bagfuls of merchandise hours before the first Australian date of her money-raking, two-year-long "Eras"…
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Judge orders Trump and his companies to pay $355 million in New York civil fraud case
https://japantoday.com/category/world/verdict-in-donald-trump%E2%80%99s-civil-fraud-trial-expected-friday-capping-busy-week-of-court-action
February 17, 2024, 2:36 AM
A New York judge ordered Donald Trump and his companies on Friday to pay $355 million in penalties, finding they engaged in a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others…
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Rakuten Mobile to provide satellite-to-mobile service in Japan starting in 2026
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/rakuten-mobile-to-provide-satellite-to-mobile-service-in-japan-starting-in-2026
February 16, 2024, 9:03 PM
Rakuten Mobile Inc on Friday announced its plan to provide satellite-to-mobile service in Japan from 2026, with AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular…
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Three men arrested after accidentally livestreaming own crime for 90 minutes
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/three-men-arrested-after-accidentally-livestreaming-own-crime-for-90-minutes
February 17, 2024, 2:45 AM
We live in an age flooded with viral content and so many people vying for a bit of internet fame that they try to concoct increasingly absurd videos…
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Parents sent to prosecutors over fatal poisoning of 4-year-old girl
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/parents-may-have-neglected-4-yr-old-girl-before-her-fatal-poisoning
February 16, 2024, 7:35 AM
A couple was referred to prosecutors on Friday for allegedly killing their 4-year-old daughter by giving her a toxic substance and an antipsychotic drug at their Tokyo home…
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99 journalists killed in 2023, 77 in Gaza war: report
https://japantoday.com/category/world/99-journalists-killed-in-2023-77-in-gaza-war-report
February 16, 2024, 6:52 AM
Seventy-seven of the 99 journalists killed in 2023 were killed in the Israel-Hamas war, making the last 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade,…
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Man gets 30 years in prison for arson-murder of 2 nephews
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-gets-30-years-in-prison-for-arson-murder-of-2-nephews
February 16, 2024, 11:39 PM
The Himeji branch of the Kobe District Court has sentenced a 53-year-old man to 30 years in prison for killing his two nephews, aged seven and 12, who…
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Woman, boyfriend arrested after her 5-year-old daughter dies from hypothermia
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-boyfriend-arrested-after-her-5-year-old-daughter-dies-from-hypothermia
February 16, 2024, 7:34 AM
Police in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Thursday arrested a 21-year-old unemployed woman and her 31-year-old unemployed boyfriend on suspicion of fatally abusing the woman's five-year-old daughter, causing her…
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Woods struggles to find consistency in PGA Tour return at Riviera
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/woods-struggles-to-find-consistency-in-pga-tour-return-at-riviera
February 16, 2024, 12:29 AM
Tiger Woods saw a lot of good, a lot of indifferent and one outright shocker of a shank on the way to a one-over par 72 on Thursday…
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