Relatives mark 10th anniversary of fatal reckless driving case in Kameoka
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/relatives-mark-10th-anniversary-of-fatal-reckless-driving-case-in-kameoka
April 23, 2022, 7:50 AM
Relatives of two children and a pregnant woman who were killed on April 23, 2012, when a car hit a group of elementary school children and adults in…
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Rio's dazzling Carnival parade resumes after pandemic hiatus
https://japantoday.com/category/world/rio%27s-dazzling-carnival-parade-resumes-after-pandemic-hiatus
April 23, 2022, 4:06 AM
Rio de Janeiro’s top samba schools began putting on their delayed Carnival parades late Friday, the first after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic.
The schools colorful…
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Tokyo reports 5,387 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 43,967
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-5-387-new-coronavirus-cases
April 23, 2022, 10:18 AM
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Saturday reported 5,387 new coronavirus cases, down nine from Friday and down 1,410 from last Saturday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with…
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Feds: Starbucks engaged in unfair labor practices in Phoenix
https://japantoday.com/category/business/feds-starbucks-engaged-in-unfair-labor-practices-in-phoenix
April 23, 2022, 2:26 AM
Federal labor officials have asked a judge to force Starbucks Corp to reinstate three union activists at its Phoenix location, alleging that the coffee giant engaged in unfair…
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Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki looks to extend perfect streak
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/japanese-pitcher-roki-sasaki-looks-to-extend-perfect-streak
April 23, 2022, 3:45 AM
Roki Sasaki, the 20-year-old Japanese pitcher with a 100 mph fastball and devastating splitter, will try for perfection again when he starts Sunday for the Chiba Lotte Marines…
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Voting groups sue over Florida congressional map
https://japantoday.com/category/world/voting-groups-sue-over-florida-congressional-map
April 23, 2022, 6:12 AM
Voting rights groups sued Florida on Friday over a congressional map drawn by Gov. Ron DeSantis and passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature, saying it will diminish the state's…
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IndyCar, Indianapolis 500 announce plans to go green
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/indycar-indianapolis-500-announce-plans-to-go-green
April 22, 2022, 9:42 PM
The IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway are going green.
Penske Entertainment, the parent company of the series, announced Friday it will start implementing more eco-friendly plans starting…
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Japan, Russia strike deal on salmon, trout fishing despite sanctions
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-russia-strike-deal-on-salmon-trout-fishing-despite-sanctions
April 23, 2022, 6:27 AM
Japan and Russia have clinched a deal on Tokyo's fishing quota for salmon and trout spawned in Russian rivers, Japan's Fisheries Agency said Saturday, reaching an agreement on…
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Canada's oldest company gifts landmark store to Indigenous groups
https://japantoday.com/category/world/canada%27s-oldest-company-gifts-landmark-store-to-indigenous
April 22, 2022, 9:47 PM
Hudson's Bay Co, which traces its roots to Canada's early fur trade, on Friday gifted one of its grand former department stores to Indigenous groups as part of…
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Sri Lanka to receive World Bank help to face economic crisis
https://japantoday.com/category/world/sri-lanka-to-receive-world-bank-help-to-face-economic-crisis
April 22, 2022, 9:47 PM
Sri Lanka will receive $300 million to $600 million from the World Bank over the next four months to buy medicine and other essential items, the country’s finance…
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Tsitsipas beats Dimitrov, will face Alcaraz in Barcelona
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/tsitsipas-beats-dimitrov-will-face-alcaraz-in-barcelona
April 22, 2022, 9:42 PM
Top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the Barcelona Open quarterfinals, which will be played just hours later on Friday.
Tsitsipas converted six of…
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World's biggest particle collider restarts after long break
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/world%27s-biggest-particle-collider-restarts-after-long-break
April 22, 2022, 9:40 PM
The world's biggest particle accelerator restarted on Friday after a break of more than three years for upgrading and maintenance work.
The 27-kilometer (17-mile) Large Hadron Collider, located…
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Japan's bid to address weak yen sidelined by G20 rift over Russia
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/focus-japan%27s-bid-to-address-weak-yen-sidelined-by-g-20-rift-over-russia
April 23, 2022, 7:48 AM
The meeting of Group of 20 finance chiefs this week in Washington, rather than showing unity, revealed a bitter divide among the world's major economies over Russia's invasion…
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Le Pen hopes Macron 'hatred' can tip French election
https://japantoday.com/category/world/le-pen-hopes-macron-%27hatred%27-can-tip-french-election
April 22, 2022, 9:45 PM
Over the last five years, French President Emmanuel Macron has inspired a rare form of hostility even in a country that is famous for loving to hate its…
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NATO, Russia eye each other as both up forces in Mediterranean
https://japantoday.com/category/world/nato-russia-eye-each-other-as-both-up-forces-in-the-med
April 22, 2022, 9:45 PM
On the Greek island of Crete, a NATO surveillance plane readies to take off and see what Russia is up to in the Mediterranean, where Moscow and the…
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Japan says disputed islands illegally occupied by Russia
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-says-disputed-islands-illegally-occupied-by-russia
April 23, 2022, 10:31 AM
Japan describes four islands whose ownership it disputes with Moscow as “illegally occupied by Russia” in the latest version of a diplomatic report released Friday, using stronger language…
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Thailand ends mandatory quarantine for vaccinated visitors
https://japantoday.com/category/world/thailand-ends-mandatory-quarantine-for-vaccinated-visitors
April 22, 2022, 9:48 PM
Visitors to Thailand who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will no longer need to undergo any test or quarantine on arrival starting May 1, a measure the…
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German Chancellor Scholz to visit Japan next week
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/germany%27s-scholz-to-visit-japan-next-week-for-talks-with-kishida
April 22, 2022, 9:43 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Japan from next Thursday to hold talks with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the Japanese government said Friday, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine…
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33 killed in Afghan mosque bombing
https://japantoday.com/category/world/afghan-is-group-claims-series-of-bombings-targeting-shiites
April 22, 2022, 9:44 PM
A Taliban official says a bombing at a mosque and religious school in northern Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 33 people, including students of a religious school.…
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Ghosn says he is ready to defend himself
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-says-he-is-ready-to-defend-himself
April 23, 2022, 7:49 AM
Former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said Friday he is ready to defend himself after French prosecutors issued an international arrest warrant for him.
The prosecutor's office in the…
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Tokyo to remove last trash cans from stations next month
https://japantoday.com/category/national/tokyo-to-remove-last-trash-cans-from-stations-next-month
April 22, 2022, 7:49 AM
Many people have been surprised by the paradox of Tokyo having very little litter but also very few trash cans. Finding a receptacle in the city is about…
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Shanghai promises to improve food supplies, trade
https://japantoday.com/category/world/shanghai-promises-to-improve-food-supplies-trade
April 22, 2022, 9:46 PM
Officials in Shanghai promised Friday to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers that are hampering food supplies and trade as they try to revive the local economy while…
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U.S. delegation visits Solomons to discuss China pact concerns
https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-officials-land-in-solomons-to-discuss-china-pact-concerns
April 22, 2022, 9:47 PM
A senior U.S. delegation arrived Friday in the Solomon Islands to express its concern that China could send military forces to the South Pacific nation and destabilize the…
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Russian swimmer Rylov banned for appearing at Putin rally
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/russian-swimmer-rylov-banned-for-appearing-at-putin-rally
April 22, 2022, 9:41 PM
Russian Olympic gold medalist swimmer Evgeny Rylov has been banned from the sport for nine months for appearing at a rally in support of President Vladimir Putin and…
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French prosecutors issue international arrest warrant for Ghosn
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/french-prosecutors-issue-international-arrest-warrant-for-ghosn
April 22, 2022, 9:35 PM
French authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the disgraced auto tycoon who jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon in a sensational getaway,…
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Asian shares decline after Fed chief's comments on inflation
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-shares-decline-after-fed-chief%27s-comments-on-inflation
April 22, 2022, 7:12 AM
Asian shares mostly fell Friday, tracking losses on Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated increases in interest rates must be faster to fight inflation.
Major…
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Group of over 100 lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/group-of-over-100-japan-lawmakers-visit-war-linked-yasukuni-shrine
April 22, 2022, 7:51 AM
A cross-party group of more than 100 Japanese lawmakers on Friday visited Yasukuni shrine, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo regarded as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by…
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Australia primed for 'unparalleled' decade of major sporting events
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/australia-primed-for-%27unparalleled%27-decade-of-major-sporting-events
April 22, 2022, 7:00 AM
Australia will over the next decade host a bumper schedule of major international sporting events as part of a long-term plan to boost tourism, health and the economy…
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Britain to offer next-generation defense weapons to India
https://japantoday.com/category/world/britain-to-offer-next-generation-defense-weapons-to-india
April 22, 2022, 6:57 AM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to help move India away from its dependence on Russia by expanding economic and defense ties when he meets with his…
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McCarthy, Trump have 'positive' call despite Jan 6 audio
https://japantoday.com/category/world/audio-mccarthy-said-he-would-urge-trump-to-resign
April 23, 2022, 3:06 AM
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy had a “positive” call with Donald Trump and appeared to be suffering little political blowback Friday from the release of audio in which…
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