Asian shares fall as oil lingers above $120; yen sinks
https://japantoday.com/category/business/asian-shares-fall-as-oil-lingers-above-120-yen-sinks
June 9, 2022, 6:58 AM
Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Thursday as investors watched for fresh signs of inflation and crude oil prices hovered above $122 a barrel, adding to price…
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Red Sox send Angels to team-record 14th straight defeat
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/red-sox-send-angels-to-team-record-14th-straight-defeat
June 9, 2022, 5:36 AM
The Los Angeles Angels' losing streak reached a franchise-record 14 games Wednesday night when Bobby Dalbec drove in the only run with a double in the sixth inning…
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Dana White says Asia, Australia back on UFC post-pandemic menu
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/dana-white-says-asia-australia-back-on-ufc-post-pandemic-menu
June 9, 2022, 5:33 AM
UFC boss Dana White says his mixed martial arts promotion is "ready to roll" again in Asia as it returns to the region this week after a pandemic-enforced…
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Kishida to detail vision for secure Indo-Pacific at Singapore forum
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/kishida-to-detail-vision-for-secure-indo-pacific-at-singapore-forum
June 9, 2022, 7:48 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to present his country's vision for a more secure Indo-Pacific region through maritime cooperation with 20 or more nations when he…
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Parts of Shanghai impose new COVID lockdown measures
https://japantoday.com/category/world/parts-of-shanghai-impose-new-covid-lockdown-measures1
June 9, 2022, 5:35 AM
Parts of Shanghai began imposing new lockdown restrictions on Thursday, with residents of sprawling Minhang district ordered to stay home for two days in a bid to control…
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Japan's outdoor mask relaxation yet to filter through
https://japantoday.com/category/national/focus-japan%27s-outdoor-mask-relaxation-yet-to-filter-through
June 9, 2022, 7:48 AM
When the coronavirus pandemic began over two years ago, people in Japan quickly donned masks en masse with little complaint. But now the government has relaxed its guidance…
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Thailand decriminalizes marijuana, but smoking discouraged
https://japantoday.com/category/world/thailand-decriminalizes-marijuana-but-not-the-strong-stuff
June 9, 2022, 6:58 AM
Thailand made it legal to cultivate and possess marijuana as of Thursday, like a dream come true for an aging generation of pot smokers who recall the kick…
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Biden unveils new Latin America economic plan at summit dogged by dissent
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-unveils-new-latin-america-economic-plan-at-reboot-summit-dogged-by-dissent
June 9, 2022, 2:23 AM
U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday a proposed new U.S. economic partnership with Latin America aimed at countering China's growing clout as he kicked off a regional…
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Tokyo reports 1,876 coronavirus cases
https://japantoday.com/category/national/Tokyo-reports-1-876-coronavirus-cases
June 9, 2022, 7:48 AM
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday reported 1,935 new coronavirus cases, up 59 from Wednesday and down 459 from last Thursday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe…
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Ballet competition in Moscow
https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/ballet-leap
June 9, 2022, 12:06 AM
Tomoha Terada of Japan performs during the XIV International Ballet Competition at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia.
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Belgium routs Poland 6-1; Netherlands, Ukraine win in Nations League
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/belgium-routs-poland-6-1-netherlands-wins-on-late-goal
June 8, 2022, 10:01 PM
So much for Belgium not caring about the Nations League.
By coming from behind to rout Poland 6-1 on Wednesday, Belgium’s players gave an emphatic riposte to those…
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Biden sidelines Venezuela's pro-democracy leader from Americas summit
https://japantoday.com/category/world/biden-sidelines-venezuela%27s-pro-democracy-leader-from-summit
June 8, 2022, 10:04 PM
A little more than two years ago, Juan Guaidó was showered with bipartisan applause when President Donald Trump during his state of the union speech praised the Venezuelan…
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Reports: Twitter to provide Musk with raw daily tweet data
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/reports-twitter-to-provide-musk-with-raw-daily-tweet-data
June 8, 2022, 10:00 PM
Twitter plans to offer Elon Musk access to its “firehose” of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets in an effort to push forward the Tesla…
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Dispute between artisan gold miners in Peru leaves 14 people dead
https://japantoday.com/category/world/dispute-between-artisan-gold-miners-in-peru-leaves-14-people-dead
June 8, 2022, 10:06 PM
Fourteen people died in an armed dispute between small-scale miners in a remote gold-mining town in southern Peru, authorities said Wednesday.
The violence was the latest incidence of…
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Canada unveils carbon emissions offset market
https://japantoday.com/category/world/canada-unveils-carbon-emissions-offset-market
June 8, 2022, 10:06 PM
Canada unveiled Wednesday a national carbon emissions market to help it meet its climate goals by allowing cities, farmers and others to sell credits for CO2 reductions to…
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Russia cracks down on critics of military actions in Ukraine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-cracks-down-on-critics-of-military-actions-in-ukraine
June 8, 2022, 10:04 PM
Russian authorities kept up their crackdown against citizens who speak out about the fighting in Ukraine, extending a critic’s detention on Wednesday, confirming charges against two others and…
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Iran expands nuclear work, switching off cameras amid IAEA censure
https://japantoday.com/category/world/iran-expanding-nuclear-work-switching-off-cameras-amid-iaea-censure
June 8, 2022, 10:05 PM
Iran has begun further expanding its underground uranium enrichment and said on Wednesday it would switch off two of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's cameras, as the watchdog's 35-nation…
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Man charged with plotting murder of U.S. Supreme Court justice
https://japantoday.com/category/world/man-charged-with-plotting-murder-of-us-supreme-court-justice
June 9, 2022, 2:25 AM
A California man upset about mass shootings and the looming Supreme Court rulings on abortion and gun rights was charged Wednesday with attempting to murder conservative Justice Brett…
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Loyal PGA players say LIV Golf is 'a shame', 'a bummer' and 'stinks'
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/loyal-pga-players-say-liv-golf-is-%27a-shame%27-%27a-bummer%27-and-%27stinks%27
June 8, 2022, 10:02 PM
Multiple major winners Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas declared the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series "a shame" and "a bummer" on Wednesday for fracturing the sport at its…
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Foo Fighters to play Taylor Hawkins tribute shows
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/foo-fighters-to-play-taylor-hawkins-tribute-shows
June 8, 2022, 9:56 PM
Foo Fighters announced Wednesday they will play a pair of tribute concerts in honor of the band's late drummer Taylor Hawkins this fall.
The first show in London…
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Brazil police questioning suspect in Amazon disappearances
https://japantoday.com/category/world/brazil-police-questioning-suspect-in-amazon-disappearances
June 8, 2022, 10:06 PM
Brazilian police said Wednesday that they are questioning a suspect in the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous affairs official who went missing in a remote…
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Biles, Raisman, other U.S. gymnasts file $1 bil claim against FBI
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/biles-raisman-other-us-gymnasts-file-1-bn-claim-against-fbi
June 8, 2022, 10:02 PM
Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and other star U.S. gymnasts filed a $1 billion claim against the FBI on Wednesday for alleged mishandling of the investigation into sexual abuse…
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Harvey Weinstein to be charged in UK over assault claims
https://japantoday.com/category/world/harvey-weinstein-to-be-charged-in-uk-over-assault-claims
June 8, 2022, 10:07 PM
British prosecutors said Wednesday they have authorized police to charge former film mogul Harvey Weinstein with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996.…
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Queensland hold on for 16-10 win in Origin series at Sydney
https://japantoday.com/category/sports/queensland-hold-on-for-16-10-win-in-origin-series-at-sydney
June 8, 2022, 10:03 PM
Valentine Holmes scored a try, kicked two goals and combined with fellow veteran Cameron Munster to help guide Queensland to a 16-10 win over New South Wales in…
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22 killed in Pakistan after passenger van plunges into ravine
https://japantoday.com/category/world/22-killed-in-pakistan-as-passenger-van-plunges-into-ravine
June 8, 2022, 10:07 PM
At least 22 people were killed, including nine members of one family when a passenger van fell into deep ravine in southwest Pakistan, officials said on Wednesday.
The…
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Moderna says updated COVID shot boosts Omicron protection
https://japantoday.com/category/features/health/moderna-says-updated-covid-shot-boosts-omicron-protection
June 9, 2022, 6:11 AM
Moderna's experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the Omicron variant appears to work, the company announced Wednesday.
COVID-19 vaccine makers are studying updated…
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India tightens security after militants threaten attacks over anti-Muslim remarks
https://japantoday.com/category/world/india-tightens-security-after-militants-threaten-attacks-over-anti-muslim-remarks
June 8, 2022, 10:05 PM
India tightened public security on Wednesday after the circulation of a letter warning of Islamist militant attacks to avenge derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad by an official…
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Boxing champ Inoue's home burgled during fight
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/boxing-champ-inoue%27s-home-burgled-during-fight-reports
June 9, 2022, 7:49 AM
Japanese boxing champion Naoya Inoue reacted with horror on Wednesday after reports said his home had been burgled while he was busy taking down Nonito Donaire at a…
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Japanese man jailed for attacking Thai dissident
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japanese-man-jailed-for-attacking-thai-dissident
June 9, 2022, 7:49 AM
A Japanese man was jailed for 20 months on Wednesday for attacking a Thai academic in Japan where he lives in self-exile following his vocal criticism of the…
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Irish leader sees no UK will to end Brexit trade standoff
https://japantoday.com/category/world/irish-leader-sees-no-uk-will-to-end-brexit-trade-standoff
June 8, 2022, 10:04 PM
The British government appears to have no political will to resolve its festering trade dispute with the European Union and risks endangering the hard-won peace in Northern Ireland,…
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