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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2022

Pitching sensation Roki Sasaki preparing for Australia game

The Marines ace is expected to pitch in Samurai Japan's second game against the Australians at Sapporo Dome next week as the team prepares for the World Baseball Classic.
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JAPAN
Nov 2, 2022

Japan's ruling camp defers proposed law to restrict 'spiritual sales'

There are disagreements on the proposed law due to the ruling camp's reluctance to adopt the opposition's idea of setting a limit on the amount of donations.
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Rugby
Nov 2, 2022

Ireland's Johnny Sexton focused on Rugby World Cup win, not rankings

The 37-year-old captain is focused on success in France next year, even if opponents might try and talk up his team's presence at the top of the table.
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SOCCER / World cup
Nov 2, 2022

Why some Iranians want their own country banned from the World Cup

A group of current and former athletes has called on FIFA to ban Iran from the upcoming World Cup in light of its recent violent crackdown on protesters and other human rights violations.
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WORLD
Nov 2, 2022

How to move on from the debate over the origins of the pandemic

Nearly three years since the beginning of the outbreak, and after endless debate about COVID-19's origins, the answers we're getting aren't pat, definitive or satisfying.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2022

Kishida adviser sees perpetual bond solution for Bank of Japan's ETF stash

The idea would enable the BOJ to reduce its exposure to risk assets by moving them off its balance sheet in a way that doesn't trigger market turmoil.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2022

Sony bumps up profit outlook as weak yen juices sales

A boost in streaming sales from its music publishing business helped fuel the earnings revision, making up for lackluster momentum in its games and image sensor businesses.
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SOCCER / World cup
Nov 2, 2022

Gareth Southgate 'realistic' on what World Cup will change in Qatar

England's FA has backed calls from human rights groups for compensation for families of migrant workers who died during World Cup construction projects.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 2, 2022

Blood test that spots concussions in 15 minutes makes emergency room debut

After more than a decade of research, the Abbott Laboratories test is being used for the first time in a real-world setting to evaluate patients at Tampa General Hospital in Florida.
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TENNIS
Nov 2, 2022

Rafael Nadal no longer fighting for top spot

Nadal has been ranked world No. 1 for 209 weeks of his glittering career and has finished as the year-end No. 1 on five occasions.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 2, 2022

Twitter Blue will verify users for $8 a month, Musk says

Musk, who acquired the social network for $44 billion last week, said these Blue users would also get priority in replies, mentions and Twitter search, and half as many ads.
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WORLD
Nov 2, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine moves toward ‘war of drones’ as winter looms

The war's different theaters — front line, long range and economic — are tightly interwoven. Taken together, they suggest Putin still has an ambitious strategy to control Ukraine.
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WORLD
Nov 2, 2022

Brazil’s Bolsonaro vows to follow constitution and orders transition to Lula

While stopping short of formally conceding defeat, the remarks are being seen as enough of a gesture to lay to rest lingering concerns about the transition of power.
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JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2022

Former Prime Minister Taro Aso to visit South Korea over wartime labor issue

In a rare move for an LDP heavyweight, Aso is arranging talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in a bid to solve the key bilateral issue.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 1, 2022

JAL logs ¥2 billion net loss over second and third quarter, citing pandemic pinch

JAL's earnings report came after rival ANA Holdings posted a net profit for the April-September period for the first time in three years.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 1, 2022

Japan syphilis cases top 10,000 this year for first time since 1999

The record surge in cases is thought to be partly due to increasing social media and dating apps usage facilitating sexual encounters with numerous partners.
Police officers are seen where a vehicle crashed into the the visa office of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco on Monday. The driver was shot dead.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2023

U.S. police shoot and kill driver in Chinese Consulate incident

A witness told local media that the driver shouted "Where’s the CCP,” using the acronym of the Chinese Communist Party, before he was killed.
A Chinese coast guard ship patrols the area near the Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Sept. 28.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 10, 2023

China drives away Philippine Navy gunboat near Scarborough Shoal

The Chinese coast guard said it took "necessary measures" such as forcing the gunboat out and controlling its route after repeated warnings were ignored.
Flames and smoke billow from explosions during Israeli strikes in Gaza on Monday.
WORLD
Oct 10, 2023

Expected ground assault on Gaza set to be long, bleak and deadly

Urban fighting would involve hand-to-hand combat, reduced visibility, increased risk of traps and blurred boundaries between civilians and soldiers.
A bill would have banned the act of letting children play in a park or travel to school on their own, as well as parents going out and leaving their high school-age children behind to take care of younger siblings.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 10, 2023

Saitama to withdraw proposed ban on leaving children unattended

The bill had been criticized by many parents in the prefecture and beyond as being too restrictive and impossible to follow.
Iranians gather in Tehran on Saturday to show support for Palestinians after Hamas' attack on Israel.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2023

Gauging Iran’s culpability in the Israel conflict

Tehran has a lot of layers to sift through as it determines the extent of its support and the possible repercussions.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's administration faces discontent within the ruling coalition, mounting frustration from conservative elements in the LDP and persistently low public approval ratings.
COMMENTARY
Oct 10, 2023

As cracks form, Kishida’s political ship takes on water

The Kishida administration faces discontent within the ruling coalition, frustration from LDP conservatives and and low public approval ratings.
Portugal's historic Rugby World Cup win in Toulouse, France, on Sunday, was a reminder of the challenges Tier 2 nations face in the sport.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Oct 10, 2023

Mind the gap! Rugby's Tier 2 nations want more and better fixtures

Despite providing some moving moments at the Rugby World Cup in France, the sport's minnows are far away from being able to upstage established teams.
Japan had hoped to progress to the knockout phase of the Rugby World Cup on international soil for the first time.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Oct 10, 2023

Japanese rugby faces murky future following World Cup exit

The 2019 Rugby World Cup, and all that it promised, feels like a long time ago after the Brave Blossoms' pool-stage exit in France.
The Bank of Japan is considering raising its inflation outlook for the current business year, which runs to March, to near 3%.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 10, 2023

BOJ considering higher inflation outlook, at near 3%, sources say

An upward revision would reflect price hikes broadening further than expected, rising crude oil prices and the yen's impact on import prices.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen takes the stage during National Day celebrations in Taipei on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 10, 2023

Taiwan seeks 'peaceful coexistence' with China, president says

President Tsai Ing-wen said in her last national day speech Tuesday that the island will be democratic for generations to come.
Soldiers stand near military vehicles as people protest against the military coup in Yangon in 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 10, 2023

Women and children among 29 killed at Myanmar refugee camp

An artillery strike hit a refugee camp near Myanmar's border with China, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians since the return of military rule.
Chinese tourists arrive at Haneda Airport in Tokyo in August as China lifted a ban on group tours that month.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 10, 2023

IMF lifts Japan's 2023 growth forecast to 2% amid tourism boom

The number of foreign visitors — which this summer returned to about 85% of prepandemic levels — is expected to increase further.
Upper House lawmaker Muneo Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 10, 2023

Hokkaido lawmaker leaves Nippon Ishin over visit to Russia

Calls from within the party to punish Suzuki had been growing, especially after he told Russian media he was sure Moscow would win its war with Ukraine.
The Environment Ministry previously planned to carry out the probe on the so-called forever chemicals, which have been detected in well water in many parts of Japan, in fiscal 2024.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 10, 2023

Probe into PFAS contamination to take place earlier than planned

The Environment Ministry previously planned to carry out the investigation on the so-called forever chemicals in fiscal 2024.

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