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Moving the Goalposts | The Greenlander aiming to turn Japan’s women’s team back into winners
Nils Nielsen, the former Manchester City director of football, believes he can help country’s huge talent flourish as their first foreign manager. Flashback to July 2011 and the jubilant ...The Guardian - Jan. 22 -
Bank of Japan is expected to hike rates this week, CNBC survey shows
Out of 19 economists, 18 agreed on prospects of a rate hike, with most pointing to a recent change in tone of the BOJ leadership as driving their expectations.CNBC - Jan. 21 -
After a couple struck a deer in Alabama, a fire chief who stopped to help was fatally shot
A man accused of killing a Georgia fire chief who’d stopped to help a driver who struck a deer has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting, a police official said Tuesday.NBC News - Jan. 21 -
Ichiro Suzuki is set to become Japan’s first Hall of Famer. Here’s who might join him in Cooperstown
Ichiro Suzuki could become the first Japanese player in baseball’s Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected when results of the writers’ voting are ...Yahoo Sports - Jan. 21 -
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Japan aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish by taping photos of human faces to its tank
Staff had noticed that the sunfish was showing signs of distress after the aquarium was closed for refurbishment. Do fish get lonely? Apparently so, according to staff at an aquarium in Japan , ...The Guardian - Jan. 21 -
Ichiro about to get Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than a baseball star
Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in JapanABC News - Jan. 20 -
Last orders? Soaring costs and declining demand take toll on Japan’s legendary izakaya
Ramen restaurants also struggling as Japan’s culinary landscape faces economic challenges and changing customer behaviour. In the bowels of a commercial building in Tokyo’s Shinbashi neighbourhood ...The Guardian - Jan. 18 -
Japan YouTuber novelist woos global audience with visual, accessible horror
He wears a black bodysuit and a white mask, speaks in an electronically altered squeaky voice and makes creepiness his signature mode of artABC News - Jan. 16 -
Meet Japan’s Original Decluttering Guru (No, Not That One)
Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces.The New York Times - Jan. 16 -
Gaza 'humanitarian zone' struck almost 100 times since May, BBC Verify finds
The area in Gaza which Israel's military has told people to go to "for their safety" has been hit by 97 strikes since May, BBC Verify analysis has revealed.BBC News - Jan. 15 -
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Tsunami alert lifted after magnitude 6.6 earthquake rattles southwestern Japan
A strong earthquake has rattled southwestern Japan, but there were no reports of serious damageABC News - Jan. 14 -
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Strong earthquake hits Japan, triggering tsunami alerts
A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami advisory.CBS News - Jan. 13 -
The Rams Had an Improbable Season. Then Disaster Struck Their City.
In the playoffs, Los Angeles is playing for “everybody affected by the fires.”The New York Times - Jan. 13 -
China and the U.K. have the opposite problem. They just struck a deal.
The weekend agreement reached in China, during what was called the 2025 U.K.-China Economic and Financial Dialogue, won’t immediately change the fiscal troubles that both countries have.MarketWatch - Jan. 13 -
6.8 earthquake hits southwestern Japan, USGS says there's no threat of tsunami
The USGS says there is no threat of a tsunami after southwestern Japan was rocked by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake Monday. Even so, Japan's meteorological agency is warning people not to go into the ...CBS News - Jan. 13 -
Magnitude-6.6 earthquake shakes Japan and prompts tsunami warnings
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 has rattled the island of Kyushu in southwestern Japan, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said Monday.NBC News - Jan. 13 -
Despite Nippon Steel Negotiation, U.S., Japan Retain Strong Relationship
Though the president blocked Japanese purchase of Nippon Steel, it remains a U.S. ally.Inc. - Jan. 12 -
Rahm Emanuel steps down as Japan ambassador ahead of Trump inauguration
President Biden’s ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, will leave his position in Tokyo on Monday and return to the U.S., a traditional changing of the guard ahead of the swearing-in of a new ...The Hill - Jan. 12 -
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Supreme Court to weigh reinstating Obamacare care requirements struck down by lower court
The Supreme Court agreed to consider reinstating some preventative care coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act that were struck down by a lower court.NBC News - Jan. 11 -
Indonesia and Japan promise deeper defense and economic ties as regional tensions spike
Japan and Indonesia have pledged to deepen economic and defense ties during a visit by the Japanese prime minister amid heightened global geopolitical tensionsABC News - Jan. 11 -
Japan imposes new sanctions on Russia
Japan on Friday approved additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, including freezing the assets of dozens of individuals and groups and banning exports to dozens of ...ABC News - Jan. 10 -
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Biden’s Title IX expansion protecting LGBTQ+ students struck down
Judge in Kentucky finds rules overstepped president’s authority and scraps entire 1,500-page regulation. The Biden administration ’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have ...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
Abortion restrictions struck down by New Mexico Supreme Court
The New Mexico Supreme Court has struck down abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the state attorney generalABC News - Jan. 9 -
From Japan to St. Lucia, here's where airfare is falling in 2025
International airfare from the U.S. is trending lower this year while domestic fares are up.CNBC - Jan. 9 -
Japan mafia leader pleads guilty in U.S. to nuclear material trafficking
Takeshi Ebisawa allegedly conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons.CBS News - Jan. 9 -
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Ukraine claims it struck a key military fuel depot deep inside Russia
The Ukrainian military says it struck a fuel storage depot deep inside RussiaABC News - Jan. 8 -
Japan links hacker MirrorFace to dozens of cyberattacks targeting security, tech data
Japan has linked more than 200 cyberattacks over the past five years targeting the country’s national security and high technology data to a Chinese hacking group, MirrorFaceABC News - Jan. 8 -
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Seattle police officer who struck and killed a graduate student from India is fired
Seattle’s interim police chief on Monday fired the officer who fatally struck a 23-year-old graduate student from India with his patrol vehicle in January 2023 while responding to a call.NBC News - Jan. 7
