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Official account of Japan's most widely read English-language news source. Est. 1897. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/

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Eight Palestinians were killed on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on a training college near Gaza City being used to distribute aid, Palestinian witnesses said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/24/world/israeli-airstrike-gaza-aid-center/

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Russia has turned increasingly to blackmail and financial incentives to hire Germans to spy for it after the blow dealt to its intelligence services by Europe's expulsion of some 600 Russian diplomats, Germany's domestic security service said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/18/world/politics/germany-russia-spies/

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Near the end of three years as the United States’ chief representative in Taiwan, Sandra Oudkirk has some parting advice: Avoid panic about China’s combative language and moves, but don’t grow numb to the risks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/17/asia-pacific/politics/china-pressure-taiwan-us-envoy/

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The U.S. Naval Forces rescued the crew from the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier M/V Tutor that was attacked by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/16/world/houthis-red-sea-ship-attack/

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A white-tailed eagle in Hokkaido that was infected with bird flu has been successfully treated with a human antiviral drug and released back into the wild, marking a world-first recovery. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/japan/science-health/japan-bird-flu-treatment/

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Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing nearly $17 million from the baseball star to pay off illegal gambling debts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/06/05/baseball/mlb/ippei-mizuhara-pleads-guilty/

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A Mitsubishi Electric machine has cracked the notoriously challenging Rubik's Cube puzzle in less than a third of a second. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/japan/mitsubishi-electric-guinness-records/

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Police have arrested five people over an incident in which a man was found dead last December in a suitcase in Tama River. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/japan/crime-legal/five-arrests-tama-river/

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Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/09/japan/japan-whale-hunt/

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Kim Ki Nam, a key figure in crafting the propaganda that shaped the cult of personality around North Korea's ruling family dynasty since the nation's founding during the Cold War, has passed away at the age of 94. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/08/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-propaganda-boss-dies/

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The West’s strategic overreach vis-a-vis Russia is not only alienating much of the rest of the world, but also providing a windfall for its real rival, China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/07/world/west-hastening-its-decline/

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U.S. President Joe Biden says nations like Japan, China and India are stalling because they're too "xenophobic" to welcome immigrants who could help their labor force. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/02/japan/politics/biden-china-japan-india-xenophobia/

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Gaza's civil defense said dozens of bodies had been found buried at a hospital complex previously raided by Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/22/world/gaza-hospital-bodies-israel/

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Long before the killings of seven workers in Gaza, World Central Kitchen pioneered a new way to deliver emergency relief, using local labor and recipes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/03/world/society/jose-andres-leaders-disaster-aid/

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The quake, with an estimated magnitude of 6.0, jolted Iwate and Aomori Prefectures in the early hours of the morning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/02/japan/strong-quake-in-tohoku/

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suffered a shock defeat at the ballot box against the main opposition party, amid rampant inflation and the highest borrowing costs since he swept to power more than two decades ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/01/world/politics/erdogan-defeat-turkey-elections/

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The death of six Latino workers on the a Baltimore bridge that collapsed highlights immigrants' crucial role in keeping America running, say advocates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/31/economy/baltimore-bridge-collapse-immigrants/

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For fundamentalist Christians in America, what matters is not the factual truth of Donald Trump’s sinful, un-Christian character, but rather the belief that divine forces are acting through him. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/03/28/world/fundamentalist-christians-trump/

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Amazon plans to spend almost $150 billion in the coming 15 years on data centers to equip itself with the firepower to handle an expected surge in demand for artificial intelligence applications and other digital services. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/29/tech/amazondata-centers-ai-boom/

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Russia has no designs on NATO countries and won't attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, while adding that if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine they will be shot down by Russian forces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/28/world/politics/putin-nato-f16-ukraine/

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Chinese President Xi Jinping criticized "technological barriers” during Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s visit to Beijing, as the U.S. pushes to tighten control on Dutch chipmaking-equipment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/28/world/politics/xi-technological-barriers-dutch-premier/

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Japan is set to sharply increase the number of foreign nationals it accepts under its skilled worker visa, with plans to receive up to 800,000 people in the next five years, a source familiar with the matter has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/05/japan/politics/japan-foreign-worker-expansion/

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At least 576,000 people in the Gaza Strip — one quarter of the population — are one step away from famine, a senior U.N. aid official said, warning that widespread famine could be "almost inevitable" without action. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/28/world/society/one-quarter-gaza-famine-un/ #worldnews #society #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #un #food #hunger

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An epidemic of syphilis is a serious concern in Japan, with the number of reported cases in 2023 hitting a record high for the third consecutive year on a preliminary basis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/26/japan/science-health/syphilis-cases-surging-in-japan/

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To state the obvious, there was no Jewish equivalent of Hamas in the late 1930s that triggered a response from Hitler’s Germany through the deliberate slaughter, rape and abduction of ordinary Germans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/02/23/world/gaza-war-nightmare/

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Digital watchdog Citizen Lab has uncovered more than 100 websites in over 30 countries posing as local news outlets that spread pro-China content, as part of an influence campaign linked to a Beijing PR firm. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/08/asia-pacific/politics/china-news-influence-campaign/

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Forest fires ripping through central Chile’s coastal hills since Friday have killed at least 46 people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes, with many more feared dead, according to the national government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/04/world/chile-wildfires-threaten-homes/?utm_content=buffer8fbfe&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan has big plans for biomass as it races to decarbonize the power sector. But experts and activists say it isn't a clean source of energy and comes at the cost of primary forests in places like Canada and Vietnam. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/01/14/resources/biomass-canada-japan-imports/?utm_content=bufferf4c91&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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