U.S. prepares state honors for late president Jimmy Carter
[Japan Today] - 12/30/2024
Flags flew at half-staff across the United States on Monday as global tributes poured in for the life and legacy of Jimmy Carter -- the longest-lived U.S. president…
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Value-seekers drove 2024's retail trends and dead ends
Value was in vogue in 2024. Shoppers and restaurant patrons in the U.S. were choosy about where and how to spend (…)
[Japan Today] - 30/12/2024
Scores of Ukrainian and Russian POWs head back home after swap
Ukraine and Russia carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war on Monday, with the two sides bringing home a (…)
[Japan Today] - 30/12/2024
Five years on, WHO urges China to share COVID origins data
The World Health Organization on Monday implored China to share data and access to help understand how COVID-19 (…)
[Japan Today] - 30/12/2024
Year-end shopping
The Ameyoko shopping road in Tokyo's Ueno district is crowded with shoppers buying food and other items ahead of the (…)
[Japan Today] - 30/12/2024
Israel, at U.N., warns Houthis risk sharing same fate as Hamas, Hezbollah
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations issued on Monday what he called a final warning to Yemen's Iran-backed (…)
[Japan Today] - 30/12/2024
Trinidad and Tobago enact a state of emergency in the face of gang violence
A spike in deadly gang violence prompted the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago to implement a country-wide (…)
[Japan Today] - 30/12/2024
Australia win test thriller to take series lead over India
Australia ripped out seven Indian wickets in the final session of a dramatic fourth test in Melbourne on Monday to (…)
[Japan Today] - 30/12/2024
BayStars find elusive winning formula for ticket sales
Last year's Japan championship was not the DeNA BayStars' only dramatic turnaround, as the franchise, taken over by (…)
[Japan Today] - 30/12/2024
Osaka makes winning start to season in Auckland
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka made a winning straight-sets start to her season Monday as she strives to (…)
[Japan Today] - 30/12/2024
Tokyo stocks to test further gains in 2025 amid global risks
Tokyo stocks are likely to test new highs in 2025 backed by hopes for an economic recovery with wage growth, but (…)
[Japan Today] - 30/12/2024
Webinar: How to buy a home in Japan as a foreigner
Global interest in Japanese residential real estate is perhaps at an all-time high. Japan offers property buyers a (…)
[Japan Today] - 30/12/2024
