Missing surfer in Australia believed dead in shark attack
[Japan Today] - 01/3/2025
A surfer missing in Australia is believed to have died in a shark attack, authorities said Friday, as they searched the waters where the man disappeared. The 28-year-old…
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NTT Docomo reports system glitch after cyberattack
NTT Docomo Inc said Thursday it suffered a cyberattack that caused a website failure and some service disruptions (…)
[Japan Today] - 2/01/2025
Outlook for Japan's politics set to hinge on small opposition party
The outlook for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government is likely to hinge on a small opposition party that in an (…)
[Japan Today] - 3/01/2025
Soldier shot himself in head before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel, officials say
The highly decorated U.S. Army soldier inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect (…)
[Japan Today] - 2/01/2025
FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone, was '100%' inspired by Islamic State group
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[Japan Today] - 2/01/2025
Sales surge in 2024 for Chinese EV giant BYD
Leading Chinese electric car maker BYD's vehicle sales surged in 2024, the company said in a statement, as the firm (…)
[Japan Today] - 2/01/2025
Starbucks Japan to switch to green plant-based straws
Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd will replace paper straws with plant-derived biomass alternatives at its outlets from (…)
[Japan Today] - 2/01/2025
Wayne Osmond, singer and guitarist for The Osmonds, dies at 73
Wayne Osmond, a singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-selling family act The Osmonds, who were known (…)
[Japan Today] - 3/01/2025
Japan marks 1 year since fatal collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport
Japan on Thursday marked one year since a fatal collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport between a Japan Airlines (…)
[Japan Today] - 2/01/2025
Lion dance
A lion dance is performed during a New Year sale at a Kintetsu department store at the Abeno Harukas commercial (…)
[Japan Today] - 2/01/2025
78-year-old man arrested for pouring boiling water on son
Police in Kushiro, Hokkaido, have arrested a 78-year-old man for pouring boiling water on his 49-year-old son on New (…)
[Japan Today] - 2/01/2025
Bodies of two men, one woman found in Kobe home in apparent murder-suicide
The bodies of two men and one woman were found in a house in Kobe on Thursday in what police believe was a (…)
[Japan Today] - 3/01/2025