‘Mufasa’ and ‘Sonic 3’ top North American box office on first weekend of 2025
[Japan Today] - 01/5/2025
The Walt Disney Co’s “Mufasa” claimed the No. 1 spot on the North American box office charts over the first weekend of 2025. The photorealistic “Lion King” prequel…
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Dakar Rally defending champ Sainz flips in the dunes and is an hour behind
Defending champion Carlos Sainz was nearly an hour off the pace in the Dakar Rally after his car flipped in the (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Increased defense spending pledge taxes Japan's strained coffers
Uncertainty about tax revenues is causing concern about how Japan will pay for an expansion in its defense budget (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Australia win riveting fifth test against India to take series 3-1
Australia clinched a knife-edge fifth test against India in Sydney by six wickets to seal a riveting series 3-1 (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
85-year-old woman found dead at home; 63-year-old son dies in hospital
An 85-year-old woman was found dead and her 63-year-old son found unconscious at their home in Seto City, Aichi (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Tuna fetches ¥207 mil at year's 1st auction in Tokyo
The top bidder at a Tokyo fish market said they paid 207 million yen for a tuna on Sunday, the second highest price (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life for peace, dies at 93
Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace and (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Congo executes 102 'urban bandits' with 70 more set to be killed, officials say
Some 102 men were executed by the Congolese government in the past week, and 70 more are set to be executed, the (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Blinken wades into political crisis with stop in South Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
China seeks to bolster ports and aviation hubs in western regions
China said on Sunday it would launch 15 measures to bolster the development of its western provinces with the (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Soccer-loving nun from Brazil tops list of world's oldest living person at nearly 117
A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world's oldest living person at nearly 117 following (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Calligraphy contest
Participants show their writings during a New Year calligraphy contest at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Sunday.
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
