52-year-old man arrested after body of emaciated mother found at home
[Japan Today] - 01/5/2025
Police in Fukuoka City have arrested a 52-year-old man for failing to take his 78-year-old mother to a hospital or receive any sort of medical care despite her…
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Lawmakers brace for Trump's promised Jan 6 pardons, with some urging restraint
The fourth anniversary of the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol has a new focus as lawmakers brace for the prospect that (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Snow, ice snarls post-holiday travel in Europe
Snow and ice forced the grounding of dozens of flights in Europe on Sunday, disrupting the end of the busy New Year (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Erdogan expects support from Syria in Turkey's battle with PKK
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Syria's new leadership is determined to root out separatists (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Musk turns on UK's Farage and says he should quit as Reform party leader
Elon Musk said Nigel Farage should quit as leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party in an abrupt withdrawal of (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Italy's Meloni boosts ties with Trump in surprise visit to Florida
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday she was ready to work with Donald Trump after making a surprise (…)
[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
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
Venezuela gov't to arrest opposition leader who claims he defeated Maduro
Venezuela's government Sunday doubled down on its intention to arrest the opposition leader who claims he defeated (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
Henry, Young power New Zealand to nine-wicket ODI win over Sri Lanka
Matt Henry claimed four wickets and Will Young scored an unbeaten 90 Sunday as New Zealand coasted to a nine-wicket (…)
[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
Gauff sweeps past Swiatek in United Cup final
An inspired and in-form Coco Gauff beat Iga Swiatek in straight sets Sunday to fire a warning shot ahead of the (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/01/2025
