Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office
[Japan Today] - 02/22/2025
The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal…
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17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of stabbing grandmother
Police in Muroran, Hokkaido, have arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of stabbing his grandmother, who is in her (…)
[Japan Today] - 21/02/2025
18-year-old arrested for killing woman to undergo 3-month psychiatric examination
An 18-year-old high school student who was was arrested on Feb 1 on suspicion of stabbing to death a 55-year-old (…)
[Japan Today] - 21/02/2025
Miura, Kihara hold on to short program lead to capture second Four Continents title
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan won the pairs event at the Four Continents figure skating competition on (…)
[Japan Today] - 21/02/2025
Australia says China failed to explain inadequate navy live-fire notice
Australia accused China on Saturday of failing to give satisfactory reasons for what it called inadequate notice of (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
Gold skaters
Gold medalists Riku Miura, left, and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan carry their national flag during the victory ceremony (…)
[Japan Today] - 21/02/2025
U.S. envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump's censure of Ukrainian leader
President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia said on Friday that he had held “extensive and positive (…)
[Japan Today] - 21/02/2025
Ex-PM Abe's widow Akie praises Trump in Taiwan speech
Akie Abe, widow of slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Friday praised U.S. President Donald Trump, (…)
[Japan Today] - 21/02/2025
Gov't OKs bill allowing hunters to shoot bears in populated areas
Japan's cabinet approved a bill Friday allowing hunters to shoot bears in populated areas at their own discretion (…)
[Japan Today] - 21/02/2025
Just 17% of Japanese citizens hold passport, data shows
Only around one in six Japanese citizens hold valid passports, fresh data has shown, with the number of residents (…)
[Japan Today] - 21/02/2025
Finland, Sweden investigate suspected sabotage of Baltic Sea telecoms cable
Swedish and Finnish police are investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the (…)
[Japan Today] - 21/02/2025
AP sues White House officials over denial of access over Gulf of Mexico name
The Associated Press filed a lawsuit against three White House officials on Friday after the news agency was barred (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
