'Bear with me,' Trump says as both farmers and consumers brace for tariff effects
[Japan Today] - 03/6/2025
Farmers and meat producers across the U.S. can expect the new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China and the retaliatory action from those countries to hurt their bottom…
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Pope marks start of Lent in hospital
Pope Francis celebrated the start of the Lent religious season from his hospital suite on Wednesday, the (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Panama president says Trump 'lying' about reclaiming canal
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Wednesday accused his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump of "lying" (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Drum support
Members of the Ryukyukoku festival drum band perform outside the Okinawa Cellular baseball stadium, where the (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Judge denies Musk's request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion but welcomes trial
A federal judge has denied Elon Musk's request for a court order blocking OpenAI from converting itself to a (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
China to hike defense spending by 7.2% this year
China's defense spending will rise by 7.2 percent in 2025, the same as last year, Beijing said on Wednesday, as its (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Ishiba says Japan will decide its defense budget, not other nations
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday that other nations do not decide its defense budget after (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
FIFA to pay $1 billion prize money for Club World Cup
FIFA on Wednesday announced it will pay total prize money of $1 billion to participants in the Club World Cup taking (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
U.S. tax agency weighs firing half of its 90,000 employees
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is considering letting go up to half of its approximately 90,000 employees, (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Japan retailer Trial to acquire supermarket Seiyu for ¥380 bil
Japanese discount supermarket chain operator Trial Holdings Inc said Wednesday it will acquire rival Seiyu Co for (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
108-year-old Japanese woman recognized as world's oldest female barber
A 108-year-old woman from eastern Japan was officially recognized Wednesday by the Guinness World Records as the (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Rain offers relief as Japan battles worst wildfire in 50 years
Wet weather looked poised to offer relief Wednesday as Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century in a (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025