Judge denies Musk's request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion but welcomes trial
[Japan Today] - 03/5/2025
A federal judge has denied Elon Musk's request for a court order blocking OpenAI from converting itself to a for-profit company but said she could expedite a trial…
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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
Court rejects suit requesting halt of western Japan nuclear reactor
A Japanese court on Wednesday rejected a request to halt the operation of a nuclear reactor run by Shikoku Electric (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Starmer praises sacrifice of British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq in oblique rebuke to Vance
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday praised the hundreds of British troops who died fighting in Afghanistan (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Trump says no one has heard of Lesotho, but Musk trying to do business in there
U.S. President Donald Trump says no one has ever heard of Lesotho. The foreign minister of the small African kingdom (…)
[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
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
Romania expels two military officials attached to Russian embassy for breaching diplomatic rules
Romania said on Wednesday it had expelled two military diplomats from the Russian embassy in Bucharest as tensions (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
New Zealand fires top diplomat in London after he questions Trump's grasp of history
New Zealand will sack its top diplomat in London after he made a "deeply disappointing" remark questioning (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
Vissel Kobe, Shanghai take control in Champions League last 16
Vissel Kobe took control of their Asian Champions League last 16 clash with Gwangju on Wednesday but Japanese (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Philippine defense chief warns allies will fight if China restricts flights over South China Sea
The Philippines and its security allies would take measures to counter any attempt by China to impose an air defense (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Supreme Court reinstates order for Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid
A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated a lower-court order for the Trump administration to release (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
