Toys expected to cost more by fall due to new U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports
[Japan Today] - 03/6/2025
As toy inventors, toy manufacturers and buyers for stores that sell toys met for a four-day annual trade show in New York last weekend, a topic besides which…
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Federal judge reinstates labor board member fired by President Donald Trump
A federal judge agreed Thursday to reinstate a board member whom President Donald Trump removed from an independent (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
Man in 1986 murder case set to be acquitted as hearing ends
A man who served a seven-year sentence for the 1986 murder of a 15-year-old girl in central Japan is almost certain (…)
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
Global sea ice cover hits record low in February as world continues hot streak
Global sea ice cover reached a historic low in February, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, with temperatures (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
Neil Young, The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo among headliners as Glastonbury reveals 2025 lineup
Glastonbury Festival is clearly aiming to go out with a bang this summer before taking one of its regular fallow (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
Acquittal of Fukushima nuclear plant operator ex-bosses finalized
Japan's top court said Thursday it had finalized the acquittal of two former executives from the operator of the (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
Women's rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, U.N. says
Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
Japan disappointed as 2031 Women's World Cup hopes torpedoed
Japan's soccer chief said Thursday it was "very disappointing" after FIFA torpedoed his country's hopes of (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
Hamas says Trump's threats spur Netanyahu to evade Gaza ceasefire deal
Hamas said on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated threats against Palestinians constituted support for (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
Rights advocates concerned by reported U.S. plan to use AI to revoke student visas
Rights advocates raised alarm, including free speech concerns, on Thursday after it was reported that the U.S. State (…)
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
EU leaders back new defense spending plans after Trump signals that Europe must fend for itself
European Union leaders on Thursday backed new defense spending plans aimed at freeing up hundreds of billions of (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
MLB Tokyo Series pop-up store
An MLB Tokyo Series pop-up store opened at Miyashita Park in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Thursday. The store (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
