South Korea's President Yoon free; trials continue after court quashes detention
[Japan Today] - 03/8/2025
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked out of a detention centre in Seoul on Saturday after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel the…
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Canada to name new leader while dealing with Trump trade war
Canada looks set to pick a measured former central banker to deal with the threats President Donald Trump's tariffs (…)
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
Why should America worry about Trump? Try the price of eggs, say some Democrats
As their party struggles to navigate the early days of Donald Trump's second presidency, some Democrats are (…)
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
Vatican sends letter to Japanese man acquitted of 1966 murders
The Vatican has sent a letter to a Japanese man acquitted of a 1966 quadruple murder in a retrial, expressing the (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
Sri Lanka signs $2.5 bil debt deal with Japan
Sri Lanka signed a deal with Japan Friday to restructure $2.5 billion in loans, marking the first agreement with (…)
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
U.S. gov't cancels $400 million in grants, contracts to Columbia University over antisemitism allegations
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said it had canceled grants and contracts totaling $400 million to (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
At least 12 injured in shooting at pub in Toronto
At least 12 people were injured in a shooting at a pub in Toronto and the suspect remained at large, police said (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
World food prices rose in February on back of sugar rush, FAO says
Global food commodity prices rose in February, driven by higher sugar, dairy, and vegetable oil prices, the Food and (…)
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
Two dead, nearly 230 sickened in U.S. measles outbreak: authorities
A measles outbreak in the southwestern United States has killed two people and infected more than 200, prompting a (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
25th anniversary of fatal Hibiya line subway crash observed
Senior Tokyo Metro officials gathered at a memorial site at Meguro in Tokyo on Saturday morning to offer prayers for (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
Eagle eye
A Steller's sea eagle flies above drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido.
[Japan Today] - 7/03/2025
Trump says he sent letter to Iran's supreme leader over country's advancing nuclear program
U.S. President Donald Trump sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, seeking a new deal with Tehran to (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
