Drugs to blame in Liam Payne's death, close friend says
[Japan Today] - 03/8/2025
Drugs are the only thing to blame in the death of former One Direction star Liam Payne, according to a close friend who was cleared last month of…
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Germany's Merz and SPD clear first hurdle to forming coalition
German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) concluded preliminary talks on (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
Trump will lead task force preparing for 2026 World Cup
President Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will bring the globe's (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
Protesters rally on International Women's Day, fearing far right
Protesters took to the streets across the world Saturday to mark International Women's Day, demanding equal pay, (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
Japan rookie Takeda has two-shot lead after round three at China LPGA
Japanese rookie Rio Takeda shot her third straight three-under-par 69 for a two-stroke lead heading into the final (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
Activists vandalize Trump golf resort in Scotland over his comments on emptying out Gaza
Pro-Palestinian activists said Saturday they have vandalized one of U.S. President Donald Trump's golf resorts in (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
Ayumu Hirano, the Olympic champion snowboarder, has a new, more important title: dad
The biggest life-changer in snowboard champion Ayumu Hirano's life since he won an Olympic gold medal: He became a (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
South Korea's President Yoon free; trials continue after court quashes detention
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked out of a detention centre in Seoul on Saturday after prosecutors decided (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
Man arrested for stabbing friend to death in Wakayama Prefecture
Police in Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, have arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of fatally stabbing a (…)
[Japan Today] - 8/03/2025
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
Ishiba drops plan to hike medical costs as opposition mounts
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has reversed course on his government's controversial plan to raise medical (…)
[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
