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Copyright 2025 Kyodo News All Rights Reserved en Thu, 23 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0900 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/49ae390ba35e-kyodo-news-digest-jan-23-2025--1-.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/49ae390ba35e-kyodo-news-digest-jan-23-2025--1-.html A candle event is held near the Atomic Bomb Dome in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Jan. 22... 2025-01-23 23:00:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/db9dadd6a8a2-football-ueda-nets-3-furuhashi-goals-ruled-out-in-champions-league.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/db9dadd6a8a2-football-ueda-nets-3-furuhashi-goals-ruled-out-in-champions-league.html ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Japan forward Ayase Ueda scored off the bench as Feyenoord stunned Bayern Munich 3-0 at home in the ... 2025-01-23 22:00:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/858b3adee837-sumo-hoshoryu-slaps-down-kinbozan-opens-up-championship-race.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/858b3adee837-sumo-hoshoryu-slaps-down-kinbozan-opens-up-championship-race.html TOKYO - Ozeki Hoshoryu handed overnight leader Kinbozan his second defeat of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournam... 2025-01-23 21:53:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/9ac7d619a023-update1-china-stresses-need-to-keep-monitoring-water-near-fukushima-plant.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/9ac7d619a023-update1-china-stresses-need-to-keep-monitoring-water-near-fukushima-plant.html BEIJING - China said Thursday no abnormalities were found in seawater samples it independently collected near ... 2025-01-23 20:53:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/4c64d7a754d3-urgent-japan-tv-host-masahiro-nakai-retires-from-entertainment-industry.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/4c64d7a754d3-urgent-japan-tv-host-masahiro-nakai-retires-from-entertainment-industry.html TOKYO - Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, said Thursday he has... 2025-01-23 19:54:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/5f52b5958acc-update1-china-court-to-rule-on-man-over-japanese-school-bus-stabbings.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/5f52b5958acc-update1-china-court-to-rule-on-man-over-japanese-school-bus-stabbings.html SUZHOU, China/TOKYO - A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced a man to death over a knife attack near Shanghai last June tha... 2025-01-23 19:14:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/b5d453400d6c-refiling-feature-japan-film-reveals-human-face-of-exonerated-killer-hakamata.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/b5d453400d6c-refiling-feature-japan-film-reveals-human-face-of-exonerated-killer-hakamata.html TOKYO - When Chiaki Kasai set out to make a documentary about Iwao Hakamata, a Japanese man who was acquitte... 2025-01-23 16:57:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/f417f2c3fbfa-breaking-news-china-court-makes-no-mention-of-japan-in-stabbings-ruling-japan-govt.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/f417f2c3fbfa-breaking-news-china-court-makes-no-mention-of-japan-in-stabbings-ruling-japan-govt.html BREAKING NEWS: China court makes no mention of Japan in stabbings ruling: Japan gov't ==Kyod... 2025-01-23 15:26:06 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/c68f755f641d-breaking-news-china-court-says-perpetrator-of-school-bus-stabbings-had-debts-japan.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/c68f755f641d-breaking-news-china-court-says-perpetrator-of-school-bus-stabbings-had-debts-japan.html BREAKING NEWS: China court says perpetrator of school bus stabbings had debts: Japan ==Kyodo 2025-01-23 15:22:06 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/f63cbbf29a72-breaking-news-china-court-sentences-man-to-death-over-school-bus-stabbings-japan.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/f63cbbf29a72-breaking-news-china-court-sentences-man-to-death-over-school-bus-stabbings-japan.html BREAKING NEWS: China court sentences man to death over school bus stabbings: Japan ==Kyodo 2025-01-23 15:12:01 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/bfb798970aaf-facial-recognition-gates-set-to-debut-for-narita-airport-train-trips.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/bfb798970aaf-facial-recognition-gates-set-to-debut-for-narita-airport-train-trips.html TOKYO - Facial recognition ticket gates will be introduced Friday for some Keisei Electric Railway Co. train... 2025-01-23 14:29:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/255ba6f36518-baseball-disaster-survivor-sasaki-encourages-la-wildfire-victims.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/255ba6f36518-baseball-disaster-survivor-sasaki-encourages-la-wildfire-victims.html LOS ANGELES - No stranger to the devastation caused by natural disasters, Los Angeles Dodgers marquee signing Roki... 2025-01-23 14:00:18 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/db2a513c4533-update1-japans-trade-deficit-shrinks-44-in-2024-on-record-exports.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/db2a513c4533-update1-japans-trade-deficit-shrinks-44-in-2024-on-record-exports.html TOKYO - Japan's trade deficit in 2024 shrank 44 percent from a year earlier to 5.33 trillion yen ($34 billio... 2025-01-23 12:42:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/feb07fd9006a-baseball-dodgers-announce-signing-of-japanese-flamethrower-sasaki.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/feb07fd9006a-baseball-dodgers-announce-signing-of-japanese-flamethrower-sasaki.html LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers officially introduced Roki Saki on Wednesday after acquiring the hard-throwi... 2025-01-23 12:29:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/eab5114373d2-breaking-news-japan-tv-host-masahiro-nakai-retires-from-entertainment-industry.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/eab5114373d2-breaking-news-japan-tv-host-masahiro-nakai-retires-from-entertainment-industry.html BREAKING NEWS: Japan TV host Masahiro Nakai retires from entertainment industry <FULL STORY&a... 2025-01-23 12:08:55 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/8f7a6dceffdc-truth-seeker----ichiro-suzuki-us-hall-of-fame-induction.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/8f7a6dceffdc-truth-seeker----ichiro-suzuki-us-hall-of-fame-induction.html Ichiro, a standout in both Japan's and the United States' major leagues, has become the first Jap... 2025-01-23 11:22:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/26be5d7981ce-breaking-news-japan-posts-trade-deficit-of-533-tril-yen-in-2024.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/26be5d7981ce-breaking-news-japan-posts-trade-deficit-of-533-tril-yen-in-2024.html BREAKING NEWS: Japan posts trade deficit of 5.33 tril. yen in 2024 ==Kyodo 2025-01-23 08:52:34 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/2405bd411694-breaking-news-japan-logs-1309-bil-yen-trade-surplus-in-dec.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/2405bd411694-breaking-news-japan-logs-1309-bil-yen-trade-surplus-in-dec.html BREAKING NEWS: Japan logs 130.9 bil. yen trade surplus in Dec.+ ==Kyodo 2025-01-23 08:51:17 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/10e1c1a6dfa3-earthquake-alert-automated.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/10e1c1a6dfa3-earthquake-alert-automated.html TOKYO - The following is an earthquake alert issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Day and Time:... 2025-01-23 08:13:47 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/4e8ac69157c9-update2-m52-quake-hits-japans-fukushima-nearby-areas.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/4e8ac69157c9-update2-m52-quake-hits-japans-fukushima-nearby-areas.html TOKYO - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Fukushima Prefecture and nearby areas early Thursday, t... 2025-01-23 08:02:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/6c5cdbde5a42-earthquake-alert-automated.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/6c5cdbde5a42-earthquake-alert-automated.html TOKYO - The following is an earthquake alert issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Day and Time:... 2025-01-23 02:53:44 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/5b8dab5a537d-multiple-people-stabbed-in-central-japan-station-1-unconscious.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/5b8dab5a537d-multiple-people-stabbed-in-central-japan-station-1-unconscious.html NAGANO, Japan - A man was killed and two other people were injured in an apparent random stabbing incident on Wednes... 2025-01-23 01:54:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/ad31c3c09a8a-kyodo-news-digest-jan-22-2025--1-.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/ad31c3c09a8a-kyodo-news-digest-jan-22-2025--1-.html Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2025, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temper... 2025-01-22 23:00:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/c352c6e2bb49-man-arrested-for-kicking-rabbit-in-west-japan-amid-77-animal-deaths.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/c352c6e2bb49-man-arrested-for-kicking-rabbit-in-west-japan-amid-77-animal-deaths.html HIROSHIMA - A man was arrested for kicking a rabbit on an island in western Japan, police said Wednesday, amid a... 2025-01-22 20:27:58 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/4ba4c5e366ca-urgent-softbank-openai-oracle-to-invest-500-bil-in-ai-in-us-trump.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/4ba4c5e366ca-urgent-softbank-openai-oracle-to-invest-500-bil-in-ai-in-us-trump.html WASHINGTON - Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group Corp. as well as OpenAI and Oracle Corp. will form a new company ... 2025-01-22 20:10:00 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/1fd6575beac5-japans-emperor-eyes-visit-to-iwoto-island-to-mark-80-yrs-since-wwii.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/1fd6575beac5-japans-emperor-eyes-visit-to-iwoto-island-to-mark-80-yrs-since-wwii.html TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay ... 2025-01-22 19:49:29 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/2d4bed8fd77a-sumo-kinbozan-upsets-onosato-maintains-lead-in-championship-race.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/2d4bed8fd77a-sumo-kinbozan-upsets-onosato-maintains-lead-in-championship-race.html TOKYO - Unheralded front-runner Kinbozan maintained his lead Wednesday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament... 2025-01-22 19:11:45 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/c8eb5a1534ad-boxing-inoue-unperturbed-by-month-delay-to-world-title-defense.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/c8eb5a1534ad-boxing-inoue-unperturbed-by-month-delay-to-world-title-defense.html YOKOHAMA - Japan's undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue is taking nothing for granted ahead of Fr... 2025-01-22 18:13:42 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/8a6dfe297557-baseball-evergreen-ichiro-continues-to-inspire-next-generation.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/8a6dfe297557-baseball-evergreen-ichiro-continues-to-inspire-next-generation.html TOKYO - Even six years into retirement, Ichiro Suzuki retains his burning passion for baseball, training har... 2025-01-22 17:18:54 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/fbb96e2c525d-urgent-trump-says-considering-additional-10-tariff-on-china-from-feb-1.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/01/fbb96e2c525d-urgent-trump-says-considering-additional-10-tariff-on-china-from-feb-1.html WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is considering imposing an additional 10 percent tariff ... 2025-01-22 17:01:00