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TENNIS
Feb 8, 2023

Retiring great Shingo Kunieda departs after helping raise profile of wheelchair tennis

Kunieda is known as the Roger Federer of wheelchair tennis and won 50 Grand Slam titles and four Paralympic gold medals.
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WORLD
Feb 8, 2023

The people onscreen are fake. The disinformation is real.

Videos distributed by pro-China bot accounts are the first known instance of 'deepfake” video technology being used as part of a state-aligned information campaign.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 8, 2023

Children pulled from rubble as Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 11,200

An impromptu army of rescuers have worked in freezing temperatures to find those still entombed among ruins that pockmark several cities either side of the border.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 8, 2023

In first, South Korea ordered to compensate Vietnam war victim

The ruling is the first of its kind and expected to set a precedent in the country, where the government has long refused to address alleged civilian massacres by South Korean troops.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 8, 2023

LeBron James breaks NBA's all-time scoring record

James eclipsed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's mark of 38,387 career regular-season points
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 8, 2023

Nomura to boost pay raises as workers face highest inflation since 1981

Nonmanagerial staff in their 20s and 30s at Japan's biggest brokerage will receive a slightly higher raise than the 6.2% average seen over recent years, the company said.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 8, 2023

Philippines deports remaining two robbery suspects to Japan

The police have sought the handover of the four men since arrest warrants were issued on suspicion of theft in connection with a scam targeting elderly people in Japan.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2023

Biden warns U.S. will act on China after balloon downing

In his State of the Union address, Biden called for U.S. investment in the military, technology and alliances to take on the country widely viewed as the chief U.S. competitor.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2023

Upbeat Biden urges U.S. unity and vows to restore blue-collar pride

Biden's address was a chance for the Democrat to pitch his centrist, populist vision of a country healing after COVID-19 and the turmoil of Donald Trump's presidency.
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BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2023

Lost Russian oil revenue is bonanza for shippers and refiners

Western sanctions on Russia have significantly reduced state oil revenues and diverted tens of billions of dollars toward shipping and refining firms, some with Russian connections.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 8, 2023

Can you feel that? Japan researchers develop haptic information sharing technology

The “Feel Tech'' technology has vast array of applications, and the developers hope it will help expand the scope of human communication.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 8, 2023

Paris mayor opposed to Russians competing at 2024 Olympics 'while war goes on'

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo changed her stance on Russian competitors at the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday, saying they should be banned "while the war continues" in Ukraine, her office said.
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BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2023

Japan's current account surplus hit eight-year low in '22 amid record decline

The surplus was weighed down by a record trade deficit, caused by a weakening yen as well as surging imports of higher-priced energy and other items, the Finance Ministry said.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 8, 2023

Tokyo man, 74, and ex-wife held for brainwashing girl in sex assault scheme

The polyamorous man, who lives with his wife and eight ex-wives, is said to have told the girl that she 'would be abducted by aliens' unless she entered into a relationship with him.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 8, 2023

Kyrie Irving ready to make fresh start with Mavericks

Irving said he was 'very disrespected' during part of his tenure with the Nets
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Feb 8, 2023

With cash infusion, developing nations boost sun-dimming research

The use of 'solar geoengineering' to slow global warming may be a necessary risk, but some have said that considering its use is akin to 'walking on a field of landmines.”
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BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2023

Microsoft's Bing search engine and Edge browser to use AI in challenge to Google

The tech giant expects every percentage point of search market share gained to bring in another $2 billion in advertising revenue.
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MORE SPORTS
Feb 8, 2023

Guanyu Zhou speaks out against FIA's new rules on 'political' statements

Guanyu Zhou, China's first and only Formula One driver, added his voice to the sport's freedom of speech controversy on Tuesday, saying governing body FIA made the wrong move.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 8, 2023

Xi woos Taiwan opposition ahead of pivotal presidential vote

China's leader appears to be recalibrating his hard-line approach to Taiwan in the year before an election that his government’s preferred negotiating partner has a shot at winning.
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WORLD
Feb 8, 2023

Lula's Amazon pledge looks distant as Brazil battles deforestation

The push to stop surging Amazon rainforest destruction is facing challenges after years of dwindling funding and staff at Brazil's environmental enforcement agency.
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BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2023

Solar panels are the U.S. Midwest’s new cash crop as green energy booms

Ohio and Indiana — two Republican-led U.S. states long dependent on coal power — are set to see major expansion of solar farms.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 8, 2023

Nagasaki prefecture will not appeal damages for sexually harassed U.S. teacher

The victim said she suffered mental anguish due to sexual harassment by a vice principal and an assistant language teacher in separate incidents in 2016 and 2018.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2023

Toshiba’s bidder set to win commitments for $10.6 billion loan

Securing financing support from banks is a crucial step in the JIP-led consortium’s proposed takeover of one of Japan’s most iconic companies.
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JAPAN / Society
Feb 7, 2023

Court rejects damages suit by children of Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors

The ruling came after the Nagasaki District Court dismissed last December a similar suit filed by a group of children of Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors.
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JAPAN
Feb 7, 2023

Unification Church questioned by government for third time

The government will consider whether to seek a court order for the group's dissolution, based on how organized, malicious and persistent its actions have been.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2023

Rescue work moves slowly as Turkey earthquake death toll passes 5,000

People in both countries were set to spend a second day searching through the ruins of thousands of buildings left damaged or demolished.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2023

Nintendo cuts outlook on Switch but raises salaries as Japan inflation climbs

Nintendo has sat out the rally in tech stocks this year and may remain stuck in the doldrums until it unveils a successor to its Switch game console.
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WORLD
Feb 7, 2023

Eight-week wait for visas to Europe slows China’s reopening

China’s rapid dismantling of COVID-19 has led to complications at European embassies issuing visas to Chinese travelers.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2023

Mitsubishi Heavy pulls plug on long-troubled SpaceJet project

The firm has pointed to a lack of resources and unclear market prospects as some of the major reasons for discontinuing the project.
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JAPAN
Feb 7, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo cases drop week-on-week for 21 straight days

Japan on Monday confirmed 15,254 new cases of COVID-19, down by about 5,500 from a week before.

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