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Takagi wins second speed skating bronze at Winter Olympics
16 February 2026 @ 7:35 am
Japanese speed skater Miho Takagi won her second bronze medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday when she finished third in the women's 500 meters.
Dutchwoman Femke…
72-year-old man arrested for exposing his lower body on Sapporo subway
16 February 2026 @ 7:34 am
Police in Sapporo, Hokkaido, have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of public indecency.
According to police, the man is suspected of exposing his lower body on a…
Japan's economy barely grows in Oct-Dec quarter as exports slow
16 February 2026 @ 7:33 am
Japan's economy expanded at an anemic 0.2% annual pace in the last quarter, the government reported Monday, with growth for all of 2025 at just 1.1%.
Private consumption…
Japan rebuts China's renewed criticism of Takaichi remarks
16 February 2026 @ 7:33 am
The Japanese government rebuffed criticism made on the weekend by China's top diplomat Wang Yi that parliamentary remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on a Taiwan contingency challenge…
Man pleads not guilty to killing American man, Japanese wife and daughter on Christmas Day 2022
16 February 2026 @ 7:33 am
A man on trial for the murders of an American man and his wife and daughter in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture, on Christmas Day in 2022, on Monday pleaded…
Trump says Board of Peace will unveil $5 billion in Gaza reconstruction pledges at inaugural meeting
16 February 2026 @ 6:13 am
President Donald Trump said Sunday that members of his newly created Board of Peace have pledged $5 billion toward rebuilding war-ravaged Gaza and will commit thousands of personnel…
Job threats, rogue bots: Five hot issues in AI
16 February 2026 @ 3:35 am
As artificial intelligence evolves at a blistering pace, world leaders and thousands of other delegates will discuss how to handle the technology at the AI Impact Summit, which…
Accused Bondi Beach killer Naveed Akram appears in court by video link
16 February 2026 @ 3:29 am
Accused Bondi Beach killer Naveed Akram appeared in an Australian court via video link Monday, in his first public hearing since the nation's worst mass shooting in nearly…
Rubio visits central Europe to bolster ties with pro-Trump leaders
16 February 2026 @ 3:24 am
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed to deepen cooperation with central Europe on Sunday as he kicked off a trip to Slovakia and Hungary, whose conservative leaders…
No clear path to ending partial U.S. government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight
16 February 2026 @ 2:33 am
Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that has led to a pause in funding…